Got a complete set of tools in this software. Auto-completion and hints were the most helpful features while learning to code. Git integration, terminal and plugins all under one workplace increase the efficiency of the work. Very helpful for full-stack developers and highly recommended. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The price of the license is very high for a beginner to afford. There should be a student discount or something to make it reachable to everyone. Takes a lot of memory and the battery drains so much faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Laravel framework integration, easy to see where problems might be occurring. Live templates make repetitive tasks so much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VCS integration is okay, it works. Sometimes files get automatically ignored by default and then I'll have to manually add them all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has a very much optimized auto-complete feature that works according to your behavior.

It allows you to directly run SQL commands directly from PHPStorm instead of using any other client.

It offers good integration with GIT. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It does not offer a very large number of plugins and the ones which it offers are also not that good therefore you need to add external plugins.

It is a bit complicated to start the source code debugging.

It is a memory extensive software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.