Reformat File dialog
The dialog appears when you press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L in the editor of the current file. If you choose Code | Reformat Code from the main menu or press Ctrl+Alt+L , PhpStorm tries to reformat the source code of the specified scope automatically.
For more details on how to reformat, or exclude files from formatting, refer to Reformat code.
Only changes uncommitted to VCS
If this checkbox is selected, then reformatting will apply only to the code that has been changed locally, but not yet checked in to the repository.
This checkbox is only available for the files under version control.
Choose this option to have the currently selected fragment of source code reformatted.
Choose this option to have all the source code in the current file reformatted.
Select this checkbox to remove unused import statements from the code within the selected scope.
Select this checkbox to reorder your source code entries according to the configurations specified in the Arrangement tab of your Code Style settings.
This checkbox is not available for Python files.
Select this option to run the code cleanup inspections. PhpStorm finds and automatically fixes potentially problematic code fragments.
Reformat line breaks according to the code style settings. This option overrides the Keep when reformatting | Line breaks setting.
Click this button to start reformatting the source code within the specified scope.
You can define rules and format your code as you write it. To define formatting rules for PHP, open the Settings dialog ( Ctrl+Alt+S ) and navigate to Editor | Code Style | PHP. For more information about configuring the code style for PHP, see Configure the SQL code style.
Reformat code
PhpStorm lets you reformat your code according to the requirements you’ve specified in your current code style scheme or the .editorconfig file. If anything is not defined in .editorconfig , it’s taken from the project settings.
You can reformat a part of code, the whole file, group of files, or a directory. You can also exclude part of code or some files from the reformatting.
Reformat a code fragment
- In the editor, select a code fragment you want to reformat. Before reformatting, you can take a look at the code style settings that are applied to the selected code: press Alt+Enter and click Adjust code style settings .
- From the main menu, select Code | Reformat Code or press Ctrl+Alt+L . If you don’t select a code fragment, PhpStorm will reformat the whole file.
Reformat a file
- Either open your file in the editor and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L or in the Project tool window, right-click the file and select Reformat Code . Keep pressing Shift and select additional files for a group reformatting.
- In the Reformat File dialog that opens, if you need, select the following reformatting options:
- Optimize imports : select this option if you want to remove unused imports, add missing ones, or organize import statements. For more information, refer to the Optimize imports section.
- Rearrange entries : select this option if you need to rearrange your code based on the arrangement rules specified in the code style settings.
- Code cleanup : select this option to run the code cleanup inspections.
- Do not keep line breaks : reformat line breaks according to the code style settings. This option overrides the Keep when reformatting | Line breaks setting.
Reformat code in a folder
- In the project view, right-click a folder and from the context menu, select Reformat Code or press Ctrl+Alt+L .
- In the dialog that opens, specify the necessary options and click OK .
Reformat line indents
You can reformat line indents based on the specified settings.
- While in the editor, select the necessary code fragment and press Ctrl+Alt+I .
- If you need to adjust indentation settings, in the Settings dialog ( Ctrl+Alt+S ), go to Editor | Code Style .
- On the appropriate language page, on the Tabs and Indents tab, specify the appropriate indents options and click OK .
In some cases, the option Detect and use existing file indents for editing located in the Indent Detection section in Settings | Editor | Code Style can override your settings. In this case PhpStorm will display a notification.
Automatically reformat code on save
You can configure the IDE to reformat code in modified files automatically when your changes are saved.
- Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and select Tools | Actions on Save .
- Enable the Reformat code option.
- Additionally, you can configure the way the IDE will reformat your code:
- Click Configure scope to specify the patterns of filenames and directories that you want to exclude from reformatting.
- From the All file types list, select the types of files in which you want to reformat code.
- Select Whole file or Changed lines if your project is under version control. If you select Changed lines , reformatting will apply only to the lines of code that have been changed locally, but not yet checked in to the repository.
Exclude files from reformatting
You can exclude a group of files and directories from reformatting , code arrangement, and import optimization.
- In the Settings dialog ( Ctrl+Alt+S ), go to Editor | Code Style .
- Switch to the Formatter tab and in the Do not format field, enter the files and directories that you want to exclude using a glob pattern. You can specify several glob patterns separated with a semicolon ; . If you click
, the field will expand, and each pattern will be shown on a separate line.
- Apply the changes and close the dialog.
Exclude code fragments from reformatting in the editor
- In the Settings dialog ( Ctrl+Alt+S ), go to Editor | Code Style .
- Switch to the Formatter tab and enable the Turn formatter on/off with markers in code comments option.
- In the editor, at the beginning of a region that you want to exclude, create a line comment Ctrl+/ and type @formatter:off . At the end of the region, create another line comment and type @formatter:on . The code between the markers won’t be reformatted.
The example shows two code fragments. One of them is enclosed in the @formatter :off and @formatter:on markers while the other one is not.
The original formatting is preserved:
The original formatting is not preserved in either code fragment:
Keep existing formatting
You can select formatting rules which will be ignored when you reformat the code. For example, you can adjust the IDE to keep simple methods and functions in one line, whereas normally they are expanded into multiple lines after code reformatting.
- Go to Settings | Editor | Code Style , select your programming language, and open the Wrapping and Braces tab.
- In the Keep when reformatting section, select the formatting rules which you want to ignore and deselect those which should be applied.
- Reformat your code ( Ctrl+Alt+L ).
PhpStorm will reformat your code in accordance with the current style settings, keeping existing formatting for the rules which you’ve selected.