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Another EAP build of PhpStorm 2.1 comes with bundled templates for PHP getter and setter methods. You can change these templates for your own needs in Settings|File Templates|Code|PHP Getter/Setter Method. (more…)…
Hello guys, We are working hard on new features for PhpStorm 2.1, and the 'Extract Function/Method' refactoring for PHP is one of them. This feature has been available since the first PhpStorm 2.1 EAP(106.444), and we are looking forward for your feedback. The main point of the refactoring is to c…
Both WebStorm 2.0 and PhpStorm 2.0 allow you to debug JavaScript code while running it in Mozilla Firefox (including Firefox 4). In WebStorm 2.1 and PhpStorm 2.1, which are currently in early production access, you can also choose to debug JavaScript in Google Chrome. Debugger for Chrome support…
Phing is a powerful build tool based on Apache Ant. Apache Ant has an extensive and long-standing support in IDEA. At least, I used it even in IDEA 7. So now I'm glad to introduce Phing support in PhpStorm EAP to you. First of all, we have implemented Phing Explorer for build files: In this Explor…
There is a new feature in verison 2.1 of PhpStorm and WebStorm which allows to browse documentation for jQuery methods using the Ctrl+Q shortcut staying in off-line mode. Before you start using it you have to download the API documentation (raw XML API dump) from jQuery Web site and set it up. Fort…
Since first PhpStorm/WebStorm 2.1 EAP build we provide support for “.htaccess” Apache config files. Initially available features are: Syntax highlighting Common htaccess-directives names completion with quick info about module that contains it Quick documentation lookup (Ctrl+Q on Linux & Wi…
Sometimes you may want to exclude just a single file from the project so that code completion and navigation would not work for it. Examples include minified (compressed) PHP/JavaScript files which duplicate the code in other non-compressed files. It is possible now starting from the first PhpStorm/…
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Hello guys, Recently after demoing the PhpStorm to users on a conference I discovered that our practice of writing assignments "backwards" via "Introduce variable" was really surprising to users... Lets discuss what exactly we are doing and why. How do you normally write assignment? First of all…
Even experienced users do not use the full functionality of their products. Sometimes they do not need it, but more often they simply don’t know about it. Of course there are lots of resources that can help you study the product (tips&tricks, demos, tutorials, etc.) But imagine that the IDE…
Introduction In the previous post Zero-configuration debugging with XDebug and PhpStorm 2.0, we discussed setting up debugging automatically. This works perfectly in most cases. However, sometimes you may still need to configure debugging manually. In this article we will explain how to do it. (mor…
The “Introduce Constant” refactoring is very similar to the “Introduce Variable” refactoring - it creates a constant which holds the selected expression as the value and replaces it occurrences by reference to this newly created constant. (more…)…
