Inspections

PhpStorm 2021.2 is now available! This major release introduces preliminary support for generics in PHP, enums for PHP 8.1, one-line array shapes, improved automatic formatting of PHP code, new inspections and refactorings, and much more. Download PhpStorm 2021.2 Here are the main highlights of the release: PHP Basic support for generics in PHP PHP 8.1 Enums One-line array shapes New

PhpStorm 2021.1 is now available! This major release introduces a built-in preview for PHP and HTML files, 20+ new inspections to help prevent bugs, improvements in all subsystems, pair programming via Code With Me, and much more. Download PhpStorm 2021.1 Here are the main highlights of the release: PHP Preview PHP and HTML files right in the editor with a built-in b

The fourth build of the PhpStorm 2021.1 Early Access Program includes a set of new inspections and quick-fixes for PHP, as well as several enhancements in various subsystems. Just like the other EAP builds, this build is free to use but it will expire 30 days after the build date. Download PhpStorm 2021.1 EAP (more…)

Today we’re starting the Early Access Program (EAP) for PhpStorm 2021.1. After doing such a huge feature release with 2020.3, we will be focusing on quality and performance for 2021.1. So while there won’t be many new features, you can expect a number of enhancements in various subsystems. Download PhpStorm 2021.1 EAP We plan to ship PhpStorm 2021.1 in late March. Prior to the final r

A new PhpStorm EAP cycle has begun, and we are continuing our What’s Coming in PhpStorm video series. Every week, in addition to our standard blog post, we’ll publish a short video overview of what you’ll find in the upcoming PhpStorm 2020.2. In the first episode, we’ll take a look at full support for GitHub Pull Requests and introduce the new inspections widget. Speaking of inspections, there

The Early Access Program (EAP) for PhpStorm 2020.2 starts today! For the upcoming release, we are more focused on improving existing subsystems and stability than adding a lot of new functionality. Nevertheless, there are plenty of exciting features on the way. The main highlights of the first EAP build are: Full support for GitHub Pull Requests Brand new Inspections Widget PHP contr

In this episode of the What's coming in 2020.1 series, we take a look at new inspections, such as finding redundant ternary expressions and redundant pass-by-ref occurrences. We also discuss an addition for composer.json to support references for scripts and, last but not least, advanced grammar proofreading with the Grazie spell-checker. (more…)

When facing legacy code, probably the first thing you want to do is clean it up. PhpStorm 2019.1 can help you with this, particularly by finding and removing dead code with the new Unused Declaration inspection. It will carefully analyze your code and data flow, and highlight the entities that are never used. To get started, make sure that the inspection is enabled under Settings/Preferences |

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 notificatio