Category Archives: PhpStorm

Joomla! support in PhpStorm

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Gary Hockin

Recent versions of PhpStorm have come with increasingly improving support for the popular CMS Joomla! Here we take a look at some of the useful features from recent versions.

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Debugging VVV Vagrant Setup With PhpStorm

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Gary Hockin

It started with a Tweet: Who do i know that uses PHPstorm with VVV and XDebug? I need some guidance on getting things setup. — Andrew Woods (@awoods) June 21, 2016   Recently we’ve made a lot of changes to … Continue reading →

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Webinar: Docker for PHP Developers

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Anna Lebedeva

Join us Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 16:00 – 17:00 CEST for the free webinar Docker for PHP Developers with Gary Hockin and Chris Tankersley.

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“Make Static” Refactoring Tool in PhpStorm 11

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Gary Hockin

When refactoring, sometimes you wish to change your methods to be static, while this isn’t the best practice in the world, it’s possible you’ll be in a position where pragmatism will take priority over great design. If you are 100% … Continue reading →

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Project-Specific Interpreter Configuration in PhpStorm 11

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Gary Hockin

Up until now, we’ve only been able to configure interpreters globally within PhpStorm. This has made configuring project-specific PHP interpreters impossible, and has left the configuration feeling cluttered as configurations for all projects appeared everywhere. PhpStorm 11, however, introduces project … Continue reading →

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Rerun Failed PHPUnit Tests in PhpStorm 11

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Gary Hockin

When you have failed PHPUnit tests to fix, it can be painful to have to rerun your whole test suite just to see if a change has fixed that broken test. In PhpStorm 11  you can now rerun only failed … Continue reading →

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Debugging from the REST API Client in PhpStorm 11

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Gary Hockin

New in PhpStorm 11, you can now step-debug your REST API right from within the REST API test tool, without ever leaving your IDE. It’s live in the current EAP and planned for release in Q2 2016.

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Formatting Changes in PhpStorm 10

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Gary Hockin

Recent versions of PhpStorm have bundled several interesting formatting changes. Let’s take a look at what formatting changes have been seen in PhpStorm 9 & 10.

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New Project Management Window in PhpStorm 10

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Gary Hockin

Everyone wants to be able to find the project they need to work on quickly and easily, so to help, PhpStorm 10 introduces the new and improved Project Management window.

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PHP Annotated Monthly – December 2015

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Gary Hockin

With the Holiday season fast approaching, and the game-changing release of PHP 7, we have a lot to cover in the December edition of PHP Annotated Monthly. This month has been compiled by the Santa of Script, Gary Hockin – Developer Advocate … Continue reading →

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