PhpStorm 2018.2 Help

Getting Help

There are a lot of ways to obtain information about PhpStorm and its features, report issues and get support.

In this section:

Use the Help menu commands:

ps help menu

Menu item

Keyboard shortcut

Description

Find Action

Ctrl+Shift+A

Choose this command to invoke an action by its name.

Keymap Reference

Choose this command to see the PhpStorm shortcuts map in PDF format.

Demos and Screencasts

Choose this command to see the PhpStorm demo videos and screencasts on YouTube .

Help

Choose this command to visit PhpStorm online Help topics.

Tutorials

Choose this command to open the page of tutorials.

Tip of the Day

Choose this command to show an arbitrary tip.

Refer to the section Using Tips of the Day.

Productivity Guide

Choose this command to show productivity guide.

Submit Feedback

Choose this command to report your overall impression of PhpStorm to the support service.

Refer to the section Reporting Issues and Sharing Your Feedback.

Show Log in Explorer/Finder

Choose this command to find PhpStorm's log.

Refer to the section Reporting Issues and Sharing Your Feedback for details.

Edit Custom Properties

Choose this command to open the custom file idea.properties, located under the user home. If this file does not exist, PhpStorm suggests to create it.

Refer to the section Tuning PhpStorm for details.

Edit Custom VM Options

Choose this command to open the custom file *.vmoptions, located under the user home. If this file does not exist, PhpStorm suggests to create it.

Refer to the section Tuning PhpStorm for details.

Debug Log Settings

Choose this command to change logging level for a category. Choosing this command leads to opening the Custom Debug Log Configuration dialog box, where you have to type the log categories names, separated with new lines.

Refer to the section Reporting Issues and Sharing Your Feedback.

Diagnostics

This command and the items below it are available only when the Performance plugin is installed and activated. The plugin is activated by default. If the plugin is disabled, enable it on the Plugins settings page as described in Managing Plugins.

Use the commands under this menu item to automatically capture snapshots and collect other data related to performance and send this data to JetBrains Support. When you click Diagnostics, a drop-down menu with the following items is displayed:

  • Enable CPU Profiler: choose this option to activate the CPU profiler and capture CPU snapshots. The CPU profiles remains active and the option not available till you restart PhpStorm.

  • Change Memory Settings: choose this option to edit the -Xmx setting and thus increase the heap size (the amount of available memory), see Tuning PhpStorm for details.

  • Execute Performance Script: choose this option to run special predefined scenarios with the CPU profiler enabled. After a scenario is executed it generates a CPU snapshot that can be used by the support team to analyze your performance issue.

  • Profile Indexing: when you choose this option, CPU profiler is active and captures a CPU snapshot from the moment you reopen the current project till the moment indexing is completed. The snapshot can be used by the support team to analyze a performance issue that arize during indexing.

  • Show Performance Summary: choose this option to collect most relevant information that can affect performance and at the same time does not reveal any private info about the current project and the current file.

Learn more at Performance testing plugin in PhpStorm

Settings Summary

Choose this command to collect the PhpStorm settings and show all sorted by category so it is easy to locate the settings that are related with a specific problem (debugger, or deployment, or something else does not work) and send this summary to JetBrains Support. To open a request form, click Open Support Request in the dialog box that opens.

This command is available only when the Performance plugin is installed and activated. The plugin is activated by default. If the plugin is disabled, enable it on the Plugins settings page as described in Managing Plugins.

Register...

Choose this command to register PhpStorm.

Check for Updates...

Choose this command to obtain information about the current version, and the availability of newer versions of PhpStorm. Refer to Updates page.

This command in available on Windows/Linux. On Mac OS it appears on the PhpStorm menu.

About

Choose this command to obtain information about the current version of PhpStorm, current build, etc. Press Escape to close the popup window.

This command in available on Windows/Linux. On Mac OS it appears on the PhpStorm menu.

Last modified: 21 November 2018