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PhpStorm 2026.3 Adds an Agent Workspace and PHP 8.6 Support
Laravel News · By Eric L. Barnes ·

The Brief
- PhpStorm 2026.3 is released as the third major update of 2026.
- The release adds a workspace for agentic development and multi-agent setups, named Air according to Laravel News.
- It adds support for PHP 8.6, improvements to remote development and WSL, and PHP code insight enhancements.
- Laravel News also reports new Laravel inspections and a Processes tab for queue workers.
Why it matters
Developers using PhpStorm get PHP 8.6 support and a built-in workspace for coding agents, which changes how agent-based work can be organised inside the IDE.
Who’s affected
- PhpStorm users
- PHP developers
- Laravel teams
- PhpStorm 2026.3
- PHP 8.6
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- #jetbrains
- #php
- #ide
- #ai-agents
- #laravel
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Timeline
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What’s New in PhpStorm 2026.3