Frameworks

On this page, set up integration between PhpStorm and the PHP frameworks supported by PhpStorm via plugins.

The Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress plugins come bundled with the IDE. The Laravel Idea and Symfony Support plugins are provided by the community for a paid or freemium subscription and need to be installed first.

Laravel Idea

Install plugin

Click to open the plugin installation page in Settings | Plugins.

Settings

Click to open the dedicated Laravel section in Settings | Languages & Frameworks. Note that this section is available only after plugin installation.

For more information about setting up Laravel with PhpStorm, refer to Laravel.

Symfony

Install plugin

Click to open the plugin installation page in Settings | Plugins.

Settings

Click to open the dedicated Symfony section in Settings | PHP. Note that this section is available only after plugin installation.

For more information about setting up Symfony with PhpStorm, refer to Symfony.

WordPress

In this area, configure integration with the WordPress Content Management System in the current project to work with the system through the PhpStorm user interface.

Enable WordPress Integration	When the checkbox is selected you can use the specified WordPress installation via the PhpStorm interface.
WordPress Installation Path	In this field, specify the path to the folder with the WordPress core. This folder should contain the wp-admin and wp-includes subdirectories.

Drupal

In this section, configure integration with Drupal in a project.

Enable Drupal integration	When the checkbox is selected you can use the specified Drupal installation via the PhpStorm interface.
Drupal installation path	In this field, specify the root folder of the Drupal installation.
Set up PHP \| Include paths	Select this checkbox to have Drupal include paths automatically configured for the project. After you leave the dialog, the following paths will be added to the Include Paths list on the PHP page: <drupal installation root>/includes, <drupal installation root>/modules, and <drupal installation root>/sites/all/modules Clear the checkbox to configure the include paths manually.
Version	From this list, choose the version of Drupal to use, the supported versions are 6, 7, 8, and 9. Drupal 10 is currently not supported, use version 9 in the IDE settings instead.

Joomla!

In this section, configure integration with Joomla! in a project.

Enable Joomla! integration	When the checkbox is selected you can use the specified Joomla! installation via the PhpStorm interface.
Joomla! installation path	In this field, specify the root folder of the Joomla! installation.
Path to JConfig	In this field, provide the path to the Joomla's configuration.php created during Joomla! installation.

Last modified: 25 March 2024