Why developers like PhpStorm

What is PhpStorm?

PhpStorm is a PHP IDE which keeps up with latest PHP & web languages trends, integrates a variety of modern tools, and brings even more extensibility with support for major PHP frameworks.

PhpStorm is a tool in the Integrated Development Environment category of a tech stack.

Who uses PhpStorm?

Companies

1121 companies reportedly use PhpStorm in their tech stacks, including Lyft, Stack, and Accenture.

Lyft

Stack

Accenture

trivago

Kmong

Typeform

Durstexpress GmbH

9GAG

Mollie

Developers

7532 developers on StackShare have stated that they use PhpStorm.

Pubu

Hitalo Silva

Vishwajeet Vatharkar

Goshipages

M.E.A.N Stack +

Jet Set Clean

Curate

polo9n_info

Eric

PhpStorm Integrations

Vagrant, Google App Engine, Composer, Snyk, and WakaTime are some of the popular tools that integrate with PhpStorm. Here's a list of all 7 tools that integrate with PhpStorm.

Vagrant

Google App Engine

Composer

Snyk

WakaTime

Codota

GitDuck

Pros of PhpStorm

282

Best ide for php

229

Easy to use

216

Functionality

161

Plugins

157

Code analysis

Integrated version control

Great php ide for mac

All-round php ide

Local history

Themes

Best PHP IDE

Database control

Easy to find anything and everything in your code

Best bebugging

Best inspection variable

PHPUnit integration

Command line integration

Getting Better

Performance

Coolest IDE

Composer integration

Great frameworks integration

Neat does the job and easy

Cross platform

TypeScript support

Easy to use and github interaction

Best ide for advanced php and symfony

Real time code validation

Best ide for php

Fast and relevant auto-complete

Code indexing

Debugger for Javascript

Great refactoring support

It has no match. it filled one of the biggest void

Very good

Good

Debugging in the Just-In-Time Mode

Perfect locahost / host sync

Integration with Vagrant and Docker

Awesome debugging features

Decisions about PhpStorm

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose PhpStorm in their tech stack.

Lidiexy Alonso

Senior Software Engineer at Palinode LLC · Apr 25, 2019 | 6 upvotes · 17K views

Shared insights

PHP

As developer at Applied Health Analytics we decided to create a React Native App. In terms of #IDE I'm a good fan of PhpStorm cause we have a lot of PHP in the backend, but I've definitely gave a try to Visual Studio Code and now is my primary JavaScript #IDE. I was impress how fast VS Code has become the No.1 @JavaScript Editor in the community.

Johnny Bell

Software Engineer at Weedmaps · Aug 15, 2019 | 11 upvotes · 286.5K views

Shared insights

When I switched to Visual Studio Code 12 months ago from PhpStorm I was in love, it was great. However after using VS Code for a year, I see myself switching back and forth between WebStorm and VS Code. The VS Code plugins are great however I notice Prettier, auto importing of components and linking to the definitions often break, and I have to restart VS Code multiple times a week and sometimes a day.

We use Ruby here so I do like that Visual Studio Code highlights that for me out of the box, with WebStorm I'd need to probably also install RubyMine and have 2 IDE's going at the same time.

Should I stick with Visual Studio Code, or switch to something else? #help

Johnny Bell's Stack Decision | StackShare

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PhpStorm's Features

Smart PHP Code Editor
Code Quality Analysis
Debugging and Testing
HTML/CSS/JavaScript Editor
Cross-platform Experience
Support for all major PHP frameworks
VCS
SQL Editor
Unit Testing

PhpStorm Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to PhpStorm?

Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.

WebStorm

WebStorm is a lightweight and intelligent IDE for front-end development and server-side JavaScript.

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is available for OS X, Windows and Linux. One license is all you need to use Sublime Text on every computer you own, no matter what operating system it uses. Sublime Text uses a custom UI toolkit, optimized for speed and beauty, while taking advantage of native functionality on each platform.

DataGrip

A cross-platform IDE that is aimed at DBAs and developers working with SQL databases.

NetBeans IDE

NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers.

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