Command Line Tool Support
for Windows and Linux
for IS X
Ctrl+Alt+S

This page shows a list of all PHP-specific and custom command line tools that are currently available at the PhpStorm level.
Use this page to enable integration with third-party PHP command line tools and define your own ones.
Item | Tooltip and shortcut | Description |
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Enabled | When this check box is selected, the commands defined within the corresponding command line tool can be executed from PhpStorm. | |
Alias | In this text box, specify the character string to use in command calls instead of the full path to the tool.
By default, PhpStorm assigns the following aliases: | |
Tool Path | In this text box, specify the location of the tool's executable file. | |
Type | This read-only field shows the official name of the third party command line tool. | |
Show tool type | ||
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Add Alt+Insert |
Click this button to open the Choose Tool to Add dialog box and
select the type of command-line tool to enable integration with.
The available options are:
Depending on your choice, PhpStorm opens one of the following dialog boxes for specifying the location of the selected tool: |
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Remove Alt+Delete | Click this button to have the selected tool removed from the list. |
![]() | Open definition in editor | Click this button to have PhpStorm open the .xml file with commands of the selected tool in
the editor. |
![]() | Reload command list from executable | Click this button to have PhpStorm refresh the list of commands of the selected tool. |
Show console in |
In this area, specify where you want to enter commands. The available options are:
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Console encoding | From this drop-down list, choose the character set to show the tool's output in the Command Line Tools Console Tool Window. |
See Also
Last modified: 12 July 2016