Visual Studio Code: Unable to locate phpcs

Question

I am facing this issue in Visual Studio Code. I have already tried reinstalling the phpcs extension but still facing this issue.

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Answer 1

I had the same issue, I did the following to fix it:

1. Install the phpcs by using composer with composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer

2. Press Command + , (Click Code -> Preferences -> Settings)

3. Select User Settings and locate 'PHP CodeSniffer'

4. Scroll to 'Executatble Path' and put

   /Users/your-username/.composer/vendor/bin/phpcs

This fixed the issue for me, I hope it does for you too. Cheers!

Answer 2

In my case and in Windows 10, composer located at:

C:\Users\{user_name}\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin\

and when i added this to VSCode settings at PHP CodeSniffer section this solve my problem.

Answer 3

My solution without the need to install php_codesniffer globally.

Just go to VSCode settings and define the local path ./vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/bin/phpcs

Or you can set the path directly in your settings.json

"phpcs.executablePath": "./vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/bin/phpcs"

Answer 4

open the project in the terminal and run this command

composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer

Hope that helps!

Answer 5

Install PHP Sniffer instead of phpcs

PHP Sniffer worked on the fly without any extra configuration

phpcs could not recognize my commands, despite a configured PATH, Composer & PHPCS installed.

The commands were recognized in the terminal, but not by the plugin (under windows 10)

Answer 6

From a GitHub comment.

If someone still needs help about this "Unable to locate phpcs ..." error message, try this: you just need to install phpcs globally via Composer.

1. Install Composer from this resource if you don't have it,

2. After Composer is installed, open a command prompt wherever you want and run this command

   composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer