I love being able to code under many languages within a single IDE and having typehinting, linting, smart tooltips, code completion, and more for all the languages I code with. PhpStorm has a really extensive and well-maintained plugin marketplace, and 99% of the plugins are free to use, which I find incredible. I use it with Claude Code, and even ChatGPT recognizes open tabs from PhpStorm, cutting down on explaining context. Switching to PhpStorm was beneficial since it was fairly easy to start using, and the level of customization options is truly impressive, though it works well even without much setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes if you have too many plugins installed, it really eats up the memory of your computer and PhpStorm can get a bit sluggish. Constant indexing processes also introduce some frustrations as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.