New Project from Composer#

Project template for creating and initializing a new PHP project from with a composer project or a composer package is named PHP Project from Composer.

Open the New Project window in File / New / Project menu, choose PHP Project from Composer, and specify the new project location.

Choose the composer project#

The Wizard lets user to choose the composer package, shows the packages inforation, and subsequently searches for other available packages.

Creating the project files#

The next step allows to specify PHP version and project format. See the New Project for details.

Project is initialized from the specified composer package using the composer create-project command.

Note, that specified PHP and composer.phar are both installed automatically if they are not found on the local computer.

Related links#

• New Project - creating a new PHP project, either empty or from a template.
• New Project from Existing Code - creating a Visual Studio project in an existing location.
• New Project from Remote location - creating a new PHP project that is initialized with files from a remote location, and setups both-way synchronization.