PhpStorm Code Refactoring elseif PHP

Question

Let us take this example from PHP.net

    <?php
    if ($a > $b) 
    {
         echo "a is größer als b";
    } 
    else if ($a == $b) 
    {
         echo "a ist gleich groß wie b";
    } 
    else 
    {
         echo "a ist kleiner als b";
    }
    ?>

Pretty basic stuff. STRG or CTRL + ALT + l reformats the code, but in a way that is rather strange:

    if ( $a > $b )
    {
        echo "a is größer als b";
    }
    else
    {
        if ( $a == $b )
        {
            echo "a ist gleich groß wie b";
        }
        else
        {
            echo "a ist kleiner als b";
        }
    }

There is no template or anything that I would know of that could trigger this. Nevertheless, it is a nuisance to have the code changed in such a kind of way.

The question is: how can I prevent PhpStorm from doing this. It appears only in since the latest update of the software (PhpStorm 2016.2.2) not in earlier ones.

The version of PhpStorm is

• PhpStorm 2016.2.2
• Build #PS-162.2380.11, built on October 24, 2016
• JRE: 1.8.0_112-release-287-b3 amd64
• JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o

Answer 1

Go to File > Settings > Editor > Code Style > PHP > Wrapping and Braces tab and check "Special 'else if' treatment"