How to run or debug php on Visual Studio Code VSCode

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I can t find a way to run or debug php on Visual studio code  Does anyone know how

User · Answer

XDebug changed some configuration settings.

Old settings:

xdebug.remote_enable = 1
xdebug.remote_autostart = 1
xdebug.remote_port = 9000

New settings:

xdebug.mode=debug
xdebug.start_with_request=yes
xdebug.client_port=9000

So you should paste the latter in php.ini file. More info: XDebug Changed Configuration Settings

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To debug php with vscode you need these things    vscode with php debuge plugin XDebug  installed  php with XDebug so XDebug dll downloaded and configured  a web server such as apache nginx or just nothing use the php built-in server    you can gently walk through step 1 and 2 by following the vscode official guide It is fully recommended to use XDebug installation wizard to verify your XDebug configuration   If you want to debug without a standalone web server the php built-in maybe a choice Start the built-in server by php -S localhost port -t path to your project command setting your project dir as document root You can refer to this post for more details

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If you don t want to install xDebug or other extensions and just want to run a PHP file without debugging  you can accomplish this using build tasks  Using Build Tasks First open the command palette  Ctrl Shift P in Windows    Shift P in Mac   and select  quot Tasks Open User Tasks quot   Now copy my configuration below into your tasks json file  This creates user-level tasks which can be used any time and in any workspace         quot version quot    quot 2 0 0 quot        quot tasks quot                            quot label quot    quot Start Server quot                quot type quot    quot shell quot                quot command quot    quot php -S localhost 8080 -t   fileDirname  quot                quot isBackground quot   true               quot group quot    quot build quot                quot problemMatcher quot                                        quot label quot    quot Run In Browser quot                quot type quot    quot shell quot                quot command quot    quot open http   localhost 8080   fileBasename  quot                quot windows quot                      quot command quot    quot explorer  http   localhost 8080   fileBasename   quot                              quot group quot    quot build quot                quot problemMatcher quot                                       quot label quot    quot Run In Terminal quot                quot type quot    quot shell quot                quot command quot    quot php   file  quot                quot group quot    quot none quot                quot problemMatcher quot                         If you want to run your php file in the terminal  open the command palette and select  quot Tasks  Run Task quot  followed by  quot Run In Terminal quot   If you want to run your code on a webserver which serves a response to a web browser  open the command palette and select  quot Tasks  Run Task quot  followed by  quot Start Server quot  to run PHP s built-in server  then  quot Run In Browser quot  to run the currently open file from your browser  Note that if you already have a webserver running  you can remove the Start Server task and update the localhost 8080 part to point to whatever URL you are using  Using PHP Debug Note  This section was in my original answer  I originally thought that it works without PHP Debug but it looks like PHP Debug actually exposes the php type in the launch configuration  There is no reason to use it over the build task method described above  I m keeping it here in case it is useful  Copy the following configuration into your user settings         quot launch quot              quot version quot    quot 0 2 0 quot            quot configurations quot                                quot type quot    quot php quot                quot request quot    quot launch quot                quot name quot    quot Run using PHP executable quot                quot program quot    quot   file  quot                quot runtimeExecutable quot    quot  usr bin php quot                                         all your other user settings       This creates a global launch configuration that you can use on any PHP file  Note the runtimeExecutable option  You will need to update this with the path to the PHP executable on your machine  After you copy the configuration above  whenever you have a PHP file open  you can press the F5 key to run the PHP code and have the output displayed in the vscode terminal

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There is a much easier way to run PHP  no configuration needed    Install the Code Runner Extension Open the PHP code file in Text Editor   use shortcut Ctrl Alt N or press F1 and then select type Run Code   or right click the Text Editor and then click Run Code in editor context menu or click Run Code button in editor title menu or click Run Code button in context menu of file explorer    Besides  you could select part of the PHP code and run the code snippet  Very convenient

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As far as I read about it today  you can t debug anything else than node js  JavaScript and TypeScript at the moment  but they said they want to add new languages which you can debug  The editor is still in development  Nevertheless  I don t think there will be a php debugger in the future since php is serverside  so you can t debug it on your client alone  If you want to debug php  I can recommend xDebug   Updated  Now  it is possible to debug with VS code  You need to install XDebug and php-debug extension for VScode

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It s worth noting that you must open project folder in Visual Studio Code for the debugger to work  I lost few hours to make it work while having only individual file opened in the editor   Issue explained here

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If you are using Ubuntu 16 04 and php7 you can install xdebug with below command   sudo apt-get install php-xdebug   You can find the full configuration process here   If you are using windows  you can download xdebug from xdebug org    And start debugging in VS-code with php-debug extension

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already their is enough help full answers but if you want to see the process then   click here    Steps in Short    download php debug plugin   https   marketplace visualstudio com items itemName felixfbecker php-debug   download xDebug dll   https   xdebug org wizard php   move xdebug file to        php   ext   here   update php ini file with following lines     XDebug  xdebug remote enable   1 xdebug remote autostart   1 zend extension path to xdebug      good to go     make sure that you have restarted your local server   source   https   www youtube com watch v 8MLEB1qx984

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The best solution for me was to add a key binding to run PHP code directly in the terminal  To do so you just need to download terminal-command-keys from VS code extensions marketplace     Then got to File Preferences Keyboard Shortcuts and click on the following icon at the upper right corner     It will open up the keybindings json file  Add the following settings                   key    ctrl s            command   terminalCommandKeys run            when    editorLangId    php            args                  cmd   php   file                 newTerminal  true               saveAllfiles   true               showTerminal   true                      key is the shortcut to run your PHP file  I use ctrl s  you can change it as you wish  when to run different commands for different file types  I set it for PHP files only  vscode s  when  clauses  See the full settings documentation from here  That s it  I hope it helps

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There is now a handy guide for configuring PHP debugging in Visual Studio Code at http   blogs msdn com b nicktrog archive 2016 02 11 configuring-visual-studio-code-for-php-development aspx  From the link  the steps are    Download and install Visual Studio Code  Configure PHP linting in user settings  Download and install the PHP Debug extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace  Configure the PHP Debug extension for XDebug   Note there are specific details in the linked article  including the PHP values for your VS Code user config  and so on

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Debugging PHP with VSCode using the vscode-php-debug extension  VSCode can now support debugging PHP projects through the marketplace extension vscode-php-debug   This extension uses XDebug in the background  and allows you to use breakpoints  watches  stack traces and the like     Installation is straightforward from within VSCode  Summon the command line with F1 and then type ext install php-debug

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