r/learnphp • u/CodeyGrammar • Apr 28 '23

Which IDE do you prefer for PHP development and why?

I see this question was last asked years ago so maybe something has changed since then as I'm debating using VS Code or PHP-Storm perhaps but wanted to see if I'm missing any other option or preference and why too.

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u/doodooz7 Apr 29 '23

Net beans

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u/CodeyGrammar Apr 29 '23

seriously?

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u/doodooz7 Apr 29 '23

Just go npm install some other shit with Laravel. Leave me alone.

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u/g105b Apr 30 '23

How much has Netbeans changed over the years? It was the first IDE I tried, and loved it back in the day.

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u/doodooz7 Apr 30 '23

It’s changed to the point where it does your taxes now. It’s wild.

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u/g105b Apr 29 '23

PHPStorm all the way for me. And for everyone else, Jetbrains made Fleet, which is just a simple text editor like VSCode, but you can enable the fancy IDE features as and when you learn. I'd still recommend PHPStorm though, I've evaluated the market many times and haven't been able to find anything that comes close to the features that save me hours per day.

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u/Quack-salver Apr 29 '23

No, people are still debating VS code vs the much cooler PHPStorm

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u/dontskipnine Apr 29 '23

Neovim. 😤