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Intention actions

As you work in the editor, PhpStorm analyzes your code, searches for ways to optimize it, and detects potential and actual problems.

As soon as the IDE finds a way to alter your code, it displays a yellow bulb icon yellow bulb icon in the editor next to the current line. By clicking this icon, you can view intention actions available in the current context. Intention actions cover a wide range of situations from warnings to optimization suggestions. You can view the full list of intentions and disable them in the settings.

A red bulb with an exclamation mark red bulb icon indicates that PhpStorm has detected a problem, and prompts you to select an associated fix — a quick fix.

Apply intention actions

  1. Click the light bulb icon (or press Alt+Enter) to open the list of suggestions.

  2. Select an action from the list and press Enter.

    For example, you can use an intention action to initialize fields of a PHP class:

    You can use quick-fixes to resolve problems on the fly. For example, for the currently undefined variable, you can create a function parameter or initialize it with a value.

View all intention actions

You can view the full list of available intention actions, and disable actions that you do not need:

  1. In the Settings/Preferences dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S), select Editor | Intentions.

  2. For each intention action, you can see a description and an example. To disable an intention, clear the checkbox next to it.

    Settings of intention actions
  3. Apply the changes and close the dialog.

Disable intention actions on the fly

  1. Click the light bulb icon (or press Alt+Enter) to open the list of suggestions.

  2. Select the action you want to disable, and click the right arrow.

  3. Select Disable <intention action name>.

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Last modified: 18 March 2019

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