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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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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.
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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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Paul M.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

The possibilities of Remote debugging to another linuxbox Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

For some task is a little heavy, if i just need read code o adjust some config I use other tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Mostly when I work hard in coding, for example Moodle Pluging Development. I found pretty easy all that I need Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohammed A.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Support for several languages and programming libraries for web development, especially the PHP language and its frameworks and JavaScript and its frameworks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Perhaps there is a problem with the temporary suspension, which is a bit heavy, but this is forgiven for the services it provides Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Solving slow running in lunching me be will make it perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Built programs and multiple web sites in multiple languages and frameworks, nearly twenty projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is a very good editor, I can definitely recommend it. Edited for a long time with PhpStorm, but also with his brothers from Jetbrains; Pycharm and Intellij. They are all top products that make your life much better.

As for PhpStorm, the debugger and good integration with XDebug is a huge plus. Putting a simple breakpoint in your code all makes as much as possible. In addition, PhpStorm also does a lot in the background. Such as highlighting code that is broken by definition, improvements for syntax and automagic import of namcespaces. Finally, it also has a lot of extra functionalities, such as a database client.

The only thing I don't like working so much are front-end things like Angular and React. For this I like to switch back to VSCode for the IntelliSense of TypeScript and JavaScript. It is possible in PhpStorm, but it is not my favorite. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

The console. If you try to intall a npm package and try to paste it in the console it acts weird Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

Advanced webdevelopment software thats easy to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I used sublime text before this and that wasn't as advanced as PHPStorm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carmelo B.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

All: completition, automation, error highlights, Quality checks ... all that you can dream.

You can install plugins to face all the completition - code generation - code navigation of the main framework in the industry: it be symfony, laravel, yii, PhpStorm have you covered.

You can debug your code very easily in PHPStorm, even if you use Docker or other container based systems: PhpStorm comes with containers handling capabilities that makes set up, start, stop and using containers a breeze.

Ah forgot: do you have html or css or js in your project as well and not only php? Even there, PhpStorm is ready to assist you: you'll have checkers and autocompletition for those too.

For me is the perfect programming companion Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Nothing really ... but one thing that can be misleading is the "shelve" feature that is the same as Stash in GIT Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Programming with PHPStorm is a fantastic experience: you have all the helpers you need, built in phpcs, phpmd and a lot of other error detecting stuff, autocompletition, generators... it's great, really. And all this staff either already there or installable via plugins

You should give it a try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm extended code formatting structure is ready to help you format your code, perform unit tests or provide visual debugging. It provides a rich code editor and code completion features. In addition, PhpStorm offers an excellent suggestion to help you understand the operation of the application at every step.

It works well with large frameworks like PHPStorm, Symfony, Zend Framework, Yii, CakePHP, Laravel and important CMS systems like Drupal, Magento and WordPress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

The only and biggest drawback is that it is paid, unlike its biggest competitors. There is a free version for students, universities and many institutions, but for companies it is bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

A good IDE is packed with lots of features and facilitates rapid development and effective PHP programming. The integrated development environment creates the developer's playground and it is very important to choose an IDE that best fits the needs.

JetBrains has been one of the most loved companies in the developer tools market and has made coding easier and fun for developers over the past 15 years. Do not ignore this and feel free to choose.

You can install many plugins, research them and install the most beautiful ones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Although PhpStorm is a PHP development tool, Javascript, HTML, CSS, CoffeeScript etc. It also provides a development environment for web technologies.

  PhpStorm can be run locally or remotely with the Zend and Xdebug debugger. In addition, you can use the phpunit test unit.

  PhpStorm is fast, easy to install and has the ability to work on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Support GIT, FTP and remote file synchronization.

Finally, the easy management of multiple projects and quick transitions between projects, since there is more than one employee in a project, the ability to compare before saving, to prevent loss of coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is my first choice when it comes to developing a PHP Web application. All the major PHP frameworks are supported in Phpstorm such as Laravel, CodeIgnitor, Symphony, CakePHP, Wordpress, and Magento. PHPstorm is the advanced version of Webstorm with support of PHP and Database. Its refactor feature helps in safely renaming, editing and deleting a file in the project. With PHPStorm we can build powerful web applications and API and work with remote projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm is a very heavy IDE and has a very slow startup time. It reduces our system performance while working on a heavy project or file. I have personally experienced this issue on my mac system while working with a heavy javascript file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

At our company, we use PHPStorm for developing PHP Web applications that are stable, secure, and powerful for our clients. It becomes easy to work on projects that are hosted on cloud with PHPStorm. The IDE has various features like JS Debugger, Code completion, Refactor, and code inspection that are very helpful while working with PHP projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPstorm is our first choice when it comes to developing a large PHP web application as it supports almost every PHP framework like Symphony, Laravel, Drupal, Magento, and Zend framework. Once the project is created it deeply scan our project for all dependencies and understand its structures. PHPStorm even supports all major frontend technologies likes HTML, CSS, Javascript, Jquery, SASS, LESS, Vue, Typescript and many more. Another feature of PHPStorm is the Live edit feature that helps in seeing the changes instantly in the browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

The only thing I dislike about PHPStorm is that whenever there is an update for Mac PHPStorm we have to download it externally and install it again. Another disadvantage is that while working on a large project or heavy file the system slows down and makes it impossible for us to do other work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Currently, we use PHPStorm for creating powerful web applications for our clients as it is a perfect tool for building powerful PHP web applications. While working with large and heavy application there are a lot of chances of bugs or programming errors and PHPStorm IDE works with Xdebug and Zend Debugger to improve the efficiency of our code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maher A.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

The Toolbox App I can download update downgrade the app in ease.

PHPstorm plugins that make my work faster and easier.

And MySQL connection is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

For now nothingi love everything about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

Just use it and you are gonna fail in love Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Web development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shahed N.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I like the Autocomplete features and the display of errors (syntax or compile time errors). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

When working with big projects it can get laggy. For example, we use Magento 2 at work and at some point it lags and completely shuts down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

It's an all-in-one software that makes development easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

A lot of other IDEs don't provide the features like Autocomplete or display of errors features. Also, I like the integration of Git. Another thing is the local history which helps looking back at changes and reverting them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Veronica A.
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What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is one of the best IDEs for PHP development thanks to smart code completion, code refactoring and parameter hints. I also like that it includes an automatic save feature. Also, it is possible to import or export the settings made to PhpStorm, which is great if you install the software on another computer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I have no cons with PhpStorm. It is probably the most complete and smart development environment you have ever used. I am really satisfied. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

I love PhpStorm. I have been using it for some time to develop apps and services in PHP and I can say that it is just amazing. I recommend its use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It has been a pleasure working with PhpStorm for the development of PHP based projects. Its benefits in coding are exceptional such as code completion, code refactoring, and parameter hints. I also appreciate your customization options for the interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.