Excluding Files from Project
On this page:
- Basics
- Marking a file as plain text
- Marking a file with its regular type
- Excluding a .phar archive from a project
Basics
Sometimes you might need to exclude a single file from your project, so that it will be ignored by inspections, code completion, etc. This is done using the action.
When a file is marked as plain text, PhpStorm does not use it anymore for code completion and navigation. Such file is shown as plain text in the editor, and is denoted with a special icon 
in the Project tool window.
The reverse action is also available: you can return a file to its original type, using the action.
In the context of a PHP project, you can also exclude entire PHP archives (.phar files) to prevent multiple declaration conflicts between classes in a .phar archive and the corresponding classes in the installed vendors directory.
Marking a file as plain text
To mark a file as plain text, follow these steps
- In the Project tool window, select the desired file.
- On the context menu of the selection, choose :
Marking a file with its regular type
To mark a file with its regular type, follow these steps
- In the Project tool window, select the desired file, marked with icon.
- On the context menu of the selection, choose :
