So that's it, another 'well hidden' feature of PhpStorm. Important things here - you have to specify path to php.exe executable on your computer (at the bottom) and you can also specify where you have composer.phar installed (at the top) - alternatively, it can be downloaded automatically by PhpStorm.Īnd, basically, that's it - then PhpStorm downloads all the packages that you listed, then takes care of their dependancies and performs all other necessary operations. In this case we choose laravel/laravel (use auto-complete above), and then PhpStorm shows available versions on the bottom right, so we can specify which one we want. Then you will see a new dialog, where you can basically choose any packages that you want Composer to download and install automatically.
Just go to File -> New Project and in the dialog specify project name and folder, and - most importantly - choose type Composer Project. Today I want to tell about another 'trick' - or how to create a Laravel project without Command line or Terminal, directly from PhpStorm.
