PHP code quality tools

In addition to built-in coding assistance, PhpStorm provides code style check through integration with the popular code quality tools:

• Qodana by JetBrains

• PHP_CodeSniffer

• PHP CS Fixer

• Laravel Pint

• PHP Mess Detector

• PHPStan

• Psalm

These tools validate your code for consistency with a coding standard of your choice. You can appoint one of the predefined coding standards or use your own previously defined coding standard.

To use code quality tools from PhpStorm instead of command line, you need to register them in PhpStorm and configure them as PhpStorm code inspections. Once installed and enabled in PhpStorm, the tools can run both on-the-fly and in batch mode.