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**type**: ``string`` **default**: ``null``

If you're using an IDE like TextMate or Mac Vim, then Symfony can turn all
of the file paths in an exception message into a link, which will open that
file in your IDE.
Symfony can turn file paths seen in dumps and exception messages into links
that will open in your preferred text editor or IDE.

Symfony contains preconfigured URLs for some popular IDEs, you can set them
using the following keys:
Since every developer uses a different IDE, the recommended way to enable this
feature is to configure it on a system level. This can be done by setting the
``xdebug.file_link_format`` option in your ``php.ini`` configuration file.

* ``textmate``
* ``macvim``
* ``emacs``
* ``sublime``
Alternatively, you can use this ``ide`` configuration key.

You can also specify a custom URL string. If you do this, all percentage
signs (``%``) must be doubled to escape that character. For example, if
you use PHPstorm on the Mac OS platform, you will do something like:
In both cases, the expected configuration value is a URL template that contains an
``%f`` where the file path is expected and ``%l`` for the line number. When using
the ``ide`` configuration key, percentages signs (``%``) must be escaped by
doubling them. For example, if you use PHPstorm on the Mac OS platform, you will
do something like:

.. configuration-block::

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.. tip::

If you're on a Windows PC, you can install the `PhpStormProtocol`_ to
be able to use this.
When running your app in a container or in a virtual machine, you can tell
Symfony to map files from the guest to the host by changing their prefix.
This map should be specified at the end of the URL template, after a ``#``::

// /path/to/guest/.../file will be opened
// as /path/to/host/.../file on the host
// and /foo/.../file as /bar/.../file also
'myide://%f:%l#/path/to/guest/=/path/to/host/&/foo/=/bar/&...'

.. versionadded:: 3.2
Guest to host mappings were introduced in Symfony 3.2.

.. tip::

Symfony contains preconfigured URLs for some popular IDEs, you can set them
using the following values: ``textmate``, ``macvim``, ``emacs`` or ``sublime``.

Of course, since every developer uses a different IDE, it's better to set
this on a system level. This can be done by setting the ``xdebug.file_link_format``
in the ``php.ini`` configuration to the URL string.
.. tip::

If you don't use Xdebug, another way is to set this URL string in the
``SYMFONY__TEMPLATING__HELPER__CODE__FILE_LINK_FORMAT`` environment variable.
If any of these configurations values are set, the ``ide`` option will be ignored.
If you're on a Windows PC, you can install the `PhpStormProtocol`_ to
be able to use this.

.. _reference-framework-test:

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