Setting Up PHP Development Environment with VSCode on Linux

Prerequisites

• Internet connection
• Linux

Setup

• Download and install VSCode from here
• Install php with: apt install php php-cli php-cgi
• Go to VSCode Settings
• Make this settings:
  • add this line like photo: "php.validate.executablePath": "/usr/bin/php"
• Install Extensions:
  • Ctrl+P
  • ext install bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client (PHP Intelephense)
  • ext install brapifra.phpserver (PHP Server)
• Restart VSCode
• Create an index.php file, right click an you can see PHP: Serve Project and PHP Server: Stop Serve
• Open browser and go to localhost