IntelliJ IDEA / PhpStorm Symfony Plugin

Key	Value
Plugin Url	https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7219
ID	fr.adrienbrault.idea.symfony2plugin
Documentation	https://espend.de/phpstorm/plugin/symfony
Changelog	CHANGELOG
Build and Deployment	MAINTENANCE

Install

• Install the plugin by going to Settings -> Plugins -> Browse repositories and then search for Symfony.
• Enabled it per project (File -> Settings -> Languages & Framework -> PHP -> Symfony)
• Install Php Annotation plugin to enjoy all the annotation stuff
• Plugin needs a valid PhpStorm indexer, use “File > Invalidate Caches / Restart” if something crazy is going on

Freemium

Since PhpStorm 2022.1 this plugin is marked a “Freemium”.

• All features which are inside GitHub are free to use, unless there is reason (e.g. Supporting old Symfony Version, …)
• Non-free features are flagged with [paid] inside Documentation and inside the CHANGELOG
• There is ~15min grace period after project opening where all features are available
• A license must be activated via PhpStorm / Intellij: use menu “Help -> Register” or use “Search Everywhere” by searching for “Manage License…” action

A license can be bought at JetBrains Marketplace

Version

• This plugin supports Symfony 2, 3, 4, …

Documentation and tutorials

• Documentation / Feature List read online
• JetBrains: Symfony Development using PhpStorm
• KnpUniversity: Lean and Mean Dev with PhpStorm (for Symfony)
• Slides: PhpStorm: Symfony2 Plugin

Autocomplete (or something else) is not working! Help! 😮

• You usually need to trigger the autocomplete popup yourself, by pressing CTRL+SPACE (maybe a different shortcut depending on your keymap).
• Check your File -> Settings -> PHP -> Symfony -> Enable Plugin for this Project

Technical Diagram (Work In Progress)

Building, debugging and other

• Install IntelliJ IDEA (Community Edition works fine)
• Open this project
• Choose View > Tool Windows > Gradle
• Double click idea-php-symfony2-plugin > Tasks > intellij > runIde

If you are having difficulties, consult the documentation: http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/PhpStorm/Setting-up+environment+for+PhpStorm+plugin+development

• Want to sponsor my development? Nice! You can sponsor me via PayPal or Github. Github matches your donation so the total donation will be doubled.

What? Something still does not work? Damn! 😢

You can browse the existing issues at https://github.com/Haehnchen/idea-php-symfony2-plugin/issues

If your issue already exists, don’t hesitate to add a comment to help contributors resolve the issue more easily.
If your issue does not exist, open a new issue 😃.

Make sure to provide the maximum amount of information, such as:

• What version of PhpStorm are you using?
• What version of the plugin are you using?
• The stack trace if an error occurred
• Check if you are in PhpStorm eap channel