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

"php.validate.executablePath": "C:/php/php.exe" wont work due to incorect escaping

try this;

"php.validate.executablePath": "C:\\php\\php.exe"

Answer 2

I also got this error message. The path to php.exe was already set in my System Environment Variables.

The error went away when I commented out "php.validate.executablePath": "c:/path/to/php7.2.10/php.exe", in the settings.json file in VSCode.

Answer 3

Here is a screenshot.

• Don't forget to escape \
• You don't have to add it to the Path

Answer 4

IF using Laragon...Dont forget to change \ to /

  "php.executablePath": "C:/laragon/bin/php/php-7.4.5-Win32-vc15-x64/php.exe",

Answer 5

In my case using XAMPP is like this

"php.validate.executablePath": "C:/xampp/php/php.exe"

hope that answer your question

Answer 6

I don't know if this helps but I ran into the same problem with the extension PHP Intelephense in Visual Studio Code. What I did is read the instructions so the extension could work properly. So I disabled PHP Language Features by searching "@builtin PHP" in the extensions. Also, other (3rd party) PHP extensions that provide similar functionality should also be disabled for best results. Finally, I added glob patterns for non-standard PHP file extensions to the files.associations setting. For example: "files.associations": { "*.module": "PHP" }

Doing this made the error go away. I'm new to PHP too, let me know if this is the correct way of solving this problem with PHP Intelephense.