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PhpStorm Overview

What is PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is a JetBrains IDE designed specifically for PHP development. Out of the box, PhpStorm provides you with intelligent, feature-rich code editing tailored to every aspect of PHP programming – smart coding assistance, reliable refactorings, instant code navigation, built-in developer tools, PHP framework support, and more.

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Product Description

Enjoy productive PHP and web development with PhpStorm. Take advantage of deep code understanding, top-notch coding assistance, and support for all major tools and frameworks.


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JetBrains builds productivity software for developers who want to focus more on what they want to accomplish, and less on mundane, repetitive tasks.

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Recent PhpStorm Reviews

Enguerran M.
EM
Enguerran M.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"A powerful tool for PHP development"
In general, these features equipped PhpStorm to be the fastest and most productive IDE by intelligent code completion, debugging capabilities insid...
Marcello T.
MT
Marcello T.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Complete tool for PHP programming"
PHP Storm integrates database access natively, greatly helping programming in a practical way. Creating an application using an existing database ...
Giuseppe N.
GN
Giuseppe N.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"A Powerful IDE for Efficient PHP Development In complex projects"
PHPStorm help all our team to working extensively on FormaLMS. Has a lot of unbealiveble functionalities such us advanced autocompletion and insigh...

PhpStorm Media

PhpStorm Demo -  Craft high-quality code with intelligent code editing
Whatever task you have at hand, PhpStorm brings smart coding assistance to your fingertips. With tons of useful features and shortcuts for every action, you have all the support you need to focus on what’s essential and enjoy productive PHP development.
PhpStorm Demo - Read codebases with easy navigation
Whether you’re exploring an unfamiliar codebase, digging into legacy code, or working with your own project, PhpStorm helps you navigate project files, code lines, symbol declarations, and usages with ease.
PhpStorm Demo - Upgrade your projects with smart refactoring
Refactor your code quickly and efficiently across the entire codebase. Migrate safely to newer PHP and framework versions. Undo changes in a matter of clicks, and stay confident in the quality and compatibility of your code.
PhpStorm Demo - Delegate even more routine tasks to AI
With PhpStorm, engage in AI-assisted development on your own terms. You can use PhpStorm’s built-in AI-powered service to have entire lines of code suggested without sending any data to external servers and plug into AI Assistant for unlimited AI support with your routine tasks.
PhpStorm Demo - Track down and fix errors with the built-in debugger
Still using var_dump() to see what’s happening inside your PHP program? With PhpStorm’s visual debugger for Xdebug, you can get live debugging data, conditional breakpoints, and step-through insight into code execution with minimal configuration effort required.
PhpStorm Demo - Ensure code quality with support for testing frameworks
Take advantage of PhpStorm’s built-in support for all major PHP testing tools, including PHPUnit and Pest. Have your unit tests generated automatically, assess code coverage at the file or project view, and inspect test results in a dedicated window.
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PhpStorm Pros and Cons

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Omar A.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHP consider better editor for php, Why? Because

Configrated with the php programming language

Have more and more extensions for php

Good mapped with the git or github

Easy to find and track the php syntaks errors

For free for the students

Wide community Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

We faced some issues such as

Slow comparing some IDEs

Very costly specially with the startup developers and this point shpuld review

Need to clearify to use for the first time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

Related with the git and github

Contain all of the extensions for php programming language

Good and easy connected with the ftp Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Most of our stack has migrated from PHP to a JavaScript-based codebase, so we switched to Webstorm and only need to use PhpStorm occasionally. The fair pricing model JetBrains offers with PhpStorm means, that we can still keep using our fallback license without being stuck in an infinite recurring pricing scheme. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Like other JetBrains IDEs PhpStorm too can be very taxing on system resources. Starting up the application can be slow and once your machine runs out of available memory the IDE will become slow to respond. To make only small changes to a single file one might be better served using a more light-weight code editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our team uses PhpStorm to maintain legacy PHP-based web applications. Other problems we solve are development of WordPress themes and WordPress-plugins since PhpStorms code snippet and plugin system make their development especially easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose M.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is a high-quality IDE for PHP application development. It offers a wide range of features and useful tools, such as debugging, refactoring, code autocompletion, and support for multiple languages. Additionally, it has integration with many popular PHP frameworks like Symfony, Laravel, WordPress, Drupal, among others.

What I like most about PhpStorm is its ability to enhance developer productivity. The code template functions and context-based code completion are excellent for saving time and reducing errors in code writing. Additionally, the ability to handle large projects without sacrificing performance or stability is impressive.

In summary, I highly recommend PhpStorm to any PHP developer looking for a solid IDE with advanced features that increase productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Although PhpStorm is a popular IDE among PHP developers, it may not be suitable for everyone. The learning curve can be steep, especially for those who are not familiar with the advanced features of an IDE.

Additionally, the license price can be a barrier for some developers, especially those working on small or personal projects. Although PhpStorm offers a free trial version, it may be insufficient to fully evaluate the tool.

Another possible issue with PhpStorm is that it consumes a lot of system resources, which can slow down the performance of the machine on which it is being used. There may also be compatibility issues with older operating systems or older hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

PhpStorm helps solve several common problems that PHP developers may face, including:

Syntax errors and logic issues in the code.

Lack of visibility in the code structure and the relationship between different system components.

Difficulties in debugging and troubleshooting code.

Loss of time writing repetitive code.

Problems maintaining consistency in code style throughout the project.

Lack of compatibility with different frameworks and technologies used in PHP application development.

Problems working in a team and maintaining proper version control of the code.

PhpStorm addresses these issues by providing a comprehensive set of tools and features for PHP application development, including refactoring, debugging, code autocompletion, integration with version control systems, support for multiple technologies and frameworks, among others. This allows developers to write high-quality code more efficiently and collaborate effectively on team projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Charanjeet S.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm is the best IDE providing each and every function and feature required to development. Code autocompletions, syntax checking, server connection, db connection everything can be managed from a single UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

PHPstorm provides a lot of features that's why it becomes too heavy and is not compatible with the systems with less configuarations. Otherwise I don't think I found anything else that I don't like in storm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use phpstorm for code completions, function references, searching feature, server maintenance and database maintenance features. When I need to work on server I can connect with just a single click. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonathan G.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It is very helpful when trying to find where a class, method or attribute is being used. It integrates very well with Xdebug and docker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It can be pretty demanding with your system resources, but if you tune it right, it will work very nicely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

Software developing and automated testing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

The ease of starting a project or opening up an old project was virtually flawless. Starting new projects with frameworks was also made simple with built-in functionality. The intellisense provided by PhpStorm also makes coding your projects fast and efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Setting up the project to run through XAMPP was not as simple as it should have been. Often had to wait several seconds and sometimes minutes for a project to properly save in any directories it was being saved in to properly see the updates made. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

Intellisense provided was extremely beneficial as it allowed me to search for methods and functions in the PHP programming language that I needed and often came with concise and well-explained explanations of its proper use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

This is a great PHP developing IDE with many inbuilt tools and features. Using PhpStorm, coding is easy and easy to debuging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

As a great IDE, this is not an open-source platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

This helps in developing PHP based web applications, debugging and many more things which are related with PHP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm is an all stop show, swiss army knife of PHP development, VCS integration, Automatic deployment to selected host, code analysis and file structure all at the same place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm is a BIG IDE, and it's hungry! Being developed in Java, it's memory hungry, just keep that in mind. You can still use it on a smaller system, but not all the tools will work well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having all the tools I frequently use in the same place makes development super fast. Plus, with the integration of Xdebug, it makes debugging extremely easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chinedu U.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It is well-integrated with the PHP programming language. It makes programming in PHP a whole lot easier. Has all the usual tools of the Jetbrains eco system, so excellent all around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I can't think of anything, to be honest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

PHPstorm is providing a tool to make make programming in PHP easy by bringing all your programming requirements in one tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

After trying a few other software for development and coding, I found PHPStorm to be the best one so far. It has everything I require contained within it to make development work smooth and efficient with built-in FTP, database connections, and GIT among other features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

As the software has grown and been updated over the years, it does use a lot more memory than it used to, which can sometimes be a downside when you need to run multiple things on your computer without everything lagging/freezing up for a few moments. Syntax highlighting can sometimes take a few minutes to update after making changes, which can be annoying when you want to be sure things are right quickly at a glance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has made software development much faster and more efficient and reduced the need for multiple bits of software to achieve my goals by having lots of functionality contained in one place. It is now the IDE of choice for all our devs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.