PhpStorm not showing project files in project view

Question

After I had installed PhpStorm and created a project from an existing source files, The project pane is not showing any file from the directory. So how can we solve the problem?

Answer 1

Invalidating the cache did not work for me. However in the file menu , there is an option named "Repair IDE". I clicked on this and went through the steps until it self repaired and started working correctly.

I am using version 2024.3.3

Answer 2

I had selected this option by mistake

Answer 3

For my version of Phpstorm the solution was to go to:

1. File > Close Project
2. Click on the gear icon of the project in question > Remove from Recent Projects
3. Click New Project > Select the folder path > Click on Create button > Click the button Create from Existing Sources.

Answer 4

The accepted answer did not work me. What worked for me was

File > Repair IDE...

And you'll be prompted in the lower right side corner with some alerts that have suggestions. Click on those until its fixed.

Answer 5

I tried the above solution and was not successful. The following, however did work.

1. Close all projects.
2. On the list of project, select yours, right click, and chose "Remove from Recent Projects".
3. Click "New Project" and choose your project's directory and click "Create"
4. In the "Directory Is Not Empty" dialog, click "Create from Existing Source".

When I opened the "new" project, everything was there including the Local History—thank the Gods!

Ref: PhpStorm version 2021.1.1 on Mac Catalina.

Answer 6

I was able to resolve this in PhpStorm 2021.2.4 with the following steps:

• Exit PhpStorm
• Remove the existing .idea folder (like so rm -rf .idea)
• Restart PhpStorm
• click File > Open to select your project directory

Everything should be fine now.

Answer 7

I fixed this by resetting my IDE default settings

File -> Manage IDE settings -> Restore default settings

Note that this will remove all your plugins and configurations

Answer 8

In case both above solutions do not work, try this following approach:

1. cd to your projects .idea Folder

2. Check if there is a file called project_name.iml. If this is not the case create it and paste the following content to it

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4">
     <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
       <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$"></content>
     </component>
   </module>
   

3. Then check if there is a file called modules.xml. If this is not the case create it and paste the following content to it (which targets to your previously created project_name.iml)

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <project version="4">
     <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
       <modules>
         <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/project_name.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/project_name.iml" />
       </modules>
     </component>
   </project>
   

4. Restart PhpStorm

Answer 9

Go to the menu File -> Settings -> Directories and then delete the current directory and add a new directory with the root of your project that worked for me.

Ingresas al menú File -> Settings -> Directories y luego eliminas el directorio actual y agregar un nuevo directorio con la raíz de tu proyecto eso funciono para mi.

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Answer 10

After investigation on the issue, I got the solution as follow:

1. Remove .idea directory from your root project directory
2. Invalidate and restart your IDE , FILE -> Invalidate cache /Restart -> then click on Invalidate cache and restart
3. You are done :)

Here is the source

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/207066915-Project-view-not-showing-directories