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Git can be hard, particularly if you've been dropped in at the deep end and are only used to working in a specific way, so it's our intention to address how to accomplish certain version control tasks in a JetBrains IDE during this series. In this first episode, myself (Gary Hockin, Developer Advocate for PhpStorm) and Trisha Gee (Developer Advocate for IntelliJ IDEA and all-around Git expert)

With the recent releases of PhpStorm 9 & 10, the database tool inside the IDE got some interesting improvements. In this post we'll take a look at exactly what's changed and how working with your database without leaving PhpStorm is more enjoyable than ever before. (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, tutori

PhpStorm 8.0.3 build 139.1348 is available for download. This update is focused on various bug fixes and improvements from the PHP, web & IntelliJ platform sides. Read full PhpStorm 8.0.3 release notes >> Download PhpStorm 8.0.3 build 139.1348 for your platform and please report any bugs or feature request to our Issue Tracker. Patch-update from the previous release version (

Where do we host our applications? How do we deploy them? Can we have different environments like development, staging and production? A possible answer to all those questions is Pantheon. It provides hosting, database, caching, version control, different environments, workflows for moving an application through the development pipeline and more. Let's go over the basics of working on a Drupal or

The recording of our November 20th webinar, Taking Advantage of PhpStorm IDE
 and Zend Server Integration with Mikhail Vink is available on JetBrains YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_T_Yb-447c (more…)

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 be

PhpStorm 8.0.2 RC1 139.173 is available for download. This update features significant performance improvements (including massive speed-up for large files with multiple injected fragments), and many other bug fixes (see full list in our issue tracker). Other changes from IntelliJ platform and web are also included, see complete release notes. Web-related features can be also explored in Web

Note: If your license key is not transferred from the previous version to PhpStorm 8 please enter it again on the first launch or follow the workaround. Sorry for inconvenience. Just a few days after the PhpStorm 8 release, we are glad to announce that PhpStorm 8.0.1 build 138.2001 is available for download. This update is focused on various bug fixes and stability improvements from the PHP,

PhpStorm 8, the new major release of our professional PHP IDE, is now available for download! Read all about the new features and improvements on the PhpStorm website. This release champions the needs of developers working with proven and emerging web technologies, for both front and backend development. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rraY2noKc4 The key PhpStorm 8 enhancements and

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

Moving code around is an essential part of application design and maintenance, but it may become a tedious task in modern code utilising namespaces and the PSR0 file layout convention. Move Class refactoring is a reliable tool that will remove the burden of maintaining project consistency and allow you to use move as a simple atomic action, allowing you to keep your focus on the design decisions,

Since version 3.7, PHPUnit allows us to install the test runner and optional dependencies using Composer. With PhpStorm 6, this workflow is now supported from the IDE. Using both the bundled Composer support and PhpStorm’s unit testing support, we can install PHPUnit via Composer without any hassle. Let’s find out how. (more…)

The easiest way to enhance code readability is to standardize its organization. For example, you can specify methods to be ordered after fields or keep dependent methods together. The good news is that starting with version 6, you can have your code rearranged automatically! All code generated by PhpStorm will follow these rules, so you don't have to worry about it at every turn. (more…)

One of the great things that happened in PHP world was the introduction of Composer, a dependency manager for PHP which allows us to specify dependencies for our project and have Composer install and update them for us. With PhpStorm 6, we’re taking Composer support one step further with full support for this great tool in the UI and in PhpStorm’s command line tool. In this post, we’ll cover our

As you work on a big project, you often face the need to refactor your code to maintain it properly. Likewise, there are many situations when you start to add functionality from the bottom of the class hierarchy and then realize it can be also used in more common cases (otherwise some parts of your code may become obsolete for the parent class but still be valid for one of its children). To fix t

When building REST-based web APIs, it’s worth having a tool available to invoke them over HTTP. The current versions of WebStorm 6, PhpStorm 6, RubyMine 5.4 and PyCharm contain a bundled REST Client plugin which allows us to do just that. In this blog post, we’ll have a quick look at the built-in features of the REST Client and on how to use them. (more…)

CakePHP2 comes with unit testing support powered by PHPUnit. In addition to the features offered by PHPUnit, CakePHP offers some additional features to make testing easier. Unit tests in CakePHP rely on a custom test runner which can be run in the browser or using the CakePHP console. More information on unit testing with CakePHP can be found on their website. One issue with CakePHP unit tests is

In a previous post we saw how PhpStorm handles Version Control Systems (VCS). A very popular VCS is Git, driven by the collaboration that’s possible using GitHub. In this post, we’ll explore several integrations with GitHub that are available from within your IDE: Create a GitHub repository Clone a GitHub repo Create a gist on GitHub Open in browser Use the GitHub issue tracker Next to thos

Many different files are created in the course of development, and the bigger your project grows, the more files it involves. However, most files are typical and can contain pre-defined information you don’t need to type every time you create a new file. It can be framework-specific constructions, template, copyright information, classes, includes or anything else. To make this workflow smoother,