Download PhpStorm 2019.3.1

JetBrains releases several development environments, such as IntelliJ Idea targeting Java, CLion targeting C and C++, DataGrip targeting SQL and PhpStorm targeting PHP. PhpStorm offers on-the-fly error prevention, autocompletion, code refactoring, and debugging, and can also handle HTML, CSS, Coffee, and JavaScript. For an overview of the possibilities, we refer to this page. To use PhpStorm, a license required. For business and home use you will have to pay for it, but if the software is used for education or non-commercial open source projects, the license is free. JetBrains has released PhpStorm 2019.3.1 with the following changes and improvements:

Customizable auto insertion or short tags

PhpStorm 2019.3 introduced the ability to automatically insert

But because short tags are still a part of PHP, this turned out to be a bit excessive. That’s why in this version, we’ve brought several enhancements to the feature.

First, you can now opt out completely. In the PhpStorm preferences, go to Editor | General | Smart Keys | PHP and clear the Auto-insert ‘

Second, PhpStorm will filter out the extra php if you happen to type it reflexively, so

Customizable highlighting for PHPDoc blocks

Another feature that required a more tailored approach is colored highlighting for PHPDoc blocks, which we introduced in 2019.3.

It turns out that change was a bit too radical for some, so now it’s possible to customize the colors used. In the PhpStorm preferences, go to Editor | Color Scheme | PHP | PHPDoc, clear the Inherit values ​​from checkbox on the elements you’d like to customize, and then set the desired colors:

As always, there’s a handy shortcut you can use to jump straight to the corresponding settings page. Place the caret on some PHPDoc element, press Shift+Cmd+A (Ctrl+Shift+A on WIndows), and search for the Jump to Colors and Fonts action:

Notable updates and bug fixes:

• PHP Profiler: Show memory column for Xdebug > 2.6 (WI-40687 +5)
• Fixed: Incorrect const order in PHP class when formatting code (WI-49902 +3)
• Fixed: Format Code incorrectly changes list to array destructure (WI-49966 +12)
• Fixed: Scrolling very slow/sluggish in database table view/editor with many columns (DBE-9604 +10)
• Fixed: Add property type modifies parent class in library (WI-49957 +4)
• Fixed: Focus lost after closing tool window if editor tabs are split (IDEA-227102 +4)

For the full list of bug fixes and improvements in the update, please see the release notes.