PhpStorm Reviews & Product Details

PhpStorm is a PHP integrated development environment (IDE) developed by JetBrains that provides tools for writing, analyzing, testing, and debugging PHP applications. It is designed for professional PHP developers, full-stack web developers, and software teams building server-side and web-based applications. Common use cases include developing PHP web applications, maintaining legacy systems, working with modern JavaScript frameworks, integrating databases, and managing large or multi-module codebases. PhpStorm supports the PHP development lifecycle within a single environment. It includes context-aware coding assistance, project navigation tools, refactoring capabilities, debugging functionality, and integrations with version control systems and testing frameworks. The IDE runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, providing a consistent development environment across platforms. Key features and capabilities include: • Intelligent code assistance with context-aware completion, syntax highlighting, inspections, quick documentation, and automated refactorings for PHP and related web technologies • Built-in support for PHP frameworks such as Laravel, Symfony, and Zend Framework, along with support for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and templating languages including Twig and Blade • Navigation and project analysis tools that enable search across files, classes, symbols, and usages, supporting work in large or complex codebases • Integrated debugging and testing tools, including breakpoint management, PHPUnit support, and version control integration such as Git • Database and deployment tools, including SQL support, remote interpreters, Docker and Vagrant integration, and built-in terminal access PhpStorm enables developers to manage backend and frontend workflows within a single IDE. By combining language-specific code intelligence with debugging, testing, and deployment support, it provides a structured environment for PHP application development across local and remote environments.

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JetBrains

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English

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For Individuals

$10.90

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PhpStorm Demo - Craft high-quality code with intelligent code editing

Whatever task you have at hand, PhpStorm brings smart coding assistance to your fingertips. With tons of useful features and shortcuts for every action, you have all the support you need to focus on what’s essential and enjoy productive PHP development.

PhpStorm Demo - Read codebases with easy navigation

Whether you’re exploring an unfamiliar codebase, digging into legacy code, or working with your own project, PhpStorm helps you navigate project files, code lines, symbol declarations, and usages with ease.

PhpStorm Demo - Upgrade your projects with smart refactoring

Refactor your code quickly and efficiently across the entire codebase. Migrate safely to newer PHP and framework versions. Undo changes in a matter of clicks, and stay confident in the quality and compatibility of your code.

PhpStorm Demo - Delegate even more routine tasks to AI

With PhpStorm, engage in AI-assisted development on your own terms. You can use PhpStorm’s built-in AI-powered service to have entire lines of code suggested without sending any data to external servers and plug into AI Assistant for unlimited AI support with your routine tasks.

PhpStorm Demo - Track down and fix errors with the built-in debugger

Still using var_dump() to see what’s happening inside your PHP program? With PhpStorm’s visual debugger for Xdebug, you can get live debugging data, conditional breakpoints, and step-through insight into code execution with minimal configuration effort required.

PhpStorm Demo - Ensure code quality with support for testing frameworks

Take advantage of PhpStorm’s built-in support for all major PHP testing tools, including PHPUnit and Pest. Have your unit tests generated automatically, assess code coverage at the file or project view, and inspect test results in a dedicated window.

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Olivier B.

Consultant et programmeur

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/19/2022

"My everyday IDE for the last 10 years"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

The huge amount of features that accelerate my developement speed. Code analysis, auto-completion, coding hints and the quick navigation functions are those that I use the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

The only downside is that it's not free and there's a bit of delay when while opening a project, during which PHPStorm creates an index, which can sometimes be slow, especially with huge projects like Magento, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

Using this tool helped me save time debugging and navigating code, seeing a function/class documentation easily while coding, etc. Highly recommend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

The amount of time I save with code analysis finding bugs before I even leave the editor is probably the biggest benefit. It helps speed up most tasks around coding, like documentation, deployment, git and debugging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sanjiv S.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/27/2022

"A very good IDE for PHP programming language"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Its auto-completion feature is very well optimized to work according to the developer's behavior.

It is very easy to add plugins to it.

It has some of the best theme templates in the whole IDE software industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I did not like its color-coded syntax feature very much.

It does not work very well with Python and Javascript programming languages.

It is a memory extensive software that requires your system to have at least 16 GB of memory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shahbaz T.

Senior Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/20/2022

"The best IDE for PHP development."

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm helps me be a lot more productive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It can be slow at times, it would be awesome if it could be as fast as a normal text editor but maintain all the features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

If you haven't tried PHPStorm and you work a lot with PHP projects then give it a shot for at least two weeks. This will allow you to get accustomed to it and hopefully benefit from it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

I work a lot with Magento 2 and having a real PHP IDE helps me deliver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Charlie M.

Full Stack Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/8/2022

"PhpStorm is a great IDE for PHP Development"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm makes it easy to navigate my codebase quickly.This is achieved with the JetBrains file search software. I like how the Git client is a built-in tool. This IDE is also very customizable, making it feel more personal with different themes, code formats, and keybindings. I also found syntax highlighting to be quite good. If you are a student this product is available for free for a year. This gives you a chance to experiment with this IDE and get a look at how powerful it can be. This application also receives regular updates and security patches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

When using PhpStorm, it can take up quite a bit of memory. If you have not used a JetBrains product before, PhpStorm can be somewhat intimidating to learn. There are "Getting Started" guides that can be helpful, but I found you have to learn about the more powerful tools on your own. But after getting over the learning curve, there is quite a lot you can do with this IDE. This IDE does come at a steep cost though. The first year costs $89. This is followed by a cheaper price of around $71 for the second year. The third year and onward is more manageable at around $53. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

If you are looking for a fast, reliable IDE, look no further than PhpStorm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

With PhpStorm, I am able to easily view and edit databases. I can also develop, test, and debug my JavaScript code with ease. The JS debugger is very powerful, and code completion makes development a breeze. Almost all of my web development needs are met with PhpStorm! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jatin K.

Freelance

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/16/2022

"Best IDE for PHP development"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I always find it troublesome to setup Database servers and PHP configs and then other components of website differently but PHPStorm helps me do everything from inside it, and makes me more productve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

The initial creation of the project can sometimes get challenging inside PHPStorm too but at least all the configuration is happening from inside of IDE and I dont have to look anywhere else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John B.

Lead programmer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/30/2021

"PHPStorm by Jetbrains Review"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

How well the IDE has so many needed tools integrated into one environment seamlessly. And how intellij environments can so easily be expanded upon to add more functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There are so many features and so much flexibility that it's very difficult to be able to get through all the settings to have everything setup just the way a developer likes things to be setup. Also, the plugin system frequently has issues because of backward compatibility. While plugin devs should keep up with this, it would be nice if there were better fallback options to prevent plugins from failing...ie be more backward compatible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

The cost per year is less $100. It's so worth it....just get it (try the free trial first) and spend time learning it (it will take a bit getting used to). Once you are familiar with it, you'll wonder why you ever did things any other way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

PHPStorm has allowed me to quickly organize and maintain projects. I'm an integrations developer and I create custom integrations as well as custom apps/reporting which use so many of the features that it includes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Colin V.

Product Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/12/2022

"Excellent IDE"

4/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm handles code completion, refactoring, and auto-formatting really well. There is also a large community of 3rd party plugins to extend its capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Licensing costs are high for individuals (unless you are an Open Source developer) ... although you do get what you pay for. It is a bit of a memory and battery hog as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

If you are an Open Source developer, look into their free licensing options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it almost exclusively for my software development (mostly PHP, but in a pinch it does pretty well with HTML/CSS/JS as well). The refactoring features alone have probably saved me several hours (and many headaches). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike C.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/29/2021

"PhpStorm Is The Best Coding Environment I Have Ever Used"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm's coding environment is the best that I have ever used. Coding errors are caught immediately (i.e. misspelled class name), and the completely customizable interface makes great use of colors, automatic indents, and code folding. Another great feature of PhpStorm is that it will automatically notify you when you have function input parameter errors (i.e. incorrect data type or incorrect number of parameters given). Lastly (and this is by far not a complete list of things that I like about PhpStorm), I love the automatic integration of repository (i.e. GitHub Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There is not much I can comment about here as PhpStorm has propelled my web-based, data-driven application development to the next level. PhpStorm's support is next level - they actually listen to your ideas to make the product better and their update procedure allows you to work without implementing the update (it's your choice WHEN to implement the update). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

Make sure you read over the docs about anything you are unsure of. Most likely your question will be answered in those docs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use this IDE for everyday use - I love the code completions, breadcrumbs to take you to root classes and definitions. It even tells you when you have too many or too few arguments for a class or function. I am using this IDE for enterprise web application development and with its GIT integration it takes teamwork to a new level Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Randeep Singh D.

Web Application Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/20/2022

"Great Code Editor for PHP"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Its very useful editor for php language. Colour code make code looks clean and find error line very easily. Plugin are very helpful to write code very fast and accurate which save alot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Its very hard to find any disadvantages using phpStorm. One face issue large php project some take much time to load but when its fully loaded its fast as normally is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

PhpStorm editor is very helpfull for in many projects. For debugging its very useful to find error in files. Error code hight features also help to figure out error in code. Snippets are many which make code faster and save time also we can save our own snippets and make short cut for new files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alexander C.

Backend developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/21/2021

"Really good"

4/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It is a complete IDE, with many plugins that will help you write your code more straightforwardly, easy integration with the PSR standard, and multiple versions of PHP; you have to define which version you will use in each project, and the IDE does the rest, the running and debugging unit tests is also very well implemented Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Perhaps one of the most significant disadvantages that the IDE has is its price, but if you can afford it, it is a super recommended tool; you also have the option of trying it for a few days to see if it meets expectations, another point against is that some plugins are paid separately Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PhpStorm solving and how is that benefiting you?

With the IDE, I have developed new projects with the Symfony framework, I have also supported and maintained other projects written in Laravel, being integrated with Git through the console you can work in a more comfortable way since you do not have to navigate between windows to do some things but you can take care of everything from the ide Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.