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IDE

• Plugins
• Code Templates
• Live Templates

PhpStorm

The Lightning-Smart PHP IDE

It provides the best code completion, refactorings, on-the-fly error prevention, and more.

Plugins

Php Inspections (EA Extended) Architecture related issues Weak types control and possible code simplifications Non-optimal, duplicate and suspicious conditions Validation of magic methods usage Performance, compatibility & security issues Github Repository
Key Promoter X It helps you to learn essential shortcuts while you are working Its shows you the actions you use the most and directly provides you with their shortcut Github Repository

Code Templates

They are a built-in templates used each time you create a new PHP class by selecting New | PHP Class from the popup menu in one of the project views.

Preferences → Editor → File and Code Templates

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Files tab:

• Add declare(strict_types=1); just after the <?php tag
• Also, add the final keyword to the classes by default

Example:

<?php
#parse("PHP File Header.php")

#if (${NAMESPACE})

namespace ${NAMESPACE};

#end

class ${NAME} {

}

transformed to:

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

#parse("PHP File Header.php")
#if (${NAMESPACE})
namespace ${NAMESPACE};
#end

final class ${NAME} {
    
}

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Includes tab:

Remove the content from all files except from: PHP Property Doc Comment

You can use:

/**
 * @var ${TYPE_HINT}
 */

Or the shorter version:

/** @var ${TYPE_HINT} */

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Code tab:

Remove from this tab the default comments for the following sections:

• PHP Constructor
• PHP Fluent Setter Method
• PHP Getter Method
• PHP Setter Method

/**
 * ${CLASS_NAME} constructor.
 * ${PARAM_DOC}
 * ${THROWS_DOC}
 */
public function __construct(${PARAM_LIST}) {${BODY}}

simplify to:

public function __construct(${PARAM_LIST}) {${BODY}}

Live Templates

Add : $RETURN$ to the following shortcuts:

public function $NAME$($PARAMETERS$) {
    $END$
}

transform to:

public function $NAME$($PARAMETERS$): $RETURN$
{
    $END$
}

Then, press on the button Edit variables and place "void" on RETURN expression like the picture.

This is the list of the items you have to change:

• prif
• prisf
• prof
• prosf
• pubf
• pubsf

Optionally, you can do the same with PHP Interfaces checkbox.