Configuring phpStorm and phalcon

This document assumes that:

• You have a working install of phpStorm on your system.
• You have a local AMP installation as prescribed by Digitec.
• The steps described below are derived from this video: Integrating Phalcon with PhpStorm IDE.

Steps

1. Follow the instructions for your system and install Phalcon Developer Tools.
2. Add command line support for phalcon to phpStorm.
3. Access phpStorm settings (Linux, Windows: File > Settings, Mac: PhpStorm > Preferences).
4. Select Comand Line Tool Support and click the plus + sign in order to add the phalcon CLI tool. 1. Select Custom tool in the Tool Settings dialog. 2. Enter the (absolute) Tool path of the phalcon.sh contained in the phalcon-tools folder you installed in Step 1. 3. Enter phalcon in the Alias field. Description can be left blank. 4. Click OK. 5. Click Apply. 6. Click OK.
5. Add phalcon IDE stubs to your phpStorm project.
6. Open your project in phpStorm.
7. Right-Click on the External Libraries in the Project pane.
8. Select Configure PHP Include Paths.
9. Set PHP language level to 5.5
10. Set Interpreter to /usr/local/bin
11. Click the plus + sign and add your include path /Users/myusername/phalcon-tools/ide/1.2.5.
12. Be sure to change myusername above to your user name as seen in the Terminal.

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