'PhpStorm choking and freezing while editing code
I have experienced sudden drop in PhpStorm performance. IDE which was performing very well (without any noticeable signs of delay in response) started to be sluggish and freeze for a fraction of a second every time any autocomplete was performed.
Despite available 16GB memory (and increasing max memory for program in PhpStorm settings up to 2 GB) IDE does not use any of the additional memory and still freezes every few second. None of available suggestions all over Internet regarding disabling unnecessary plugins, clearing indexes or changing memory were successful. Reducing highlighting level has no effect on described issues.
Question: is there any other option I could do to restore normal performance without disabling some vital IDE functionalities?
Solution 1:[1]
I was also getting this problem but node_modules was already excluded (I think PHPStorm does this by default).
I have just excluded the location of the compiled files as well. In my case this was the entire public folder. (Using Laravel and Elixir.)
This solved it for me.
Mick
Solution 2:[2]
I've experienced those kind of performance problems in the past. Options I've used are
- Increase heap memory to 4gb
- Exclude folders from indexing
- Disable some plugins (last time the problem was with PHP Inspections plugin)
Solution 3:[3]
I'm using PhpStorm with projects on Laravel, therefore what worked for me is excluding bootstrap/cache as well as entire storage folders.
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | |
| Solution 2 | Abraham Romero |
| Solution 3 | Darmen Amanbayev |