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PHP: Skip the boring part & press Tab!
- Phpstorm is a great IDE for PHP developers, which comes with a unique feature called Live Templates.
- Live Templates are customizable expansions for your editor that make coding more accessible.
- One of the templates is called 'fore', which removes the need to type foreach loops manually by adding a description that allows you to customize the name of the variables.
- Live templates are contextual and allow better organizational control by reducing noise in the editor, making coding more manageable.
- PhpStorm also has default templates that help with things such as the addition of constructors to create classes quickly.
- You can create custom Live Templates to fit your needs, with advanced granularity to change the applicable context accordingly.
- Pre-defined variables are available for more advanced usages, and you can add your own variables for creating templates that fit your specific use case.
- Live templates can be duplicated or shared by copying the XML files in the templates directory of the IDE configuration directory.
- While AI tools and the JetBrains AI assistant plugin can be used for these tasks, Live Templates provide a more consistent and less error-prone option.
- Live Templates help to improve productivity, provided you can tolerate the minor inconvenience of setting them up.
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