How to run or debug php on Visual Studio Code (VSCode)

Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

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Updated:

Now, it is possible to debug with VS code. You need to install XDebug and php-debug extension for VScode.