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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 Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Really nice even with the associated cost"
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
UD
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Autocomplete save lives (:"
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.
AN
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Exquisite as all JetBrain's IDE's"
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.
MS
Software engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great IDE for building PHP application with everything u need within a single window."
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.

Pedro P.
PP
Junior Java Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The best PHP IDE that exists"
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.

NB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Makes PHP less painful to work with"
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.

Verified User in Computer Software
EC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"PHPStorm is an ideal IDE for production-grade PHP applications"
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
AI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"if you value your sanity pick a product that works correctly!!!!"
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.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
UM
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"One of the best PHP IDE out there"
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.

NB
Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The solution for your powerful developer clients."
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.

Pricing Options

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Businesses and Organizations

$249.00
1 User Per Year

Individual Use

$99.00
1 User Per Year

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Starting at $123.50
1 User Per Year
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