How To Build A Website Template With Php Storm

Create live templates

The post-obit example procedure illustrates how to create a template for a TODO comment with the electric current date and user proper noun.

Printing Ctrl+Alt+S to open up the IDE settings and select Editor | Live Templates.
Select the template group where you want to create a new live template (for example, other).

If you do not select a template group, the alive template will exist added to the user grouping.
Click and select Live Template.
In the Abbreviation field, specify the characters that will be used to aggrandize the template. For example: todo.
(Optional) In the Description field, describe the template for reference in the futurity.

For instance: Insert TODO annotate with the current date and username
In the Template text field, specify the body of the template with variables.

For example: //TODO $DATE$ $USER$: $END$

Click Edit variables to define the variables using functions:

Name	Expression	Default value	Skip if divers
Date	date()	None	Yeah
USER	user()	None	Aye

You tin can set a default value for cases when the expression fails to evaluate, although these particular functions should ever render a valid value. You can as well disable the Skip if defined option for a variable to highlight the expanded value and let the user modify it if necessary.

Utilize all your changes.
In the editor, type todo and printing Tab.

Depending on the current system date and username, the template should expand to something like:

//TODO 02.07.2019 jsmith:

Create a new template from a fragment of code

In the editor, select the text fragment to create a live template from.
Select from the principal bill of fare. The list of the alive templates opens. In this list, the newly created template has been added to the user group.
Specify an abbreviation for the template, an optional description (to identify what the template is for) and modify the template body. If the template has variables defined, click Edit Variables to configure them.
Click OK to apply the changes.

Copy an existing template

If you want to reuse the aforementioned template in multiple groups, or yous want to create a new template based on some other ane, yous can indistinguishable an existing template.

On the page of the Settings/Preferences dialog (Ctrl+Alt+Southward), select the template yous want to re-create.
Click Indistinguishable on the toolbar. A new template particular is added to the same group as the original, and selected.
Specify a new abridgement for the template, an optional description (to place what the template is for), and alter the template body if necessary. If the template has variables divers, click Edit Variables to configure them.
Click OK to apply the changes.

Concluding modified: 19 March 2022