Serve your PHP projects with a live server directly from VSCode.
Features
Start and stop a PHP server.
View your PHP project live in the browser.
Hot reload the browser when you change php, html, css, or js files.
(More features to come)
Usage
There are several ways to start or stop the server:
From the Status Bar:
Click the ▶︎ Start PHP Server button in the status bar at the bottom-right of your VSCode window.
When the server is running, the button will change to ⏹ Stop PHP Server. Click it again to stop the server.
From the Command Palette:
Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P on macOS, Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux).
Type Start/Stop PHP Live Server and press Enter.
From the Context Menu:
Right-click on a .php file in the Explorer view.
Or, right-click inside a .php editor.
Select Start/Stop PHP Live Server from the context menu.
Requirements
Note: This extension requires PHP to be installed on your system. It will try to find it automatically, but if it fails, you may need to set the path to your PHP executable in the extension settings.
PHP installed on your system.
The extension will attempt to automatically find your PHP installation. If it cannot, you will need to set the php-live-server.phpPath setting.
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
php-live-server.port: Port number for the PHP server (default: 3000).
php-live-server.host: Hostname for the PHP server (default: localhost).
php-live-server.root: Root directory for the PHP server (default: workspace root).
php-live-server.phpPath: Custom path to the PHP executable (e.g., /usr/bin/php or C:\\php\\php.exe). Defaults to php, which requires PHP to be in your system's PATH.
Release Notes
0.0.1
Initial release of the PHP-enabled Live Local Server extension.
