best practices

Every PhpStorm release brings new inspections among other features, and PhpStorm 2018.2 is no exception. The new inspections will detect extensions that are not listed in composer.json, highlight the non-canonical order of elements in PHPDoc annotations, and warn you when an optional parameter is used in a method declaration before the required one. Let's take look at them in more detail. (more…)

Postfix code completion is a handy feature that lets you transform an existing expression into a different one, based on a postfix you specify after the dot. For example, to iterate over an object, use the fe  postfix after your expression: Postfix completion has existed in PhpStorm since version 9, but has only provided a limited number of predefined templates. In PhpStorm 2018.2, you can create postfix completion templates yourself, tailoring them for your project and your coding style. (more…)

In PhpStorm 2018.1, navigating your codebase is a bit easier. The navigation features are actually not new, but we’ve fixed several issues with them to make them behave more predictably. If something was not working for you previously, now it’s probably the right time to give them a second chance. (more…)

We call PhpStorm “an IDE that actually ‘gets’ your code,” meaning that it provides completion, type inference, inspection, documentation pop-ups, and a lot more coding assistance. For all the Standard PHP Library components as well as for common extensions, this functionality is based on PHP stubs. Stubs are normal, syntactically correct PHP files that contain annotated function, method, and class signatures, constant definitions, and so on. The coding assistance quality relies, apart from anything else, on the quality of these signatures and their PHPDoc @annotations provided in the stubs.

When you work with remote servers, a common and recommended security measure is to use SSH key pairs for authentication. Our friends at PyCharm have prepared a great blog post on the topic. It explains how to generate an SSH key pair, store the passphrase for the private key in the credential helper, and, in the end, how to connect to a remote Python interpreter over SSH using the generated key pair for authentication. Before proceeding, make sure that you have a remote machine at hand to which you can connect over SSH using the generated key pair. Also, make sure to add your key to the

Our July issue of PHP Annotated Monthly is here, bringing you updates on PHP, frameworks, tools, tips for coding, community, and more. Read this month's digest curated by Mikhail Vink, PhpStorm Product Marketing Manager. (more…)

Our June issue of PHP Annotated Monthly is here, congratulating PHP community on PHP's 20th birthday and bringing you updates on PHP, frameworks, tools, tips for coding, community matters, and more. Read this month's digest curated by Mikhail Vink, PhpStorm Product Marketing Manager. (more…)

Our May issue of PHP Annotated Monthly brings updates on PHP, frameworks, tools, tips for coding, books, community, and more. Read this month's digest curated by Mikhail Vink, PhpStorm Product Marketing Manager. (more…)

Our April issue of PHP Annotated Monthly delivers updates on PHP, frameworks, tools, tips for coding, HHVM, news on RFCs for PHP 7, community, and much more. Read this month's digest curated by Mikhail Vink, PhpStorm Product Marketing Manager. (more…)

March issue of our PHP Annotated Monthly features: updates on PHP, tools, tips for coding and presentations, HTTP/2, HHVM, news on RFCs for PHP 7, community, and much more -- read our monthly digest curated by Anderson Casimiro, JetBrains' developer advocate. (more…)

Team members may have different backgrounds and code style preferences. In code bases where no formal code style is used, it can become obvious who wrote which code because of different styles being used. Having to work on such code base comes with some drawbacks: developers have to continuously switch their mind around reading code because sometimes brackets are on a new line, sometimes not. Sometimes brackets are required, sometimes not. To ensure a natural flow working with code, a coding standard can be enforced so that the entire code base becomes more uniform to read and work with. In

Earlier this week, we released the PhpStorm 8 EAP with a number of new features and improvements. We hear what you say on Twitter and on our issue tracker and that's why we're including your number one request: Multiple Selection. Let's see how we can work with them! (more…)