Welcome to the PhpStorm 2026.2 release overview. This version advances PhpStorm as a platform for your preferred coding agents, models, and AI subscriptions, improves PHP and Laravel support, and delivers productivity gains for working with Git repositories, databases, and the built-in terminal. Download PhpStorm 2026.2 AI in PhpStorm PhpStorm 2026.2 adds native support for more […]
On June 9, PHPverse 2026 brought together PHP developers from different backgrounds to watch talks by domain experts, exchange opinions, and even try to catch a running elePHPant. The five-hour live stream has been viewed 15,000 times in total and received 10,206 live chat comments, with over 2,600 people watching concurrently at peak hours. Our […]
Every developer has tools they rely on daily. The workflows they’ve built around them, the ways they’ve learned to move faster, debug smarter, and write better code – that kind of hands-on experience can be hard to put into words. We’re collaborating with LinkedIn to make it easier for you to showcase your expertise with […]
Together with The PHP Foundation, we’re embarking on an exciting expedition – the first annual State of PHP census that aims to tally the elePHPant population across the world. Come join us! With the help of the community, we’ve designed a comprehensive survey that aims to unearth the PHP developer trends – from years of […]
Making software accessible often comes down to removing small but repeated points of friction in everyday workflows. Today, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re sharing recent improvements in JetBrains IDEs across several areas: compatibility with assistive technologies on various platforms, keyboard navigation, and non-visual feedback. Some of these improvements are already available, and…
The Early Access Program (EAP) for the next major PhpStorm 2026.2 release is now open! PhpStorm’s EAP builds are a great opportunity to try upcoming features for free in your real workflows and share feedback with the PhpStorm team. Your input directly influences what makes it into the final release. This release, our main areas of […]
JetBrains PHPverse – a community-inspired professional event for PHP developers – returns once more on June 9, 2026. This year, we’re gathering some of the most influential voices in the PHP ecosystem to share their insights on shaping the modern PHP language, the internals of ecosystem tools and frameworks, and the adoption of agentic workflows […]
Welcome to PhpStorm 2026.1! This release brings new PhpStorm MCP tools, new third-party agents inside your IDE, support for Git worktrees, and lots of other productivity-enhancing features for PHP and Laravel developers. Download PhpStorm 2026.1 PhpStorm MCP tools In PhpStorm 2025.2, we added an integrated MCP server for third-party coding agents like Claude Code, Windsurf, […]
For years, PhpStorm has been the go-to IDE for PHP developers – powerful and deeply integrated with the language. But there was one thing many kept asking for: Laravel support out of the box. It should come with built-in — Amdadul Haq (@amdad121) July 30, 2025 Starting with PhpStorm 2025.3, Laravel support is now built […]
Welcome to PhpStorm 2025.3! This release brings native Claude Agent integration, out-of-the-box Laravel support, support for PHP 8.5, improvements in generics, a new Islands theme, and more. Download PhpStorm 2025.3 PHP PHP 8.5 support PhpStorm 2025.3 supports all of the changes introduced in the recently released PHP 8.5. As usual, you can try new features by setting […]
PhpStorm comes with a ton of built-in features, and you can add even more with plugins. They bring new languages, tools, and small improvements that make everyday coding smoother. Many of the best ones come from independent developers. One of them is Dmitrii Derepko, who built several handy tools for working with web projects and […]
The State of PHP 2025 examines how developers use, prefer, and rely on PHP, showing how this long-standing web language continues to modernize through new frameworks, improved tooling, and AI-assisted workflows. In this report, we present findings from the Developer Ecosystem Survey 2025. Alongside the numbers, you’ll also hear commentary from Brent Roose, JetBrains Developer […]
At JetBrains, we want the PHP community to shine. First and foremost, we do this by building PhpStorm, the best IDE for PHP development; but we also support and help drive the PHP Foundation; have just organised PHPverse, accessible for everyone worldwide; and recently we made the Laravel Idea plugin free for all. On top […]
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard introduced by Anthropic. Think of it as a USB-C port for AI: a consistent way to plug the AI models your AI agent uses into specific tools and data sources. You can connect Junie, the AI coding agent by JetBrains, to a wide variety of officially […]