Creating and Importing Joomla! Projects
In this section:
Creating a PhpStorm project with Joomla! Intergation support
You can create a PhpStorm project that will be set up and configured in accordance with the Joomla! requirements. This is done by creating a project by a Joomla! Integration template.
- Choose on the main menu or click the Create New Project button on the Welcome screen. The New Project Dialog dialog box opens.
- In the left-hand pane, choose Joomla! Integration.
- In the right-hand pane, in the Location field, specify the folder where the project will be created and provide the following Joomla!-specific information:
Importing a Joomla! project
Besides creating a project anew according to the Joomla! template, you can open an existing Joomla! project in PhpStorm. PhpStorm recognizes the Joomla!-specific structure and suggests activating the Joomla! support in project.
- Open the folder with the required Joomla! project by choosing .
- As soon as PhpStorm detects the Joomla!-specific structure in the project, the following message is displayed in a pop-up window: Click the Enable link.
- In a message about the detected PSR roots, choose to configure the roots automatically.
- In a message about DocBlock templates, click the link Install.
Note the following:
- You can update integration settings at any time later in the for Windows and Linux or for macOS.
- When using the Joomla! Support pop-up:
- If you prefer NOT enabling Joomla! support, just ignore the pop-up, and it will vanish.
- The decision "Do not ask again" is project-wide.
- You can always enable Joomla! support as described in the section Configuring Joomla! Support.
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Last modified: 19 July 2017