JetBrains has released PhpStorm 2026.2, with deepened Laravel integration as the headline feature.

The new Laravel tool window has three tabs: a Dashboard with project information and quick access to Artisan commands; an Errors tab for browsing local or Sentry-hosted log files, with an option to explore or fix errors using AI instead of copy-pasting logs; and a Laravel Cloud tab for managing deployments and environment variables. Package support now recognizes laravel/passport and stancl/tenancy, and the ide.json config file gains options for database schema file paths, Eloquent model-to-table mapping, custom Livewire locations, and new completion types for viteAsset, passportScopeId, and staticStrings.

On the PHP side, a new #[FileReference] attribute marks string literals as file or directory paths on function, method, and constructor parameters, giving passed paths navigation and refactoring support. It handles relative paths via basePath and dynamically built paths from variables or constants, and persists project-wide across restarts. Other additions include PHP 8.5 pipe operator support; running PHPStan, Laravel Pint and other quality tools on the fly, on idle, or on save (Settings | PHP | Quality Tools); PER Coding Style 3.0 in the built-in formatter; arrow autocompletion after object variables, enabled by default; and completion for nested arrays without explicit keys in #[ArrayShape] annotations.

For AI workflows, PhpStorm now includes an agent skills manager with a browsable directory of skills, importable from external registries such as GitHub repos or from existing Claude Code and Codex setups. GitHub Copilot is natively integrated as an agent in the AI chat picker through a partnership with Microsoft, authenticating via GitHub OAuth for active subscribers, and AI code completion can connect to OpenAI-compatible models.

Elsewhere, the IDE gains Git worktree management (including on WSL), a "Resolve All Simple Conflicts" action, @-mention user lists from GitHub or GitLab in review comments, drag-and-drop path insertion in the terminal, image pasting in supported CLI agent sessions, a non-modal Settings dialog, theme-aware database colors that apply to folders, and project indexing up to 10% faster.