Configure PHP Remote Interpreter Dialog
for Windows and Linux
for macOS
Ctrl+Alt+S
The dialog box is available only when the PHP Remote Interpreter plugin is enabled. The plugin is activated by default. If the plugin is disabled, enable it on the Plugins settings page as described in Enabling and Disabling Plugins.
The dialog box opens when you click Add 
in the left-hand pane of the CLI Interpreters dialog box and choose Remote... from the drop-down menu.
Use this dialog box to configure access to PHP engines installed on remote hosts or in development environments set up in Vagrant or Docker instances.
| Item | Description |
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| Vagrant | This option is available only when the Vagrant repository plugin is installed and enabled. The plugin is not bundled with PhpStorm, but it can be installed from the JetBrains plugin repository as described in Installing, Updating and Uninstalling Repository Plugins and Enabling and Disabling Plugins. Choose this option to configure access to a PHP interpreter installed in a Vagrant instance using your Vagrant credentials. Technically, it is the folder where the VagrantFile configuration file for the desired environment is located. Based on this setting, PhpStorm detects the Vagrant host and shows it as a link in the Vagrant Host URL read-only field. To use an interpreter configuration, you need path mappings that set correspondence between the project folders, the folders on the server to copy project files to, and the URL addresses to access the copied data on the server. PhpStorm evaluates path mappings from the |
| Deployment Configuration | This option is available only when the Remote Hosts Access plugin is enabled. The plugin is activated by default. If the plugin is disabled, enable it on the Plugins settings page as described in Enabling and Disabling Plugins. Choose this option to configure access to a PHP interpreter on a remote host using a server access configuration. This option is available only if you have at least one server access configuration of the type SFTP, see Creating a Remote Server Configuration. From the Deployment Configuration drop-down list, choose the server access configuration of the SFTP type according to which you want PhpStorm to connect to the target host. If the settings specified in the chosen configuration ensure successful connection, PhpStorm displays the URL address of the target host as a link in the Deployment Host URL field. To use an interpreter configuration, you need path mappings that set correspondence between the project folders, the folders on the server to copy project files to, and the URL addresses to access the copied data on the server. By default, PhpStorm retrieves path mappings from the chosen server access (deployment) configuration. If the configuration does not contain path mappings, PhpStorm displays the corresponding error message. To fix the problem, open the Deployment page under the Build, Execution, Deployment node, select the relevant server access configuration, switch to the Mappings tab, and map the local folders to the folders on the server as described in Mapping local folders to folders on the server and the URL addresses to access them section. |
| SSH Credentials | Choose this option to configure access to a PHP interpreter on a remote host through SSH credentials. In the fields of the dialog box, specify the following:
To use an interpreter configuration, you need path mappings that set correspondence between the project folders, the folders on the server to copy project files to, and the URL addresses to access the copied data on the server. PhpStorm first attempts to retrieve path mappings itself by processing all the available application-level configurations. If PhpStorm finds the configurations with the same host as the one specified above, in the Host field, the mappings from these configurations are merged automatically. If no configurations with this host are found, PhpStorm displays an error message informing you that path mappings are not configured. To fix the problem, open the Deployment page under the Build, Execution, Deployment node, select the server access configuration in question, switch to the Mappings tab, and map local folders to folders on the server as described in Creating a Remote Server Configuration, section Mapping Local Folders to Folders on the Server and the URL Addresses to Access Them. |
| Docker | This option is available only when the PHP Docker and Docker Integration plugins are enabled. The plugins are activated by default. If the plugins are disabled, enable them on the Plugins settings page as described in Enabling and Disabling Plugins. Choose this option to configure access to a PHP interpreter running in a Docker container. In the fields of the dialog box, specify the following:
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| PHP Interpreter Path | In this field, specify the location of the PHP executable file in accordance with the configuration of the selected remote development environment. By default PhpStorm suggests the /usr/bin/php folder for remote hosts and Vagrant instances and php for Docker containers. To specify a different folder, click Browse  and choose the relevant folder in the dialog box that opens. Note that the PHP home directory must be open for edit. When you click OK, PhpStorm checks whether the PHP executable is actually stored in the specified folder.
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