How to set php executable path php.validate.executablePath in vscode when php is set inside docker container?

Question

I have a development environment based in docker.

Everytime that I open VSCode I get this message:

Cannot validate since no PHP executable is set.

Answer 1

If you get this on windows in VS code click on the blue 'open settings' button. Near the bottom of the screen this opens there's a link to enter the settings, click this to open the settings.json file. Edit the file to look like this:

{
    "php.executablePath" : "C:/php-7.4.2-nts-Win32-vc15-x64/php.exe",
    "php.validate.executablePath" : "C:/php-7.4.2-nts-Win32-vc15-x64/php.exe"
}

where C:/php-7.4.2-nts-Win32-vc15-x64 is the path to your PHP dir