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In this post I detail how I set up PhpStorm for productive PHP development.

Opening PhpStorm editor from the command lineīefore we can configure PhpStorm to open from the terminal we need to launch it using the desktop icon and select new project and create an empty project. This opens the editor window and displays the application menu. Using the application menu select tools > create command line launcher to open the command line launcher input box. Type in /usr/local/bin/pstorm which is the path of the PhpStorm executable on your system.

Now you can go to any project folder in the terminal and type pstorm. To find the path on your system use the bash command below: Note: The symlink /usr/local/bin/pstorm is automatically created by the PhpStorm installation to launch the editor window in the scope of your project.

The first thing I like to do is to get rid of as much UI clutter and use keyboard shortcuts to access editor features. To that end I turn off most of UI elements. To hide the toolbar, using the menu navigate to view > appearance > toolbar and uncheck the toolbar If you don’t have a php project yet, just clone one from Github or let the editor open a tutorial php project that comes bundled with the editor.īelow are the steps to take to turn off the UI elements: To be able to setup the editor we need to open a php project first so the editor launches.