The third of our Early Access Program builds for PhpStorm 2020.1 is now available! In this blog post, we’ll go through updates for PHPUnit, various additions for PHP including better PHPDoc handling with PHP 7.4, and last but not least, improved Git branches workflow. If you prefer to watch the updates in video format, you can subscribe to the JetBrains YouTube channel and follow our What’s Coming in PhpStorm 2020.1 Series – Episode 1 is already online! Download PhpStorm 2020.1 EAP PHPUnit Miscellaneous PHP Improvements Improved work with Git branches (more…)

PhpStorm 2019.3.1 build 193.5662.63 is available now. It brings with it important bugfixes and a couple of small but heavily requested usability improvements. Customizable auto-insertion of short tags PhpStorm 2019.3 introduced the ability to automatically insert <?php as soon as you type <?, which can help you deprecate short tags: But because short tags are still a part of PHP, this turned out to be a bit excessive. That is why in this version, we’ve brought several enhancements to the feature. First, you can now opt out completely. In the PhpStorm preferences, go to Edit

The second build of the PhpStorm 2019.3 EAP is now available! This build delivers PHPDoc improvements, lets you view the GitHub PR timeline and customize time format in VCS log, provides new quick-fixes for if-else constructs, and adds a couple of neat timesavers in PHP. Download it on the EAP page or via the JetBrains Toolbox App. Or, if you have the previous PhpStorm 2019.3 EAP build (193.2956.42) installed, you should soon get a notification in your IDE about a patch update. Download PhpStorm 2019.3 EAP If you’re not yet familiar with our Early Access Program, here are the basics yo

PhpStorm 2019.1 EAP build 191.6014.13 is now available! This build delivers support for click on the @inheritDoc tag, improvements for move function to class refactoring, fixes for PHP, and it includes all the fresh new updates from the WebStorm team and IntelliJ Platform! You can download it on the website or via JetBrains' Toolbox App. Or, if you have an earlier PhpStorm 2019.1 EAP build installed, you will soon get a notification in the IDE about a patch update. (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…)

PhpStorm 2019.1 EAP build 191.5109.15 is now available! This build delivers code cleanup for PHP, ability to define the order of tags in PHPDoc, improvements for Introduce Constant and Extract Method refactorings, and even more! You can download it on the website or via JetBrains Toolbox App. Or, if you have the previous PhpStorm 2019.1 EAP build (191.4738.10) installed, you should soon get a notification in the IDE about a patch update. (more…)

Writing docblocks is slow and tedious, so any help that your IDE can give you is always useful. PhpStorm 2016.2 has improved the way that the `@throws` annotation is detected and generated to save you having to create these annotations yourself. (more…)

The recording of our June 11th webinar, PHP Annotations: They exist! with Rafael Dohms, is available on JetBrains YouTube channel. This session shows you who is doing what with annotations, and will give you some ideas on how to use the existing tools in your own projects to keep life simple. Developers, architects and anyone responsible for the technical direction of an application should view this session. Rafael's slides are available on Slideshare. (more…)

Join us Wednesday, June 11th, 4:00 - 5:00 PM CEST (10:00 - 11:00 AM EDT, check other zones) for a free webinar, PHP Annotations: They exist! with Rafael Dohms. Annotations are more than PHPDoc comments, they're a fully-featured way of including additional information alongside your code. We might have rejected an RFC to add support into the PHP core, but the community has embraced this tool anyway! This session shows you who is doing what with annotations, and will give you some ideas on how to use the existing tools in your own projects to keep life simple. Developers, architects and an

*Update* In order to resolve regressions introduced in this EAP (related to use statements and refactorings) please disable Behat Support plugin in Settings | Plugins. PhpStorm 8 EAP 138.256 is available for download. From the PHP side, this build features: Detailed/separate messages for PHPDOC signature mismatches Behat: find usages for step definition methods many bug fixes and improvements (see full list in our issue tracker)... IntelliJ platform and web changes are also included. Please note that default hotkey for multiple selection (multiple carets) add/remove caret

Since PhpDocumentor allows Markdown in documentation blocks (as stated here), we have added Markdown support to PhpStorm 8 too when showing a quick documentation of classes, functions, etc. Here is a list of what is actually supported from Markdown syntax specification, with some examples: Paragraphs separated by one or more line breaks. There is a continuous flow of text inside a paragraph without line breaks from the original description. Headers. You can use the following style, for example: My Header OR My Header --------- ========= or use the number sign (#): # My Header

PhpStorm 7 EAP 131.8 is available for download. From the PHP side, this build features: Coding Style improvements: blank lines before/after 'Use' statements configuration has been introduced Indentation in case of using Javascript as Template Data Language (WI-17814) PHPUnit on Server improvements, including configuration using XML configuration file (WI-9369) and support for PHPUnit 3.7 (along with 3.5 and 3.6) PHPDoc various bug fixes INI plugin enhancements PHP-cgi console now forces new lines after each output and more bug fixes and improvements... Also the build brin

We are rolling out set of very important fixes and performance improvements plus some new features: PHP debugging of PHAR-packed code (only Xdebug engine supports this) resolving, validation, rename and find usages for goto labels indenting code with "Tab" key leaves HEREDOC end marker untouched support for "unlimited parameters" attribute in PHPDoc ($name...) complex doc @annotations (e.g. Doctrine) are not reformatted/broken anymore PHPUnit tags in PHPDoc completion JavaScript support for JSDoc typecasts inspection with a quick fix for JSDoc not matching method/f

This week's EAP brings you important bug fixes and improvements in all areas, with following changes most notable: PHP 5.4 is now fully supported - this build will recognize trait use section's method renames and conflict resolution rules and infer $this type in closures. There still some minor things to refine.. Anyway please pay attention to problems with 5.4 features and file all reports as new separate issues PHP "Language Level" setting is added to project - see Settings | PHP. It will also set features for Language Level inspection to mark as unavailable PHPDoc inheritance support ad