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.

Product Website

Seller

JetBrains

Discussions

PhpStorm Community

Languages Supported

English

Overview by

Yungyeong Heo (Brand Marketing Manager at JetBrains)

Pricing

Pricing provided by PhpStorm.

For Individuals

$10.90

Per Month

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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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Verified User in Consumer Electronics

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/25/2016

"Great IDE for all PHP/Web developers "

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Phpstorm is a great IDE for all web programmers and I highly recommend it. Considering its size, it is super fast! It also supports many languages and plugins other than PHP, allowing you to build robust applications consisting of several programming languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

If there is more than one large project open at a time it can cause the system to get quite slow. Additionally, it is not a free IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

Try out the free 30 day trial via JetBrains before purchasing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am currently building interactive tools for buyers of a large company, which will allow them to view their inventory and listings in a more proficient manner via connection to a SQL database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Charles S.

Software Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/15/2022

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"Great IDE for PHP Developer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

There are so many great features

like as

- Database client

- Terminal

- Git features

- Good Vim emulation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

In my case there is just one problem sometimes it takes a lot of time to index things for project opening Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nfon A.

Data Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/10/2022

"PhpStorm Every php developer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Light weight

Supports php and frameworks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Crashes sometimes

Needs to be updated often Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.