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

1 User Per Year

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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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Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/28/2021

"Really nice even with the associated cost"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It's a really complete IDE. You can work really well with Laravel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

For me it's too expensive, I really like it but I would prefer if it were a bit cheaper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/15/2021

"Autocomplete save lives (:"

4/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I love the intuitive interface and the autocomplete function because we are always in a hurry, which saves LOTS of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

I didn't have any issues with the software yet (: Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alvaro N.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/24/2020

"Exquisite as all JetBrain's IDE's"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Everything works, and everything works fast.

I love that with a few keystrokes, your code gets formatted beautifully. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Hard to tell, maybe the pricing (AFAIK there is currently no free edition). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohammed S.

Software engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/21/2021

"Great IDE for building PHP application with everything u need within a single window."

4/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

Database client, terminal , git features all at one place . plenty of plugins to play around with and get rich coding experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

software is quite heavy on my machine . sometimes running multiple instances hangs the system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

If u want to build PHP projects with ease , and by taking advantage of intelligence built to make it quicker to code the application u want , then go for it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Using php storm to build complex erp application on php in my company.. having database client , own terminal and many other options to enhance development experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pedro P.

Junior Java Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/24/2020

"The best PHP IDE that exists"

4/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I like how easy it is to use and that it is compatible with other languages like jQuery, React, and Angular.js. Also, PHPStorm is not strictly for the PHP language only because I use it for JavaScript and CSS as well. I like the syntax highlighting feature too because it offers suggestions to improve that highlighted part of the code. JetBrains, the developer of PHPStorm, creates products that are worthwhile for their ease of use and the productivity boost they provide to users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

It uses a lot of memory and sometimes takes a long time to load. But it's not so bad because I have never experienced a crash yet. Also, it's packed with amazing features, but automatic migrations are not one of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

I am using this IDE as my code editor when writing my HTML, CSS, and PHP codes. PhpStorm is quite intelligent and allows me to increase my productivity many times over. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Creating web applications using the PHP language in a business environment. This code editor has helped us reduce the errors we are making. Additionally, it has great built-in features like FTP, GIT, and terminal, so there's no need to purchase other software for those. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nakula B.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/7/2020

"Makes PHP less painful to work with"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

I'm not a fan of PHP with the dynamic typing and frequent updates between versions that break my code so a good IDE that makes a painful language easier to work with is godsent, my favorite thing is that you can easily jump into files if you are in the function that calls a different file, it saves a lot of time especially in a large deployment with many developers that work concurrently in different parts and was developed over a long time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There is a bug I hit relatively often with (override(map[])) now; With long object names sometimes just doesn't work anymore, on the upside I think that it will be patched soon since it is already reported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

If you have used Pycharm or IDEA it will feel familiar to you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Developing on PHP to interact with Databases is faster than with other tools, they also have datagrip so you don't need to switch much cosmetically speaking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/11/2021

"PHPStorm is an ideal IDE for production-grade PHP applications"

4/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

PHPStorm is a very feature-rich IDE. It's very helpful for working with production-grade PHP applications. Additionally, the JetBrains suite works well across the engineering org as we also use DataGrip -- having consistency across tools is very nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

There's a bit of a learning curve (which is true of basically any IDE). Personally I find myself switching between many text editors all day and PHPStorm's keyboard mappings are still the least intuitive to me. I'm sure if I used it exclusively or even much more than I currently do that would be less of an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Industrial Automation

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/10/2017

"if you value your sanity pick a product that works correctly!!!!"

0/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

some things are good i guess but i never use that ish because im a senior erlang dev ex. php dev it makes the clusterf*** seemingly easier to navigate, but its all lies..... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

this product used to be good but version 2016.2 to current 2017.1 is unacceptable for business use, i have a long running review of this app based on the frustrations ive had since 2015, so 2 yrs of headache and nothing has been solved and the devs of the platform basically refuse to fix or acknowledge, they just take your money. review is here https://plus.google.com/106435649138230430305/posts/D1A8CEgoRkq

also try making a new file its insane, make a popup the mouse has to click and miss the click and restart. fire yourselves!!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

at first you will be surprised at all the features ... until you decide to use them your ide crashes and burns with no support and then ultimately you realize it was all hype and mostly increases the development time with negligible benefits. for every feature there is a learning curve that will force you to redefine your workflow until you can no longer contain it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

i have realized that trusting a company full of hacks with the responsibility if creating usable business software is both a money pit and technical debit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/1/2021

"One of the best PHP IDE out there"

5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

It has excellent support for Windows subsystem Linux (WSL2). It has nice IntelliSense and integrations like git, docker, xdebug & many more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

Sometimes it takes a lot of time to index things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nirav B.

Software Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/2/2020

"The solution for your powerful developer clients."

4.5/5

What do you like best about PhpStorm?

This software attracts my attention, due to its splendid and effective functionalities, which it has integrated into its programming, which can be used by any user in particular, in the most flexible way possible, including that it supports direct access keys that help the coding process, and make it faster at work, since we save considerable time, thanks to this option of use, without excluding that it contains an automatic generation of assistance functions such as autocomplete and quite useful information and prevalent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PhpStorm?

After some updates to the version of PhpStorm, drastically, the application began to present slowdown failures, to start or perform several operations at the same time, which is a considerable problem, since sometimes due to its slow system, it can delay the work you do on a platform, on significant issues, including the initialization process for source code debugging, it's a bit obscure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PhpStorm:

It is recommended for companies that have quite extensive code bases, which those that have these contributions are the ones with the greatest daily labor productivity, especially if these organizations have high-category developers in their departments that are specifically based on PHP matters, including that it is also excellent at ensuring strong and sophisticated version control, with informal colored files that was currently added, being quite a complex system, on the positive side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are a large web company, one of our departments is based on planning and creating implementations of software tools to develop, administer and manage an online site, in the best possible way, in shorter terms, we can consider them in the acronym of cms, which we use on a large scale for our clients, since developers have the facility to choose their own work instruments, in order to guarantee a scan of a complete code base and thus build an establishment of virtual data for autocompletion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.