Sublime laravel and php specific packages.

The functionality you've asked for falls more within the domain of an IDE than for a text editor like Sublime Text. PhpStorm is the stand out PHP IDE and there is a great (series on Laracasts)[https://laracasts.com/series/how-to-be-awesome-in-phpstorm] on using it effectively.

Up until I joined Laracasts I was an avid ST user, now I only use it for making quick edits and leave the heavy lifting to PhpStorm, give it a try!

Is anyone using PhpStorm on linux? I think i tried it once and it was weird and slow.

edit: i tried it again and it kinda feels like it runs on wine or something.

I'm using PHPStorm on Linux and I have no complaints about its speed.

Did you install Oracle JDK?

I found PHPStorm nearly unusable slow with Open JDK.

http://wiki.jetbrains.net/intellij/Installing_and_running_PHPStorm_on_Ubuntu#Installing_Oracle_.28Sun.29_JDK

java version "1.7.0_65"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.2) (7u65-2.5.2-3~14.04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode)

yes, i have openjdk, should i switch to oracle?

Give it a try if you are interested in PHPStorm.

I switched from Sublime to PHPStorm a few months ago and I never looked back.

ok, i have to figure out, will it break something on my system as they cannot go exist. thanx!

I have no problems whatsoever using Oracle JDK from the official Oracle repos.

btw the PHP Companion issue for not autofilling namespaces has been fixed:

https://github.com/erichard/SublimePHPCompanion/issues/26

So if you are using Sublime, install this package. Big help!

I always use PHPStorm for working on Laravel projects, but still fall back on Sublime for my day to day work where I am not fortunate enough to be able to use Laravel (or any major php framework)

@theilen i do not know, imho oracle JDK made no change. Could you paste me a screenshot of your PhpStorm. Even the fonts are ugly compared to Sublime. Perhaps i have to tweak it somehow.

No problem: http://s8.postimg.org/ljlz2jqtx/screenshot.png

Just to be sure: Starting PHPStorm takes ages compared to Sublime. That didn't change for me no matter what JDK I used. But when it is finally started, it reacts almost as snappy as Sublime.