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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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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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Bahram H.
BH
CTO
"Recommended for every PHP developer"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

fast, helpful tips, great built in webserver Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Uses to much memory and built in webserver does not support .htaccess Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anshul B.
AB
Product Manager
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Fast and integrated with all included libraries and default functions"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Easy to use and Faster indexing of files. Search for references is the best part I like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It is so heavy software as I'm using it on MacOS Sierra with 8GB RAM and sometimes it still stuck at some point Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alirio P.
AP
Frontend Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"An absolutely feature rich PHP development environment. PhpStorm is a great option"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is a feature rich text editor and that is what I like the most. It has all the features of IntelliSense to make encoding much easier. Also, it has several built-in keyboard shortcuts to write the code faster. Another feature that I like is that it has SSH and Git compatibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is not free software. What I dislike is that your subscription is a little expensive compared to other available options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AT
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Flexible and Powerful IDE"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPstorm is our primary choice when it comes to developing powerful PHP Web applications. It is really easy to debug our code whether its PHP, Javascript or XML. It supports almost every heavy PHP framework like CodeIgniter, Laravel, and CakePHP which are mostly used by developers. One of the best features of PHPstorm is that we can create a project that is hosted on the remote host and files are accessible through FTP/SFTP. PHPStorm has an inbuilt command-line tool that helps in running important commands in the project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

PHPstorm is a very heavy software and while working on a large project PHPStorm consumes a lot of physical memory and slows down the system and making it hard for us to work on other things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best editor for PHP development"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

- Understands PHP code better than any other IDE / editor i've used

- Encourages you to write good code

- Good Vim emulation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

- Could have better themes

- Switching between open projects could be easier

- Uses a lot of resources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fernando H.
FH
Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"PhpStorm is an IDE with very complete functions for PHP development"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is really the best IDE to program in PHP. It has really amazing features like version control or automatic saving. Also, it has the functions of IntelliSense, so it has autocomplete. Another feature that I like is the large number of keyboard shortcuts it includes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There is no open source version of PhpStorm, so after your free trial you will need to purchase the really expensive license. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Niklas M.
NM
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A great IDE to work with. Addons make your programming easy."
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

With PhpStorm you have great addons to work with frameworks easier and they make your life much easier. Instead of having the documentation open all the time you can just use the autofill option for example. I used it to get comfortable programming with symfony and shopware for example. But not just that, there are a lot of extras given, you can easily connect to the databases you are working with, you have terminals and git / vcs support. It is just the perfect IDE to work within PHP projects. It is just a must have to work in structured and OOP projects in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It costs money, which is understandable with the huge amount of content they offer you. As well it is a java based IDE so it can lead to memory problems. Still, overall I do not see a lot of downsides to PhpStorm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TJ
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best webdevelopment software there is"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Again, the simplicity of it. I've done done projects with it including on my internship at a big Webdevelopment company.

Me and my friends are trying to make a site where people can ask for a website and we all gonna code it in there.

There are alot of handy dandy plugin such as github plugin and autocomplete. The standard autocomplete is fine but with the plugin makes your life so much easier.

You can ask for a student licence which you have to renew every year so you can get it for free and use it anytime you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There is not really something is dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

NG
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A Flexible and feature Rich IDE tool for development"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm supports almost every PHP framework and javascript framework. We use the Laravel framework with Phpstorm IDE and it helps in developing powerful and secure web applications. Auto-generation and auto-completion feature is really great and helps in writing code very quickly and efficiently. Every time we make changes in our project, PHP storm scans the whole project and indexes it accordingly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

While working on multiple projects or heavy files like javascript can make Phpstorm consume a lot of physical resources of our system and can slow it down. Phpstorm supports almost every PHP framework and provides a very great debugging feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Oladapo A.
OA
Web Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A great solution for web developers"
What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm is very efficient and can be used for virtually anything: front (nodes) design, backend design ( databases connections, help objects, classes etc.) vcs, extending many easy-to-add plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Absolutely nothing! Older versions certainly don't support other JS Libraries, but Jetbrains is not a problem in the plugin ecosystem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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