PhpStorm 2016.1 released

PhpStorm provides a rich and intelligent code editor for PHP with syntax highlighting, extended code formatting configuration, on-the-fly error checking, and smart code completion. PhpStorm is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for PHP developers, built on top of the IntelliJ IDEA platform. It inherits all the web-related functionality of IntelliJ IDEA for editing PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, working with VCS and SQL.

Updates in 2016.1

• PHP Language and Editing
  • Improved completion, type inference and support for traits.
  • Full support for group use statements and offers “Make Static” refactoring.
  • New intentions such as “Convert switch to if” and “Convert if to switch” or “Flip if/else branches”.
• New Debugging Experience
  • The Zero-Configuration Debugging mode is now easier to discover for new users.
  • Debug RESTful Web Services from a REST Client using the “XDebug for REST Client” feature.
• Frameworks and Tools
  • Now includes a Keep-Alive feature for SFTP/FTP/FTPS servers and Remote Interpreters.
  • New Project-level interpreters.
  • Support for “Rerun failed tests” for PHPUnit/Behat.
  • Usability improvements for Remote Interpreters.

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