Quality Tools

On this page, you can set up some of the code quality tools to be used as an external formatter during code reformatting.

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External formatters	The following code quality tools can be used as external formatters: PHP Code Beautifier and Fixer: select if the PHP_CodeSniffer and PHP Code Beautifier and Fixer tools are configured in the PHP_CodeSniffer section. PHP CS Fixer: select if the PHP CS Fixer tool is configured in the PHP CS Fixer section. Laravel Pint: select if the Laravel Pint tool is configured in the Laravel Pint section. No External Formatter: select to use PhpStorm's built-in code formatting rules. The default option when several or none code quality tools are configured.

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External formatters

The following code quality tools can be used as external formatters:

PHP Code Beautifier and Fixer: select if the PHP_CodeSniffer and PHP Code Beautifier and Fixer tools are configured in the PHP_CodeSniffer section.
PHP CS Fixer: select if the PHP CS Fixer tool is configured in the PHP CS Fixer section.
Laravel Pint: select if the Laravel Pint tool is configured in the Laravel Pint section.
No External Formatter: select to use PhpStorm's built-in code formatting rules. The default option when several or none code quality tools are configured.

29 May 2026