In PhpStorm 2019.1, we’ve implemented debugging of Twig and Blade templates. The problem was that template files are not the files your application runs. They are first compiled into regular PHP and saved to a cache directory, and then the application runs those compiled files. So before PhpStorm 2019.1, your only option was to identify the compiled file, something like b84f5d6c0f0d85bb9187843.php, locate the line you want to place a breakpoint on, and then debug this file instead. Luckily, things have changed, and you can now debug your template files directly – there’s no difference

PhpStorm 2019.1.2 build 191.7141.52 is now available! In this second minor update for the PhpStorm 2019.1 we are happy to bring you support for Composer via Docker. This release also contains a Blade templates debugging fix, and a bunch of other bug fixes and improvements for PHP, the Web, and includes all the latest improvements made to the IntelliJ Platform. (more…)

PhpStorm 2019.1 EAP build 191.5849.26 is now available! This build delivers support for debugging Laravel 5.8 Blade templates, improvements and fixes for PHP, and all the fresh updates from the WebStorm team and IntelliJ Platform! You can download it on the website or via JetBrains Toolbox App. Or, if you have the previous PhpStorm 2019.1 EAP build installed, you will soon get a notification in the IDE about a patch update. (more…)

So, you’ve decided to try something new today and started a project from scratch. Your first step will be to set up a development environment: at the bare minimum, you’d want to run a web server and a PHP interpreter (preferably – with the debugging engine installed). With Docker, you can start developing, running, and debugging your code in a matter of minutes! (more…)

When it comes to PHP debugging, Xdebug is the de-facto standard. With the 2.6 version released last week, it’s a good time to take a look at the new features. And since Xdebug has always been tightly integrated with PhpStorm, we’ve been preparing ourselves for it, too. (more…)

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 debugging in PhpStorm to try and make the process as simple as possible. So I decided to blog about not only how to get debugging working, but the process I used to figure out exactly what needed to be changed. (more…)

Recent versions of PhpStorm have been really pushing at the boundaries with regards to the debugging tool, and PhpStorm 10 was no exception. Along with the amazing Interactive Debug Console, PhpStorm 10 also shipped various code completion improvements within the debugger. (more…)

Docker is an open platform for building, shipping and running distributed applications. It gives programmers, development teams and operations engineers the common toolbox they need to take advantage of the distributed and networked nature of modern applications. With the new Docker integration plugin for PhpStorm, you can add Docker support to existing projects, view logs, manage Docker containers, and debug PHP web applications from right inside PhpStorm. In this blog post we overview some of the most important features and configurations; for more details please refer to the full tuto

PhpStorm 9 brings you significantly redesigned debugging experience. We've already blogged about Inline Debugger and how all live debugging data are shown directly in the editor, with variable values integrated smoothly into the current editor's look-and-feel. Today we'd like to talk about other improvements in debugging and debugging configuration validation workflows. In short, an even more convenient Web Server Debug Validation is now available from the Run menu, providing additional information on possible debug configuration errors. Many configuration hints are provided as tooltips as

PhpStorm 9 EAP 141.1619 is available for download. From the PHP side, this build features: Code completion for non-static factory methods ArrayAccess support for factory code completion Auto-recognition of common WordPress global variables (global variable => classname, see WI-21339 for a list) Copy var_export / print_r / json_encode action for debugging variables view and other bug fixes (see full list in our issue tracker) Other changes from IntelliJ platform and web are also included, see complete release notes. Download PhpStorm 9 EAP build 141.1619 for your platfor

In PhpStorm 9 EAP builds you will find a new debugging feature called Inline Debugging for PHP. Inline debugging is useful because it lets you view variable values in the source code, right next to their usages. You don't even have to hover the mouse over the variable, or switch to the Variables pane of the Debug tool window. The option is enabled by default so it starts working as soon as you start a debugging session. Variable values are displayed at the end of the line where each variable is used, making the debugging process faster and more efficient: (more…)

To make the upcoming weekend even more enjoyable, we are glad to announce availability of Debugging with PhpStorm extended tutorials series which now covers all possible PHP debugging scenarios. In addition to our most-read zero-configuration web application debugging with Xdebug and PhpStorm, we've prepared a similar tutorial for Zend Debugger users. To start with debugging in PhpStorm, tutorials on Xdebug and Zend Debugger installation are also a good use. In Using the PhpStorm Debugger tutorial, we are exploring how to use the PhpStorm Debugger to step through the source code while it

Join us Thursday, November 20th, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM GMT (check other zones) for a free webinar, Taking Advantage of PhpStorm IDE
 and Zend Server Integration with Mikhail Vink and Joshua Solomin. Write code with pleasure and make sure that your project is safely deployed and easy to debug, with the new collaboration between JetBrains and Zend! During this webinar we’ll explore the integration between Zend Server’s Z-Ray and the PhpStorm IDE, from debugging and profiling your applications seamlessly to preparing deployment packages in the IDE to be deployed to Zend Server, and more. Mikhai

Live Edit has been in PhpStorm for a while. It allows us to change HTML, CSS and JavaScript code in the IDE and see the changes in the browser immediately, without reloading. PhpStorm 8 expands on this by adding Live Edit for Node.js. We can run our application, work on our code and automatically update the running application, without restarting the Node.js server. Let's see how this works! (more…)

Today we are glad to announce that Zend and JetBrains team up to integrate PhpStorm and Zend Server, bringing in-context visibility and insight to developers with the help of both tools. Zend Server is an integrated platform for mobile and web apps, helping in all phases of the application life cycle. What is new in Zend Server 7 is the expanded support for developers. Zend Server 7 includes the all-new Z-Ray, which gives unprecedented, in-context visibility inside apps, by showing in real time exactly what happens to construct each page. It helps developers write better code, detect and fix

PhpStorm 8 comes with PHP 5.6 support. With this latest PHP version released end of August, we don't want to keep you from using new language features like exponentiation via **, use function and use const, constant expressions, variadic functions, argument unpacking and so on. In this post, we'll have a look at a few interesting new language features. Visit the PHP website to learn about all of them. Setting the PHP Language Level To enable PHP 5.6 for a project, we can go to Project Settings | PHP and select the PHP 5.6 language level. Of course, to run PHP 5.6 code we will also have to ad

Some features are so (seamingly) simple yet so powerful. One of them is the new Live Console in the PhpStorm JavaScript and Node.js debugger. While debugging JavaScript, we can use the Console tab to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the execution context. This means we can alter variables, call JavaScript functions, or even define additional functions on the fly. This feature is available in the latest PhpStorm 8 EAP. Give it a try and let us hear your thoughts! All feedback is welcome through the issue tracker, by posting in the comments below, or in our forums! Develop with

When developing PHP applications for the web, chances are we're also using a good amount of JavaScript with it. Using PhpStorm, we can debug the PHP code running on the server and inspect what is happening while it's running. We can also debug the JavaScript running in the browser by starting a JavaScript debugging session from our IDE. But what if we want to do both at the same time? Is that even possible? Well, yes, it is! Here's how. (more…)

Forget about the NSA: PhpStorm 8 EAP comes with spy-js, our own secret service that allows tracing our code without console.log, debugging it without breakpoints and profiling it without any specialized tools. All while running our web app (and even other web apps out there on the Internet, it's a secret service after all). Sounds like some serious espionage, right? Let's have a quick look at what it can do for us. A picture is worth a thousand words, and a moving picture is worth ten times that. So here's a 7-minute introduction video to spy-js: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPIbwxzC5

Have you ever taken the time to sit down and explore PhpStorm? Now's your chance! We're publishing the materials we've developed for the PhpStorm workshop at the PHPBenelux conference! In these materials, you'll learn about many of the features and productivity tools available in PhpStorm IDE, such as navigation, editing, inspections, live templates, refactoring, tools like Composer and the REST client and many more things. It's virtually impossible to cover every option and feature in PhpStorm, but we're providing a number of practical exercises to enhance your every-day workflow as a PHP