Visual studio code run php file in browser

Visual Studio Code is a great editor for PHP development. You get features like syntax highlighting and bracket matching, IntelliSense (code completion), and snippets out of the box and you can add more functionality through community-created VS Code extensions.

Linting

VS Code uses the official PHP linter (php -l) for PHP language diagnostics. This allows VS Code to stay current with PHP linter improvements.

Tip: Using XAMPP? Install the full version of PHP in order to obtain the development libraries.

There are three settings to control the PHP linter:

• php.validate.enable: controls whether to enable PHP linting at all. Enabled by default.
• php.validate.executablePath: points to the PHP executable on disk. Set this if the PHP executable is not on the system path.
• php.validate.run: controls whether the validation is triggered on save (value: "onSave") or on type (value: "onType"). Default is on save.

To change the PHP settings, open your User or Workspace Settings (⌘, (Windows, Linux Ctrl+,)) and type 'php' to filter the list of available settings.

To set the PHP executable path, select the Edit in settings.json link under PHP > Validate: Executable Path, which will open your user settings.json file. Add the php.validate.executablePath setting with the path to your PHP installation:

Windows

{
  "php.validate.executablePath": "c:/php/php.exe"
}

Linux and macOS

{
  "php.validate.executablePath": "/usr/bin/php"
}

Snippets

Visual Studio Code includes a set of common snippets for PHP. To access these, hit ⌃Space (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Space) to get a context-specific list.

PHP extensions

There are many PHP language extensions available on the VS Code Marketplace and more are being created. You can search for PHP extensions from within VS Code in the Extensions view (⇧⌘X (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+X)) then filter the extensions dropdown list by typing 'php'.

Disable built-in PHP support

To disable the built-in PHP smart completions in favor of suggestions from an installed PHP extension, uncheck PHP > Suggest: Basic, which sets php.suggest.basic to false in your settings.json file.

Debugging

PHP debugging with XDebug is supported through a PHP Debug extension. Follow the extension's instructions for configuring XDebug to work with VS Code.

Next steps

Read on to find out about:

• Extension Marketplace - Browse the extensions others have shared
• Debugging - Learn more about VS Code debugging

9/1/2022

I can't find a way to run php on Visual studio code, Does anyone know how?

Duplicate:

Yes it is but a little bit different from here.

Steps:

I followed below steps to configure php in VS Code.

1. Configure PHP linting in user settings
   
2. Install Php Debug extension in VSCode
3. Then configure php.ini file
   
4. Create a external php file in root folder
5. add <? echo "My First PHP site in VSCode."; ?> in external php file which I created now
6. In my index.html file I referenced my php file like:
   
7. Run my web server apache using xampp control panel
8. Build my project and run it on web browser it shows me nothing.
9. Also when I open dev tools of my chrome browser its shows me my php code of index file commented. why? I don't know.
   

Question:

What I am doing wrong in my above steps to configure php in vs code. Please explain me in easy steps so I can easily achieve my goal. Thanks in advance.

asked Aug 21, 2016 at 19:08

Ahmer Ali AhsanAhmer Ali Ahsan

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Looks like you in fact don't want to run PHP from Visual Code, but instead you're trying to get PHP to work at all.

1. add in external php file which I created now

You're using short tags and that's ok, if your configuration allows it, however I would recommend using explicit PHP tags: <?php echo "My First PHP site in VSCode."; ?>

In my index.html file I referenced my php file like:

There's the problem. You're placing PHP code in a HTML file. PHP code in HTML files won't be (at least by default) executed. Change the filename from index.html to index.php.

That should do it.

answered Aug 23, 2016 at 12:38

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