PHP Enhanced Snippets - VScode extension

This VScode extension provides a complete set of code snippets for PHP developers.

You can use it to avoid wasting time typing Class blocks, function signatures or other common PHP statements.

Usage

It's a good practice to enter only the first two/three letters of each word. For example:

'php class' = ph cl / php cla (no spaces when typing)
'php class with implements' = ph cl im / php cla imp

Design Principles

No unnecessary placeholders.
- ❌ if (condition) else { code }
- ✅ if () else {}
Follow the regular code input sequence.
- ❌ function-public
- ✅ public-function
Avoid short shortcuts that require special memorization.
- ❌ wl
- ✅ while-block

Snippets

Shortcuts

Snippet	Output	Language
r / re	`return`	php
th	`$this->`	php
se	`self::`	php
thp	`$this->property = $property;`	php
pr	`print_r()`	php
vd	`var_dump()`	php
dirname-dir	`dirname(__DIR__)`	php

PHP Tag

Snippet	Output	Language
php	`<?php ?>`	html
php-open	`<?php`	html
php-close	`?>`	html
php-page	`php page with strict type & namespace`	html

Branching

Snippet	Output	Language
if-block	`if ($condition) {}`	php
if-else-block	`if ($condition) {} else {}`	php
if-return-block	`if ($condition) { return $foo; } return $bar;`	php
else-block	`else {}`	php
elseif-block	`elseif ($condition) {}`	php
switch-break	`switch(){ case: ... break; }`	php
switch-return	`switch(){ case: return ...; }`	php
if-three / ternary-operator	`(condition)?true:false;`	php

Loop

Snippet	Output	Language
while-block	`while ($condition) {}`	php
do-while-block	`do {} while ($condition);`	php
for-i	`for ($i = 0; $i < $condition; $i++) {}`	php
for-j	`for ($j = 0; $j < $condition; $j++) {}`	php
foreach-block	`foreach ($array as $value) {}`	php
foreach-key-value	`foreach ($array as $key => $value) {}`	php

Properties

Snippet	Output	Language
public-bool ^(protected \| private) ~	`public bool $`	php
public-int ^(protected \| private) ~	`public int $`	php
public-float ^(protected \| private) ~	`public float $`	php
public-string ^(protected \| private) ~	`public string $`	php
public-array ^(protected \| private) ~	`public array $`	php
public-readonly-bool ^(protected \| private) ~	`public readonly bool $`	php
public-readonly-int ^(protected \| private) ~	`public readonly int $`	php
public-readonly-float ^(protected \| private) ~	`public readonly float $`	php
public-readonly-string ^(protected \| private) ~	`public readonly string $`	php
public-readonly-array ^(protected \| private) ~	`public readonly array $`	php

Functions

Snippet	Output	Language
function	`function name($param) {}`	php
function-return	`function name($param): string {}`	php
anonymous-function	`function ($param) {}`	php
anonymous-function-return	`function ($param): string {}`	php
anonymous-function-use	`function ($param) use ($var) {}`	php
anonymous-function-use-return	`function ($param) use ($var): string {}`	php
arrow-function	`fn($foo) => $bar;`	php
arrow-function-return	`fn($foo): string => $bar;`	php
arrow-function-nested	`fn($foo) => fn($bar) => $baz;`	php

Methods

Snippet	Output	Language
public-construct ^(protected \| private) ~	`public function __construct()`	php
public-function ^(protected \| private) ~	`public function`	php
public-function-return ^(protected \| private) ~	`public function with return type`	php
public-static-function ^(protected \| private) ~	`public static function`	php
public-static-function-return ^(protected \| private) ~	`public static function with return type`	php
abstract-public-function ^protected ~	`abstract public function`	php
abstract-public-function-return ^protected ~	`abstract public function with return type`	php

Snippet	Output	Language
php-class	`php class`	html, php
php-class-no	`php class without strict type & namespace`	html
php-class-no-strict	`php class without strict type`	html
php-class-no-namespace	`php class without namespace`	html
php-class-extends	`php class with extends`	html, php
php-class-implements	`php class with implements`	html, php
php-abstract-class	`php abstract class`	html, php
php-abstract-class-no	`php abstract class without strict type & namespace`	html
php-abstract-class-no-strict	`php abstract class without strict type`	html
php-abstract-class-no-namespace	`php abstract class without namespace`	html
php-abstract-class-extends	`php abstract class with extends`	html, php
php-abstract-class-implements	`php abstract class with implements`	html, php
php-final-class	`php final class`	html, php
php-final-class-no	`php final class without strict type & namespace`	html
php-final-class-no-strict	`php final class without strict type`	html
php-final-class-no-namespace	`php final class without namespace`	html
php-final-class-extends	`php final class with extends`	html, php
php-final-class-implements	`php final class with implements`	html, php
php-interface	`php interface`	html, php
php-interface-no	`php interface without strict type & namespace`	html
php-interface-no-strict	`php interface without strict type`	html
php-interface-no-namespace	`php interface without namespace`	html
php-interface-extends	`php interface with extends`	html, php
php-trait	`php trait`	html, php

Error

Snippet	Output	Language
thr	`throw new \Exception()`	php
try-catch-block	`try{} catch (){}`	php
try-catch-message	`try{} catch (Exception $e){ $e->getMessage() }`	php
try-catch-finally	`try{} catch (){} finally {}`	php
catch-block	`catch (){}`	php
finally-block	`finally {}`	php

Special Thanks

This extension is forked from h4kst3r/php-awesome-snippets. Because its author seems to have not maintained it for a long time. So I made this fork to make the extension suitable for new version of PHP. I reorganized the snippets and added more standardized writing. Great thanks to h4kst3r's excellent work.

The new version number starts from 2.x.

This work is inspired by PHPstorm (PHP Live Templates) and other works available on VScode marketplace like PHP Snippets VS Code or PHP Snippet Pack.

Contributing

Read our contributing guide.

License

MIT License

PHP Enhanced Snippets

Aspirant Zhang