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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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Recent PhpStorm Reviews

Enguerran M.
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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.
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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.
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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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Charlie M.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm makes it easy to navigate my codebase quickly.This is achieved with the JetBrains file search software. I like how the Git client is a built-in tool. This IDE is also very customizable, making it feel more personal with different themes, code formats, and keybindings. I also found syntax highlighting to be quite good. If you are a student this product is available for free for a year. This gives you a chance to experiment with this IDE and get a look at how powerful it can be. This application also receives regular updates and security patches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

When using PhpStorm, it can take up quite a bit of memory. If you have not used a JetBrains product before, PhpStorm can be somewhat intimidating to learn. There are "Getting Started" guides that can be helpful, but I found you have to learn about the more powerful tools on your own. But after getting over the learning curve, there is quite a lot you can do with this IDE. This IDE does come at a steep cost though. The first year costs $89. This is followed by a cheaper price of around $71 for the second year. The third year and onward is more manageable at around $53. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

If you are looking for a fast, reliable IDE, look no further than PhpStorm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

With PhpStorm, I am able to easily view and edit databases. I can also develop, test, and debug my JavaScript code with ease. The JS debugger is very powerful, and code completion makes development a breeze. Almost all of my web development needs are met with PhpStorm! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jatin K.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I always find it troublesome to setup Database servers and PHP configs and then other components of website differently but PHPStorm helps me do everything from inside it, and makes me more productve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

The initial creation of the project can sometimes get challenging inside PHPStorm too but at least all the configuration is happening from inside of IDE and I dont have to look anywhere else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

As said I loved how I can manage all the configurations for the project from one environment that is PHPStorm. It makes me more productive and increases my development speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John B.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

How well the IDE has so many needed tools integrated into one environment seamlessly. And how intellij environments can so easily be expanded upon to add more functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There are so many features and so much flexibility that it's very difficult to be able to get through all the settings to have everything setup just the way a developer likes things to be setup. Also, the plugin system frequently has issues because of backward compatibility. While plugin devs should keep up with this, it would be nice if there were better fallback options to prevent plugins from failing...ie be more backward compatible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

The cost per year is less $100. It's so worth it....just get it (try the free trial first) and spend time learning it (it will take a bit getting used to). Once you are familiar with it, you'll wonder why you ever did things any other way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

PHPStorm has allowed me to quickly organize and maintain projects. I'm an integrations developer and I create custom integrations as well as custom apps/reporting which use so many of the features that it includes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Colin V.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm handles code completion, refactoring, and auto-formatting really well. There is also a large community of 3rd party plugins to extend its capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Licensing costs are high for individuals (unless you are an Open Source developer) ... although you do get what you pay for. It is a bit of a memory and battery hog as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

If you are an Open Source developer, look into their free licensing options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use it almost exclusively for my software development (mostly PHP, but in a pinch it does pretty well with HTML/CSS/JS as well). The refactoring features alone have probably saved me several hours (and many headaches). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike C.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm's coding environment is the best that I have ever used. Coding errors are caught immediately (i.e. misspelled class name), and the completely customizable interface makes great use of colors, automatic indents, and code folding. Another great feature of PhpStorm is that it will automatically notify you when you have function input parameter errors (i.e. incorrect data type or incorrect number of parameters given). Lastly (and this is by far not a complete list of things that I like about PhpStorm), I love the automatic integration of repository (i.e. GitHub Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There is not much I can comment about here as PhpStorm has propelled my web-based, data-driven application development to the next level. PhpStorm's support is next level - they actually listen to your ideas to make the product better and their update procedure allows you to work without implementing the update (it's your choice WHEN to implement the update). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

Make sure you read over the docs about anything you are unsure of. Most likely your question will be answered in those docs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use this IDE for everyday use - I love the code completions, breadcrumbs to take you to root classes and definitions. It even tells you when you have too many or too few arguments for a class or function. I am using this IDE for enterprise web application development and with its GIT integration it takes teamwork to a new level Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Randeep Singh D.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Its very useful editor for php language. Colour code make code looks clean and find error line very easily. Plugin are very helpful to write code very fast and accurate which save alot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Its very hard to find any disadvantages using phpStorm. One face issue large php project some take much time to load but when its fully loaded its fast as normally is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

PhpStorm editor is very helpfull for in many projects. For debugging its very useful to find error in files. Error code hight features also help to figure out error in code. Snippets are many which make code faster and save time also we can save our own snippets and make short cut for new files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alexander C.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It is a complete IDE, with many plugins that will help you write your code more straightforwardly, easy integration with the PSR standard, and multiple versions of PHP; you have to define which version you will use in each project, and the IDE does the rest, the running and debugging unit tests is also very well implemented Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Perhaps one of the most significant disadvantages that the IDE has is its price, but if you can afford it, it is a super recommended tool; you also have the option of trying it for a few days to see if it meets expectations, another point against is that some plugins are paid separately Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

With the IDE, I have developed new projects with the Symfony framework, I have also supported and maintained other projects written in Laravel, being integrated with Git through the console you can work in a more comfortable way since you do not have to navigate between windows to do some things but you can take care of everything from the ide Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abdul Q.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

When I start learning backend development ( PHP ), I start using PhpStorm, because It has great Stupp and the richest features, It's auto-complete which is pretty awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It is pretty good but it is not so easy to use, if you are new to using PHP Storm you may face some difficulty understanding or if your system's RAM is less than 8GB you might face lacking of system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use it to develop the backend of web applications. PhpStorm has a very good debugger, its debugging system itself is more than enough to debug, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

There are multiple things that I really like about PhpStorm; some of them are :

1. It provides an easy integration with GIT, which opens up a lot of opportunities for a developer to secure and synchronize his/her code and, ultimately, the project.

2. PhpStorm provides a coder with a lot of shortcuts during the development, which assists the developer and makes the code time-efficient and effective.

3. The UI/UX is so friendly and clean it gives the developer a pretty warm environment while coding. Moreover, it's damn easy to install and run that any naive person can start coding with PhpStorm easily.

4. It offers a list of plugins to install and make your job easy. I have installed many extensions according to my coding tactics, and I may tell you it provides an excellent level of comfort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Apart from all these positives, there are some negatives which need to be improvised :

1. Foremost thing which I count as a negative factor will be its support. PhpStorm only supports PHP, HTML, CSS, and JS, which I think limits the use of this IDE, and the user has to install other platforms to handle other programming languages. I think this should be fixed and it should support almost every language.

2. To run smoothly and seamlessly, PhpStorm needs a good hardware with an excellent RAM capacity. On a low-spec system, it runs very laggy and provides a lot of latency.

3. Where many IDE is free and provides everything a developer needs, PHPStorm is a paid IDE. What the pricing of this platform should be is a debatable topic, but yeah, I think all free IDE's with similar capabilities holds a plus point against PhpStorm on this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

There are many problems that I have solved with PhpStorm; some of are :

1. Many IDE's I had used before PhpStorm does not provided me with any GIT support but after proper installation of PhpStorm, my development projects are synchronized and very easy to be operated on.

2. One more thing in which I have felt relieved after the installation of PhpStorm is the debugging of the project. PhpStorm has a very positive point over all of its competitors when it comes to debugging; this platform provides a way better procedure for you to make the project debug. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tauqeer A.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm: IT is Lightning-Smart IDE for PHP Programming for php programmers , from point of view it far better than other IDEs and is widely used and does not cost much Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

phpstorm you have to purchase it , it should be made freeware so that everyone can also get hand on experience with this tool however free trial for use is also available before it get expired you have to purchase it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The problem-solving in phpstorm is creating PHP scripts for dynamic websites, and you can also run the scripts using this ides need to do a few settings in your phpstorm ides Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.