When developing a web service, you would usually test it by sending all kinds of HTTP requests to it and examining what’s returned. In PhpStorm, you can do this directly in the code editor. In this post, we’ll use the github.com/JetBrains/phpstorm-http-client-tutorial example project to demonstrate. You can clone it and navigate through its commit history to get to the corresponding phase of this overview. For each phase, run composer update to install and update what’s required, and then composer start to start the PHP web server. (more…)

Today we are starting the Early Access Program (EAP) for PhpStorm 2019.2. A fresh build, 192.4205.18, is available to download from our website and in the JetBrains Toolbox App. We are planning to deliver a number of cool features, performance and stability improvements, as well as bug-fixes in version 2019.2. In the current build, you’ll find long-awaited RegExp injections, PHP 7.4 Typed Properties, Support for cURL format in the HTTP client, EditorConfig support out of the box, new look for inspection tooltip, a bunch of bug fixes, and lots of other improvements for PHP and the Web

Among other features introduced in 2017.3 EAP we mentioned the editor-based REST client, which offers a new approach to working with web APIs. Earlier, you could run your requests with the REST client built right into PhpStorm, but it required crafting each request by hand with lots of button clicking, adding and completing of fields, and so on. What if we wanted to leverage the power of the PhpStorm editor for the very same task, with completions, refactorings, navigation, VCS capabilities and what not? That’s where the new editor-based REST client comes in. No more fiddling with tool w