We’ve just updated the PhpStorm 2020.1 EAP! Try the reworked “Move method” refactoring, a unified UI for SSH configurations, and completion for PHP that is assisted by machine learning. Read on to learn more. (more…)

Every PhpStorm release comes with lots of new refactorings, intentions, and quick-fixes, and PhpStorm 2019.1 is no exception. In this release, we’ve enhanced the string juggling toolbox and made moving functions between files and classes easier. We’ve also added the new Method may be ‘static’ quick-fix, and provided a quick-fix for the Remove Unused Variable inspection. Let’s look at these new features in more detail. (more…)

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 191.5109.15 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…)

Every PhpStorm release comes with new and enhanced refactorings, saving you from having to perform tedious manual tasks and making it easier for you to maintain your code. PhpStorm 2018.3 is no exception. In this release, we are introducing the Replace with Alias, Inline Alias, and Сhange Class Member Visibility refactorings, as well as some tweaks to enhance some of our existing refactorings. Let’s take a look at them in more detail. (more…)

When working with Doctrine ORM, the preferred, and probably the easiest, way to work with database queries is to use the Doctrine Query Language or DQL. DQL is a query language for your object model: instead of composing raw SQL with the names of tables and columns, you refer to the names of your PHP classes and fields to fetch or update data. You can learn more about DQL in the documentation, and, if you haven’t yet, start using it in PhpStorm 2018.3! (more…)

When you need to move a method across the class hierarchy, PhpStorm provides you with several facilities for this. For example, you can move some functionality between a class and its parent using the Pull Up/Push Down refactorings. Or you can use the Make Static refactoring in combination with Move Static Method to move a method to a different class. To cover the cases when a method cannot be made static or moved across the class hierarchy, PhpStorm 2018.2 introduces a new Move Instance Method refactoring. As its name states, the new refactoring allows moving an instance method to a par

In PhpStorm, you can use the Extract method refactoring to transform a group of statements into a method. Surprisingly enough, doing the opposite has not been possible up until recently. In PhpStorm 2018.1, we are introducing the Inline method refactoring. (more…)

PhpStorm 9.5 has an amazing innovation in its refactoring engine. Now, when you need to rename a variable, parameter, class, method, constant or goto label, you can do it in-place, right in the editor pane. (more…)

PhpStorm users got a great new refactoring tool in PhpStorm 9 – parameter refactoring. Here's a quick explanation on how to use this cool new tool. (more…)

The latest PhpStorm 8 EAP brings support for PSR-0 and PSR-4 namespace roots. PhpStorm comes with a configurable convention which specifies that the project Source Root is also a root for the package and namespace. In other words: every directory created under the Source Root will be considered a separate namespace. PSR-0, also known as the Autoloading Standard, prescribes that classes and namespaces in PHP should match the directory and file structure, and vice-versa. PSR-4 allows specifying a namespace prefix for a given directory explicitly. Having this project structure makes autoloader

Earlier this week, we released the PhpStorm 8 EAP with a number of new features and improvements. We hear what you say on Twitter and on our issue tracker and that's why we're including your number one request: Multiple Selection. Let's see how we can work with them! (more…)

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

The recording of our January 28th webinar featuring Mathias Verraes and Mikhail Vink, Refactoring Legacy Code with PhpStorm, is now available on JetBrains YouTube Channel. In this webinar, Mathias starts from a piece of code that is messy and uncovered by tests. Using PhpStorm's automated refactoring tools, the code is gradually cleaned up, moved around, and brought under test. What emerges is a cleaner, more expressive domain model. This webinar is geared towards developers of different proficiency. (more…)

Join us Tuesday, January 28th, 16:00 - 17:00 CET (check other time zones) for a free webinar, Refactoring Legacy Code with PhpStorm with Mathias Verraes. In this webinar, Mathias starts from a piece of code that is messy and uncovered by tests. Using PhpStorm's automated refactoring tools, the code is gradually cleaned up, moved around, and brought under test. What emerges is a cleaner, more expressive domain model. This webinar is geared towards developers of different proficiency. Space is limited; please register now. There will be an opportunity to ask questions during the webinar. T

With the new Move Static Member refactoring in the PhpStorm 7 EAP, we can move static fields and methods to another type. For example when classes contain static methods that are nothing but utility methods, we can move them into a separate type. (more…)

The PhpStorm 7 EAP introduces a new refactoring: Extract Interface. The Extract Interface refactoring allows users to quickly create a new interface based on a selected interface or class. Imagine we have a PersonRepository which features several methods for retrieving and storing data. Chances are that similar functions to getById(), getAll(), save() and delete() will be used in other classes as well. An ideal candidate for an interface! Let’s give the Extract Interface refactoring a go! (more…)

A lot of PhpStorm users have been asking us to create a series of video tutorials. Today, we're happy to announce the availability of about two hours of video tutorials around PhpStorm which Maarten has been working on for the past few weeks. JetBrains.TV and YouTube playlist are also available. The PhpStorm video tutorials does not cover every feature available nor cover every feature in depth. It is focused around everyday features available in PhpStorm, explained in short bite-size videos of 2-5 minutes. This way you can learn about a new feature every day in just a few minutes! Or if yo

It can be really handy to have a schematical view of an application’s class hierarchy. PhpStorm lets us quickly examine our application structure by generating UML class diagrams. This can help us understand the codebase we’re working on and navigate from diagram to code and back. We can even refactor from the UML diagram! Let’s see how. (more…)

On Tuesday, March 26, we’ve held a free webinar where JetBrains Technical Evangelist for PHP and .NET Maarten Balliauw went through the most important features of the latest PhpStorm 6 release. The recording of this webinar can be found on our YouTube channel. (more…)