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

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'. There are many PHP language extensions available on the VS Code Marketplace and more are being created. To access these, hit ⌃Space (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Space) to get a context-specific list. Visual Studio Code includes a set of common snippets for PHP. Add the setting with the path to your PHP installation: Windows Snippets 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. To change the PHP settings, open your User or Workspace Settings ( ⌘, (Windows, Linux Ctrl+,)) and type 'php' to filter the list of available settings.


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Tip: Using XAMPP? Install the full version of PHP in order to obtain the development libraries. This allows VS Code to stay current with PHP linter improvements. VS Code uses the official PHP linter ( php -l) for PHP language diagnostics. 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. Visual Studio Code is a great editor for PHP development.
