For Basic authorization, you have to generate a base64-encoded string that represents your username and password. In this build, we’ve implemented Basic and Digest authentication for the new REST client. REST Client: Support Basic and Digest authentication This build delivers new features, bug fixes and improvements for PHP and the Web, and takes on the latest improvements in IntelliJ Platform. PhpStorm 2017.3.2 build 173.4127.29 is now available! You can download it here, in JetBrains Toolbox App or if you have installed the previous PhpStorm 2017.3.1 or PhpStorm 2017.3.2 EAP build (173.4127.13), you should soon get a notification in the IDE about a patch update.