refactoring

Christoph Rumpel shows PhpStorm’s refactoring features. He goes through 6 refactorings to improve code readability and maintainability. PhpStorm tips with Christoph Rumpel is a video series where you can learn how to get more out of PhpStorm. (more…)

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…)