Which of these features would you most like to see in PHPantom? #69

AJenbo · 2026-04-05T20:06:16Z

AJenbo
Apr 5, 2026
Maintainer

We are planning ahead and want to hear what matters to you. These features have come up in competitive analysis against PHPStorm, Intelephense, PHP Tools, and Phpactor, but are not currently on the roadmap. The top voted options will be prioritized first.

If there is a feature you want that is not listed here, comment below.

Which features should we prioritize?

Sort `use` statements (re-sort existing imports alphabetically)

26%

Simplify with `?:` (replace `$x ? $x : $y` with `$x ?: $y`)

6%

Simplify with `?->` (replace null-checked chains with the nullsafe operator)

6%

Convert if/elseif chain to switch

0%

Convert to string interpolation (replace `'Hello ' . $name` with `"Hello $name"`)

13%

Fill constructor arguments (fill `new Foo()` with default argument values)

0%

Navigate to related file (jump between source and test file)

40%

Psalm integration (in addition to PHPStan)

6%

15 votes

AJenbo · 2026-07-25T04:54:14Z

AJenbo
Jul 25, 2026
Maintainer Author

The following are now planned for 0.10.0:

Navigate to related file (jump between source and test file)
Convert to string interpolation (replace 'Hello ' . $name with "Hello $name")

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