Run PhpStorm for the first time

How to run

You can use the Toolbox App to run any JetBrains product. In case of a standalone installation, running PhpStorm depends on the operating system:

For information about running PhpStorm from the command line, see Command-line interface.

Select the user interface theme

Select whether you want to use the default Darcula or Light theme.

Create launcher script

For the Linux and macOS users, PhpStorm suggests the ability to use command line to open projects and separate files by specifying the directory or filename:

• Select the Create a script for opening files and projects from the command line checkbox, and specify the name of the command-line launcher script to be created.

• If necessary, you can create a command-line launcher later by using the Tools | Create Command-line Launcher command on the PhpStorm main menu.

Windows users can complete the dialog, since there is no need to specify a command-line tool. Later, for opening a file or project from command line, it will be enough to launch the .exe file with the project or filename as a command-line argument.

Download and install additional plugins

If necessary, download and install additional plugins that are not bundled with the IDE from the PhpStorm plugins repository.

Start a project in PhpStorm

On the Welcome screen, you can do the following:

• Open an existing project
• Check out an existing project from Version Control
• Create a new project

• Create a new project

• Import a project from existing source code

• Open an existing project or file

• Check out an existing project from a version control system