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PHP Tools 1.14 News#

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** We're happy to announce public availability of PHP Tools for Visual Studio 1.14. **

Our tools are being improved continuously, based on users feedback and suggestions. Latest update brings a lot of new features, improvements and fixes. Feel free to download from Visual Studio Extensions & Updates or from the product page.

Colored Tool Tips#

Improved IntelliSense showing colored tool tips. IntelliSense provides more information and will be upgraded even more in upcoming releases.

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Peek To Definition#

Peek To Definition is a new feature introduced in Visual Studio 2013. Pressing Alt+F12 over a PHP symbol brings you small window containing definition of the symbol. In this way, you can lookup for a definition without loosing track of your work.

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Test Explorer improvements#

In the PHP Tools update we introduce faster test discovery, support for PHPUnit Configuration file, configuration file editor, support for Test Suites and more. See Testing Documentation for more information.

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NuGet packages#

With the new release, PHP Tools support NuGet packages. You can browse the library of web components, include them within your project and perform their automatic updates.

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Other improvements#

  • Project-wide Error List
  • Code collapsing of lambda functions
  • Support for High DPI displays
  • Feedback form in Help | PHP Tools for Visual Studio Feedback
  • PHP debugger fixes
  • Parser fixes, support for declare(), function assert

For more information see our change log or features page.