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Kathy S
Kathy S

Reputation: 25

How to get PHP manual references automatically in PHPStorm 8?

I'm a newbie and there is so much to learn. I would like to see PHP Manual reference if I type a function. Something like this:

    strlen()

    int strlen ( string $string )
    Returns the length of the given string.

    example:
    <?php
    $str = 'abcdef';
    echo strlen($str); // 6

    $str = ' ab cd ';
    echo strlen($str); // 7
    ?>

That would be nice to see somewhere in the IDE. "Show quick doc on mouse move" in version 8 is not available anymore under Edit menu. Ideally I would like to set phpStorm so that I can

1) see a pinned window somewhere that
2) updates automatically as I type new functions with appropriate
3) PHP Documentation reference

Upvotes: 1

Views: 642

Answers (1)

LazyOne
LazyOne

Reputation: 165501

Two possible (different) ways:

  1. Enable Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Editor | General | Show quick documentation on mouse move

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  2. View | Quick Documentation -- you can pin it (so it's stays permanently on a screen) and enable auto-updating of docs for element under caret (available once it became pinned; a button next to "X" called Auto-update from source).

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Upvotes: 4

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