PhpStorm 2017.1 Help

Auto Import

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XML

Show import pop-upAutomatically display an import pop-up dialog box when typing the name of an unbound namespace.

TypeScript

Show import pop-upAutomatically display import pop-up dialog box when typing the name of a symbol that lacks import statement.

PHP

Enable auto-import in file scopeSelect this check box to have PhpStorm automatically import PHP namespaces, add use statements, and complete short class names on the fly, when you are typing in a class or file that does not belong to any specific namespace. By default, the check box is cleared.
Enable auto-import in namespace scopeSelect this check box to have PhpStorm automatically import PHP namespaces, add use statements, and complete short class names on the fly when you are typing in a class or file that belongs to a certain namespace. The check box is selected by default.
Enable auto-import from global space

When this check box is selected, PhpStorm automatically adds use statements for classes, functions, and constants from the global namespace, for example, Exception, is_array(), strlen() etc.
When this check box is cleared, no use statement for such classes, functions, and constants is added. By default, the referenced symbol is not prepended with a backslash. To have a backslash inserted automatically, select the Prepend functions and constants from the global space with '\' check box.

Prepend functions and constants from the global space with '\' The check box is available only when the Enable auto-import from global space is cleared. When the check box is selected, PhpStorm automatically prepends called functions and referenced constants from the global namespace with a backslash.
When the check box is cleared, no backslashes are added.
To keep your code easy to read and increase productivity by avoiding additional loops during name resolution, select either the Enable auto-import from global space or the Prepend functions and constants from the global space with '\' checkbox. See PHP name resolution rules for more details.

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Last modified: 19 July 2017