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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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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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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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CG
Desarrollador de software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"PHPStorm best IDE for PHP"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It is easy to set up and I think it has the best debugger, it is very powerful, tons of customization options that can be specified globally or at the project level, it has integration with git, it has the autocomplete and autosave function, for me one of the best development IDEs for Backend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I have no complaints at the moment with PHPStorm, it has served me perfectly in all the use cases I have needed to develop my applications. The only drawback is the price and that it must be paid every year, I would prefer to pay only once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education
UH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"PHP Storm is a vital tool for serious PHP programmers"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHP Storm provides in-depth analysis and indexing of your code. In many ways, it knows your code better than you do. You can also customize the types of inspections that run against the code that you write, and share that customization with other members of your team in order to ensure consistency from all developers. In addition, it also includes integrations with other tools you already use in your stack, like version control, continuous integration, and unit testing. This is incredibly important to me because it means switching out of the application less, and I can focus on getting work done. Navigating your code is also extremely easy. Instead of having to search for a class or method definition, you can click directly through and find the information you're looking for. You even have the ability to get argument definitions provided to you when you use a class or method. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Configuration of the software can sometimes be tedious and tricky. But I would argue that this is combated by thorough documentation. Good things don't always come easy or fast. Another issue related to configuration would be customization. But this is also handled quite deftly with the extremely diverse amount of plugins available to developers either through Jetbrains or from the community itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scott C W.
SW
Founder
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Come for the code formatting - stay for the debugging! "
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I'm old school. I often edit software in vi. But PhpStorm has saved my bacon so many times, I can't even count. As soon as there's an issue I can't see, I fire up the code editor, and it points me directly to the problem (variable misspelled, not globalled, or whatever). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It's a bit heavyweight to use an IDE vs a code editor, which is why many people avoid it, but really, it will save you time in the long run. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PG
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"One of the best IDS"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Finding errors is key for any software, and the ability to use a PHP debugger is an essential requirement, especially for someone new to PHP, exactly what PhpStorm offers in a simple way.

It has git integration and many additional packages.

It supports Symfony2 (including Twig and Doctrine), Yii, and Laravel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There are so many customization options that it may be complicated to customize the editor. It seems somewhat slower than other similar products.

It is not very lightweight, has a slow learning curve, and is not very easy to use, it may require complex or tedious customization.

Indexing is slow, many memory leaks, large projects after a while will be very slow, opening large files like 10 MB can even crash the IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SM
Mr.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"had wonderful experience woth the tool"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It is very nice tool and development environment for coders . It can be easily understood by any new user. Its features and user experience is self explantory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Its ui and color scheme does not give the user a fresh feel as the theme used is very basic. There should be option for changing theme from a variety of themes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heena M.
HM
Intermediate Software Developer
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Amazing for PHP"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Everything about PHP storm is best, be it plugins, lightness of a product etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

More file type such as typescript etc if they involve it will be the best Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Very similar to their other JetBrain IDE offerings"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It has all the great features you can find in other JetBrain IDEs like terminal integration, smart code analysis,

git integration, database features, and a variety of plugins. It supports both Javascript and PHP so it's great for developers who work in both languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

If you only need php support, it might be a little heavy, but I think most folks won't even notice it with a halfway decent machine. Like their other offerings, it can be frustrating to have so many features/preference options, but once you get the hang it should be a solid tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"PhpStorm el mejor entorno de desarrollo para PHP"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

In my opinion the excellent factor PhpStorm has is its extremely good graphical interface, it is a software with quite a few equipment that help the developer, except it has a remarkable network in the back of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

What I like least approximately PhpStorm is its getting to know curve, maybe in case you've by no means used the environment you can make something difficult to evolve to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ismael T.
IT
Full-stack Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"PhpStorm Review"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I like all the tools that the software has. It is easy to configure and I think it has the best debugger. The documentation about the base software and the extensions are very clear and if you cannot install, for example, a plugin/extension, the community coul help you to install it with succcess. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I think the wrost part is the price. It is unnecessary pay every year for a software. The best option, about the price, for me, is just pay for the software once; because I don't know, for example, imagine that I pay for it on February, if I will use the software newxt months. Another negative point is the memory that uses, at the startup you can see how the RAM memory grow up and when you execute some script (for example a gulp script) the memory grow up too because the software is executong the script and trying to index all the files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jason H.
JH
Creative Design Director
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Top notch tool for quick development"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I am really a fan of the shortcuts and shortcode that auto complete on frequently used bits of code. Although I know I don't use about 80% of the functionality of PHP Storm, it has definitely sped up my development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I am not a fan of what seems to not the best documentation. I'm sure the support is awesome, but the documentation seem to assume that new people to the software know certain things, that they may not necessarily know. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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