JetBrains PhpStorm for Mac

Product snapshot

JetBrains PhpStorm is a feature-rich integrated development environment built for PHP programmers. It streamlines everyday coding tasks, boosts productivity, and centralizes many parts of the development lifecycle so you can work more efficiently from a single application.

Supported frameworks and front-end tech

• Symfony — full compatibility for routing, services, and templating.
• Laravel — helpers for artisan, blade templates, and common conventions.
• Popular PHP stacks and frameworks — support for other ecosystems and libraries.
• HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — built-in tooling for front-end work so back-end and UI can be developed together.

Core tooling and editor improvements

• Smart code suggestions and context-aware completion to speed up typing.
• A robust refactoring toolkit for renaming, extracting, and reorganizing code safely.
• Real-time diagnostics that flag errors and warnings as you type.
• Integrated debugging, unit testing runners, and deployment helpers to manage the full test-and-release loop.

Collaboration, version control, and workflow

• Tight integration with Git, Mercurial, and other VCS providers to support team workflows.
• Tools to ease code review, branches, and merge operations within the IDE.
• Deployment options and remote interpreter support so you can push or sync projects without leaving the editor.

Customization and ecosystem

• A large plugin marketplace lets you add language support, themes, tooling, and framework-specific helpers.
• Configurable keymaps, inspections, and UI layouts so each developer can tailor the workspace to their habits.
• Extensible via settings and plugins to accommodate niche workflows or enterprise requirements.

Free alternative and quick reference

• Visual Studio Code with PHP extensions — a popular, no-cost option that can be extended for debugging, linting, and framework integrations.
• Quick tips: install a PHP language server, enable formatter and linter integrations, and add workspace snippets to reproduce many of the common conveniences found in dedicated IDEs.