PHP IntelliSense installs statistics
By Damjan Cvetko · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Advanced Autocompletion and Refactoring support for PHP
PHP IntelliSense has 6,114,315 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #155 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 3.00 / 5 from 23 ratings
About PHP IntelliSense
PHP IntelliSense
Advanced PHP IntelliSense for Visual Studio Code.
Note: This is a fork of the original project that was de-listed from the marketplace.
Note: This is just the VS Code extension that spawns the actual language server. The language server itself is implemented purely in PHP in its own repository, all features need to be implemented there and all issues should be reported there. You do NOT need to install it manually though, it is bundled in this extension.
Installation
You need at least PHP 7.4 installed for the extension to work. You can either add it to your PATH or set the php.executablePath setting.
Note: PHP 8.0 does work, PHP 8.1 support is work in progress.
I recommend to disable VS Code's built-in PHP IntelliSense by setting php.suggest.basic to false to avoid duplicate suggestions.
Features
Ignore path on initial index
Set php.files.exclude setting to not index glob patterns on startup. Example: "php.files.exclude": [ "generated/**/*" ]. Files are still indexed when opened in editor.
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Code style linting
Please use a dedicated extension like PHP CodeSniffer.
Format code
Please use a dedicated extension like PHP CS Fixer.
Todo
- Rename
- Signature help
Contributing
Clone whole repository and in root directory execute:
composer install
npm install
npm run build
code .
The last command will open the folder in VS Code. Hit F5 to launch an Extension Development Host with the extension.
For working on the language server, the easiest way is to replace the language server installation from composer in vendor/felixfbecker/language-server with a symlink to your local clone.
For guidance on how to work on the language server, please see the language server repository.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- autocompletion
- help
- intellisense
- php
- refactor
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Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=zobo.php-intellisense. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.