Software to PHP

Question

I am developing software on PHP using a framework from Laravel, but I don't have start from the begin of the project.

What I want, if it exists, is some kind of software that for example when I am editing the variable $x know that this exists on home.php, config.php, and layer.php.

I want the software to try to identify the global variables where they are! For I don't be looking on the error and try to find out.

I have tried PHPStorm but it doesn't give me what I want, or I don't know very well to use it.

Any help?

Answer 1

Any decent IDE should be able to do this for you. While I am forced to use a customized Eclipse at work, I find Netbeans "easier" and "better" for my particular work style/pattern. Both have PHP development options.

Answer 2

If you're using PHPStorm, you can:

• press Alt+F7 / Find Usages,

• or press Ctrl+Shift+F / Finding and replacing text in a project,

• or press Shift twice... / Search for a target by name.

I hope I helped :)