How to open a directory in PHPStorm or IntelliJ (or any JetBrains IDE) from the command line?

Question

Is there a way to open up a directory in PHPStorm or an equivalent Jetbrains IDE from the command line? For example, in Textmate, I would just do:

mate . 

to open the working directory.

Answer 1

Use Tools -> Create command line launcher and then you can execute pstorm .

Answer 2

Here's how I got IntelliJ Command-line launcher to work with MAC Sierra (v 10.12.2).

This works with IntelliJ IDEA:

1. Tools -> Create Command-line Launcher..
2. Replace 'idea' in the string '/usr/local/bin/idea' with whatever you wish.
   (I use 'ij'), so for me its '/usr/local/bin/ij'.
3. Open your terminal
4. Navigate to the project/folder you want to open.

5. Write the chars you wrote after 'bin/' and then '.'

   For me its ij .