phpStorm – Improved Cache (ICache)

Is your phpStorm lagging or freezing sometimes? Or maybe you want to make it more fluid and faster? No problem! Just move its cache to RAM while it is in running! This bash script will help you to do it without thinking too much. (*) All the cache will be synchronized when phpStorm will be closed.

Installation

1. Download and move the phpstorm_icache.sh to your desired location
2. Give the script phpstorm_icache.sh execute permission chmod +x /path/to/phpstorm_icache.sh
3. Change the PHPSTORM_SH_PATH and PHPSTORM_CACHE_PATH variables if you have different paths

Usage

Instead of running the original phpstorm.sh use the phpstorm_icache.sh. That's all!

NOTE

• You can still start the phpStorm from a desktop shortcut

[Desktop Entry]
...
Exec=/absolute/path/to/phpstorm_icache.sh
...
Terminal=false
...

• This script can probably work with other Jetbrains IDEs... Try to do it and inform me.

Tested on

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• phpStorm 2018.1

Helpful

For the first starts it is recommended to leave the notifications active to ensure correct execution. To disable it edit the SHOW_NOTIFICATIONS variable. For the unclear behavior if you are not using the terminal look at the log file in PHPSTORM_CACHE_PATH/ICache-logs.log