Laravel project development in phpstorm- geting started

Get started with laravel using phpstorm 10.0.4

 

Download a laravel project. 

Visit https://laravel.com/docs/5.3 for downloading instruction.

Since I have composer downloaded in my windows pc, I used composer to download it. 

Go to your targeted folder (in my case-  C:\xampp\htdocs ). 

Then open terminal from there and type (amali-db is the name of my project)

Composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel amali-db

Wait till it downloaded. Then open the project using phpstorm. 

 

Configure php interpreter

 go to settings-> languages and framework ->php 

 

Initialize composer

go to project tool and right click on project root select composer-> init composer

PhpStorm can download composer.phar if needed.

Install the Laravel IDE Helper

After composer is initialized you can install laravel IDE helper by selecting composer->add dependency

search for barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper then install.

after installing you have to add the Laravel IDE helper as a ServiceProvider into your application.
 Go to config|app.php file in your project. Look for the providers array and insert line

Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider::class,

Generate the PHPDoc Helper File using Artisan

Go to settings-> tools-> command line tool support. Create new tool by clicking on + button on right corner. Select tool based on symfony console.

After saving you can use artisan from within the IDE. Check it by selecting tool -> run command..

Type artisan in console and see;

Now you are ready to go. Happy coding! 🙋

References:

https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/PhpStorm/Laravel+Development+using+PhpStorm