How to install PHP in VSC

VSC (Visual Studio Code) is an open source lightweight code editor that supports multiple programming languages, including PHP. Before using VSC for PHP development, you need to complete the installation of VSC and the installation and configuration of the PHP plug-in. This article will introduce how to install PHP in VSC.

1. VSC installation and settings

1. Download and install Visual Studio Code

Go to the VSC official website (https://code.visualstudio.com/ ) Download the VSC installation package corresponding to the operating system and complete the installation.

2. Install PHP

Before using VSC for PHP development, you need to install PHP first. It is recommended to use an integrated environment (such as WAMP, XAMPP) for installation. Here we take WAMP as an example.

(1) Go to the WAMP official website (https://www.wampserver.com/en/) to download the WAMP installation package corresponding to the operating system and install it.

(2) Find the php.ini file in the WAMP installation directory and open it for editing. Find the following two lines and uncomment them (remove the preceding semicolon):

extension_dir = "ext"
extension=php_openssl.dll

(3) Restart WAMP.

3. Install VSC plug-in

Open VSC, search for "PHP IntelliSense" in the plug-in market, and click to install.

2. Create a PHP project in VSC and debug it

1. Create a PHP project

(1) Create a new empty folder in VSC, Open VSC and click the "Open Folder" button.

(2) Select "File" -> "New File" in VSC, name it index.php (note the suffix is ​​.php), and enter the following code for testing:

<?php
    echo "Hello, World!";
?>

(3) Save the file, press the F5 key, select the "PHP" environment and click "Create Task Configuration File".

(4) Select "Debug"->"Start Debugging" in VSC to view the output results in the browser.

2. Debug PHP project

(1) Add the following code to the index.php file:

<?php
    $name = "Tom";
    echo "Hello, ".$name."!";
?>

(2) Save the file and press the F5 key , select the "PHP" environment and click "Create Task Profile".

(3) Select "Debug"->"Start Debugging" in VSC, and you will be prompted to download and install Xdebug when starting.

(4) After the Xdebug installation is completed, click "Continue" to enter debugging mode.

(5) Access the index.php file in the browser, you can jump to the debugging interface of VSC, and check that the value of $name is "Tom" in the Variables panel.

3. Conclusion

Through this article, we learned how to install PHP and PHP plug-ins in VSC, and successfully created a simple PHP project for debugging. As a lightweight editor, VSC has a complete plug-in system and debugging functions, which greatly improves development efficiency.

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