Existing users can perform a directly within the IDE by going to Help | Check for Updates . For those on Linux, you can uncompress the new .tar.gz and execute bin/phpstorm.sh to start the setup.

Exclusion of superglobals from "Extract variable" name suggestions.

Some users have reported high memory consumption in recent builds. If you encounter performance lags, consider:

Are you planning to upgrade to alongside this IDE update, or are you still working on a Legacy PHP project? PHPStorm consume high memory on Mac

You can download the update via the PhpStorm Blog or through the JetBrains Toolbox App. Key Changes & Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where "Introduce variable" incorrectly suggested "this" as a variable name.