How to display hidden characters by default (ZERO WIDTH SPACE ie. &#8203)

I just lost part of my weekend because of this … joker – zero width space. I just used some snippets from google groups and didn’t recognize that there are doubled characters, because Idea (11) didn’t show them, which was causing problems with parsing config file of my app… I discovered it accidentally in vi. … Read more

Cannot ignore .idea/workspace.xml – keeps popping up

Using PHPStorm, I am trying to ignore the workspace.xml which pops up every-time I try to make a git commit. My .gitignore looks like: /.idea/ .idea/workspace.xml Because at a point the file was committed, I’ve also executed: git rm –cached .idea/workspace.xml and then committed the removal, pushed to a bare repo. But the file keeps … Read more

JetBrains / IntelliJ keyboard shortcut to collapse all methods

I’m working on some legacy code that has a class that is 10,000+ lines of code and has 100s of methods. Is there a shortcut for any JetBrains IDE (since the shortcut would likely be shared across all of them) to collapse all the methods / functions so that only the method signatures are shown? … Read more

How do you debug PHP scripts? [closed]

Closed. This question needs to be more focused. It is not currently accepting answers. Closed 5 years ago. Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. How do you debug PHP scripts? I am aware of basic … Read more

Can IntelliJ IDEA encapsulate all of the functionality of WebStorm and PHPStorm through plugins? [closed]

Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 2 years ago. Improve this question I am in the market for a new IDE but am confused about the overlap between some of Jetbrains’ … Read more