Installation

If you're a PhpStorm user, the Laravel Idea plugin comes preinstalled starting with version 2025.3. If you're using IntelliJ IDEA, the Laravel Idea plugin can be installed from the Plugins settings. In the IntelliJ IDEA's main menu: File | Settings (or Preferences) | Plugins | Marketplace | Search "Laravel Idea"

By default, plugin tries to find laravel/framework (or laravel/lumen-framework, or illuminate/support, or laravel-zero/laravel-zero) Composer package installed. All plugin features work only if one of these packages found, so it won't take resources and make additional indexing for non-laravel projects. This can be configured in the settings:

Laravel directory option can help in cases when laravel installation is not in the root. Also, plugin can be turned on/off manually.