PluginStatsPHP Server installs statistics
By brapifra (2 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Serve your Project with PHP
PHP Server has 3,207,810 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #239 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.1 out of 5 from 33 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 4.12 / 5 from 33 ratings
About PHP Server
PHP Server
Host / serve current workspace (or subfolder) with PHP.
Getting started
There are multiple ways of running PHP server:
• CTRL + SHIFT + P and searching for PHP Server: Serve project command • Clicking on vscode's editor button (icon on the top-right corner) • Right-clicking on vscode's editor when a .php or an .html is open.
To stop the server, the PHP Server: Stop project command can be executed likewise.
Commands
All commands can be executed by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + P and typing the name of the command.
| Command | Notes |
| PHP Server: Serve project | | | PHP Server: Stop project | | | PHP Server: Reload server | Stops the running server and starts it again. | | PHP Server: Open file in browser | Quickly opens the URL of the active file in the browser. If the server is not running, this command will fail. |
Settings
| Setting | Default | Notes |
| phpserver.autoOpenOnReload | true | Enable/disable automatic opening of server's URL in the browser after server has been reloaded. | | phpserver.browser | null | App used to open the server URL. If empty, it will use the default browser. You can put any browser name here as long as it's installed in your machine (e.g. google-chrome, firefox, chromium-browser...) | | phpserver.ip | localhost | Server's ip/hostname (e.g. localhost, 0.0.0.0...) | | phpserver.phpConfigPath | null | Path to php.ini file. If empty, the extension uses the default path. | | phpserver.phpPath | null | Path to PHP executable. If empty, the extension will try to get the path from the $PATH environment variable. | | phpserver.port | 3000 | Server's port number. | | phpserver.relativePath | "." | Path relative to project. This is useful when you want to serve a different folder than the one from current workspace. | | phpserver.router | null | Path to custom router script that will be used by PHP server. Example. If a custom router script is used on a Windows machine, there will be no console output unless a logger like this is included in the script. |
Requirements
• PHP needs to be installed in order to be able to use this extension.
Author
Brais Piñeiro
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- host php
- html
- http server
- php
- php server
Where PHP Server sits in the listing
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Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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Recent observations
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Data source
Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=brapifra.phpserver. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.