Drupal v8 and later is based on a number of Symfony2 framework components. There is a Drupal plugin built into PhpStorm with Drupal 8 general support (hooks, drush, etc.), but PhpStorm has excellent support for Symfony2 framework as well through its core features and the Symfony2 Plugin (an Open Source plugin maintained by Daniel Espendiller). To take advantages of close integration between Drupal and Symfony2 while developing Drupal modules and core, Daniel maintains an additional Drupal Symfony2 bridge plugin, which connects Symfony2 components to Drupal infrastructure in terms of IDE under

As the beta release of Drupal 8 is approaching, we are glad to share some cool news with you. In addition to already supported Drupal 7 & 6, we've introduced Drupal 8 support and it's already available through our PhpStorm 8 Early Access Program. (more…)