Released in late 2018, introduced several significant features aimed at improving code quality, supporting modern PHP versions, and enhancing the overall developer experience. Core PHP Enhancements
: Easily swap a class with its alias or inline a redundant alias . JetBrains PhpStorm 2018.3
: Developers gained advanced support for DQL, including autocompletion for classes and fields within DQL strings. : This version added full support for PHP 7
: This version added full support for PHP 7.3 features, including flexible Heredoc and Nowdoc syntax and support for Intersection Types in PHPDoc. New Refactorings : : The tool now properly
: Streamlined support for PHP CS Fixer was added, allowing the IDE to automatically fix code style issues based on project rules.
: PhpStorm can now automatically detect PHPCS coding standards from your composer.json file. New Refactorings :
: The tool now properly infers parameter data types based on source variables. Deployment and Productivity PhpStorm 2018.3 EAP 183.2635.12 - The JetBrains Blog