Setting up PhpStorm

PhpStorm is a commercial IDE, it is arguably the best IDE for PHP developers with features such as code completion, code inspection, phpunit support, Behat support, database editor, debugger, etc.

Installation

OS X

Install latest Java JDK 1.7.x from Oracle (Java 1.6 from Apple is not maintained much).

You can hack older PhpStorm 7 to be compatible with Java 1.7 by editing the "PhpStorm.app/Contents/Info.plist" file, set JVMOptions - JVMVersion = 1.7*

General settings

•  Disable missing @throws tag warning in "Preferences / Project Settings / Inspections / PHP / PHPDoc"
• Strip trailing whitespace from "Modified Lines" in "Preferences / IDE Settings / Editor"
• Show line numbers in "Preferences / IDE Settings / Editor / Appearance"

Code formatting

•  Setup coding style to use all rules from Coding style in "Preferences / Project Settings / Code Style / PHP" - this will allow you to use automatic code formatting and it does nice code formatting on copy/paste.
• Set line separator to Unix in "Preferences / Project Settings / Code Style / General".
• Set right margin to 132 or 180 in "Preferences / Project Settings / Code Style / General".

Moodle code checker

TODO

PHPUnit integration

1. Install PHPUnit via Composer
2. Tell PHPStorm where is composer - go to "Preferences / PHP / Composer", fill in "Path to PHP executable", "Path to composer.phar", "Path to composer.json" and make sure the option "Add packages as libraries" is enabled.
3. Go to "Run / Edit configurations"
4. Add PHPUnit configuration by clicking on "+"
5. Click "Use alternative configuration file" and select your phpunit.xml file
6. Go to "Run / Run ..." and select your new PHPUnit configuration to run

Database editor

1. Click on the "Database" tab to see the database window
2. Click "+" in the top left and add "Database source" for your database
3. Note: click on the link to download the necessary drivers directly from IDE