Best PHP IDE
September 03, 2018
Best PHP IDE
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with PhpStorm
It's being used as an IDE for PHP applications by the IT department. It helps developers to make stable, secure and better PHP applications in less time. Also it helps developers to go to the DB, test API, apply tests, check standards, check code quality, etc. in a single app. There's no need to install additional apps to do the work.
Also it handles any application dependencies, so you can start a project in a few minutes without any problem.
- Support for quality reviews and language errors inside the PHP Editor
- Their debugger supports expressións watch, multiple levels of debugging, remote, etc. You can do everything with the debugger
- It supports all the external tools required to create a great application. There's no need to install plugins or additional tools to do this
- PHP is heavy and slow on old machines, it runs on a modified JVM but affects performance.
- Their configuration is complex, sometimes is hard to find an option or how to change something you already changed
- It runs on JVM and is a little bit heavy, so you might need to invest in new hardware.
- License cost: it's a little bit high, buth worth every penny.
- It helps you to save time by doing many tasks from the UI.
It has support for almost any third party tools that you'll use for PHP development. You have a great support for employees and it's always being updated so it supports the latest technology.
It has compatibility with every main PHP framework, its auto-completion features and code completion is great from out of the box. You can configure any tool from the UI and do all your development work inside the app and using UI interfaces.