Files and code generation enhancements
PhpStorm 2017.3 has a number of subtle, yet effective, enhancements to help you with your file and code generation.
PHP File templates
PhpStorm 2017.3 unifies the way you work with your PHP file templates. The New PHP Class dialog now picks your custom file templates too – in addition to the built-in Class, Interface, and Trait templates:
As a result, you get namespace auto-completion when creating a custom PHP class. In your template, you can make use of the ${NAMESPACE} variable, which will be substituted with the actual class namespace in the created file.
The include templates in PhpStorm 2017.3 now support the ${DATE}, ${TIME}, ${YEAR}, ${MONTH}, ${DAY}, ${HOUR} and ${MINUTE} variables.
Fields default visibility
To quickly initialize class fields in a constructor, PhpStorm provides you with the Initialize fields intention action. Prior to version 2017.3, all fields were generated as private. Now, you can bring this under control.
Navigate to Settings | Editor | Code Style | PHP. On the Code Generation tab, you will see the Fields Default Visibility option button, which allows you set the preferred visibility:
This feature also works as part of the Change signature refactoring invoked on a constructor:
If you select the Create and initialize class properties checkbox, class fields will be initialized according to the selected default visibility.
We hope you’re enjoying PhpStorm 2017.3. Stay tuned for more updates!
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