PhpStorm Reviews & Product Details

PhpStorm is a JetBrains IDE designed specifically for PHP development. Out of the box, PhpStorm provides you with intelligent, feature-rich code editing tailored to every aspect of PHP programming – smart coding assistance, reliable refactorings, instant code navigation, built-in developer tools, PHP framework support, and more.

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JetBrains

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English

Product Description

Enjoy productive PHP and web development with PhpStorm. Take advantage of deep code understanding, top-notch coding assistance, and support for all major tools and frameworks.

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$249.00

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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.

PhpStorm Reviews (489)

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Mateusz P.

Backend Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/11/2021

"The only reasonable PHP IDE"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It's the only PHP IDE that behaves like an IDE. It has refactoring features, code generation, can work with Docker or local servers etc. The tests integration is very easy.

Now it also have a feature of pair programming which is very useful for online working teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It's quite heavy, especially if you open a few projects. But I think it's inevitable with such a tool.

Also the configuration is sometimes complicated. But there is a lot of tutorials available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andre K.

Support Manager

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/11/2021

"PhpStorm - Best paid for editor"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Always the latest and best features for PHP and integrations/support with various other services, frameworks, AWS SDK etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There is not much to dislike, even the price is affordable. If I would have to choose something it would be training material to get the best out of the IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

PhpStorm is easy to use and support is great. There is a big support base so any query/question you have already probably have an answer, if not someone will assist. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use PhpStorm with the various other Jetbrains products to design, code, document and testing with very good code repository support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/23/2021

"A must use tool for PHP development"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

integration with git out of the box and able to connect to database with its integrated db studio Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

commit window is not friendly enough compare to VS Cod*

I could not see the number of modified/deleted lines without opening each file changes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/15/2021

"Powerful IDE making software development process easier"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHP Storm provides a pretty solid toolkit for PHP development. Two things that I love about it is the ease it provides when debugging the code, and second is ability to use additional plugins that make it even more powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Given PHPStorm is a Java-based IDE, it is a memory hog. When running two projects in parallel, you might not be able to do anything else on the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/22/2021

"Faster development"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

There are so many great features and plugins that are available to work smarter, cleaner and faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There is a little bit of a learning curve to using and setting up the environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/15/2021

"Super flexible!"

4/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Excellent PHP developer with the most varied features that an IDE should have, making the experience more complete and fluid. The built-in keyboard shortcuts and support for saving files are great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I don't see many disadvantages, except that sometimes it slows down when loading larger projects. It also has some features that are not so intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/27/2021

"easy to use developing editor"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Syntax highlighting and autocompletion is excellent to avoid typing errors. Comparision side by side of two files is very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Continuing saving of the file can be lagging if it is using a mapped drive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

saif u.

Co-founder DOLF

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/4/2021

"Amazing IDE for php and frameworks like Laravel"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I like nearly everything about this software. There are small bugs sometimes but overall works like a charm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Sometimes small bugs are encountered in the application but not significant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

Consider this tool if you are using PHP or related frameworks. I use this for Laravel and it works like a charm. Never felt a need to find or look for anything else. The extension library is super amazing. The themes are beautiful and elegant. This software is not too costly and fits all the users while developing a laravel or PHP based application. CLI can be improved more I think. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use PhpStorm for laravel projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Oscar K.

Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/29/2021

"Extremely pleasant to use"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PhpStorm does everything very well out of the box with autocompletion, and the plugin feature makes it the best IDE for Laravel Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It can be slow as its a very "feature-rich" program as well as the built-in git feature is a tough nut to crack Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/9/2021

"IntelliJ delivers a great package"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It would be a combination of ease of use and being open to so many community-managed extensions that make the tool so useful in most aspects of PHP software development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

The licensing can feel a little restrictive at times Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.