Just to amplify LazyOne's comment:
At least in my case it was missing because since version 2021.1 of PHPStorm PHP is not located under the "Languages and Frameworks" anymore. Instead it sits at the very top of the settings:
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Languages and Frameworks | PhpStorm Documentation
June 4, 2025 - When you select the Languages & Frameworks category in the left-hand pane, its main subcategories are listed in the right-hand part of the dialog.
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PHPStorm not recognising PHP – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
September 7, 2017 - I suspect that it was really some sort of caching issue with PhpStorm's plugin list, and that making a change to a plugin (installing/updating probably any plugin) caused PhpStorm to fix it. Or it was the bash plugin thing, I don't really know. ... Thanks @Ivarhk! That worked. I disabled the CVS plugin at random and restarted. Lo! PHP was back enabled in the app. ... This was an issue for me today. All of a sudden PHP was missing from the 'languages & frameworks' section in settings and I couldn't use Xdebug.
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Supported PHP versions | PhpStorm Documentation
January 8, 2026 - There is no enforced correlation between the PHP version used in the project and the PHP language level configured in PhpStorm. Although the language version of each interpreter is detected automatically, you can still tell PhpStorm to provide ...
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PHP built in functions/classes etc. are not recognized – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
May 9, 2018 - I had this problem ocour after I created functions.php file in src for symfony. Cache revalidation helped. ... It happened to me after running an update. David's method cleared it up. ... helped. I had two new RDF related plugins installed (LNKD.tech Editor, RDF and SPARQL). After disabling them PHPStorm again recognized php standard functions etc.
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PHP | PhpStorm Documentation
February 25, 2025 - PHP stubs are open-source, and you can contribute to their development. For more information, refer to blog post. If necessary, you can load a set of custom PHP stubs to be used by PhpStorm. Click next to the Default stubs path field and provide the stubs folder location in the dialog that opens.
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Language and region | PhpStorm Documentation
March 5, 2026 - Click Get More Languages... to install a different language as a third-party plugin from JetBrains Marketplace. If the required language is not yet available, you can contribute by developing your own language pack plugin. The region preference affects how PhpStorm or its plugins work by adapting to regional specifications.
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GitHub - JetBrains/phpstorm-stubs: PHP runtime & extensions header files for PhpStorm · GitHub
Have a full copy of the .git repo within an IDE and provide its path in Settings | Languages & Frameworks | PHP | PHP Runtime | Advanced settings | Default stubs path. It should then be easily updatable both ways via normal git methods. The set of extensions enabled by default in PhpStorm can change anytime without prior notice.
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So, you mean to highlight all pieces of code that will not work with the PHP version you are writing it in, right? That can be done here:
Preferences -> Languages & Frameworks > PHP
and the same on Mac:
PhpStorm -> Preferences (⌘,) -> Languages & Frameworks > PHP
Or with newer versions of PhpStorm in Windows:
File -> Settings -> Languages & Frameworks > PHP
then select your PHP version, for example, 7.0
This is very useful when your local system runs PHP 7.0, for example, but production is running PHP 5.5.
That way PhpStorm will warn you which parts will not work in production, show proper hints during writing code according to the selected version, etc.
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In case your field is disabled.
Probably your settings "Synchronize IDE settings with composer.json" is enabled
You may change your PHP version in composer.json file
"require": {
"php": ">=7.1.0",
}
OR disable your settings in this path
File -> Settings -> Languages & Frameworks > PHP > Composer
*If you change your composer.json file - As Félix Gagnon-Grenier commented, Keep in mind it has effects on the way packages will be required later
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Frameworks | PhpStorm Documentation
October 11, 2024 - On this page, set up integration between PhpStorm and the PHP frameworks supported by PhpStorm via plugins.
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PhpStorm doesn't recognize my PHP CLI executable! – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
February 29, 2020 - Please consider editing your post and mark it as obsolete instead. Do you want to delete post? ... This just isn't my day as far as configuring PhpStorm. In settings, under Languages & Frameworks > PHP > CLI Interpreter, when I enter the path to my PHP executable it says "PHP version: Not ...
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My version of PHPStorm is 2018.3.6
Upgrade your IDE to a newer version. PHP 7.4 support was added later (initial support in 2019.2 and proper one in 2019.3: https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/whatsnew/2019-3/).
P.S. Latest PhpStorm is 2021.1.1 and it supports PHP 8.0
https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/whatsnew/
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You need to update to new version of PHP Storm.
The current version that I'm using is:
PhpStorm 2020.2 Build #PS-202.6397.115, built on July 29, 2020
and supports version 7.4 and latest 8.0 for PHP Language Level pack.
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phpstorm – William Turrell
Check the Event Log pane – there will be a warning message, e.g. “Debug session was finished without being paused”. Is there one? You may have configured Remote debugging to skip certain paths. In Preferences, check Languages & Frameworks > PHP > Debug > Skipped Paths (there’s no warning ...
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Troubleshooting: Where has the PhpStorm PHP 7 Compatibility Inspection gone? – William Turrell
Preferences > Languages and Frameworks > PHP · set desired PHP Language Level under Development environment · Run inspection by name… · choose Language Level · Thanks to Jetbrains Support for helping me with that.. (Tested with PhpStorm 2017.1 EAP) william [at] wturrell .
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PHP reference | IntelliJ IDEA Documentation
February 25, 2025 - To use the IntelliJ IDEA's bundled PHP stubs, make sure that the Default stubs path field is cleared and the vendor/jetbrains/phpstorm-stubs folder is excluded from the project. If the Add packages as libraries option is enabled on the Languages & Frameworks | PHP | Composer page of the Settings dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S) , IntelliJ IDEA automatically marks the vendor/jetbrains/phpstorm-stubs folder as excluded.
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Languages and Frameworks - Help | PhpStorm
File | Settings | Languages and Frameworks for Windows and Linux PhpStorm | Preferences | Languages and Frameworks for macOS