PHP Helper Snippets for VS Code

This extension provides useful PHP snippets to streamline the development of common features like session management, form handling, validation, and database interactions — all within Visual Studio Code.

🚀 Features

• Handy snippets for typical PHP application tasks
• Helps avoid repetitive boilerplate code
• Speeds up form-related development
• Clean and readable code structures
• Designed for educational or personal use

✨ Usage

Type a short prefix, press Enter or Tab, and the corresponding snippet will expand.
All snippets are grouped and logically named to reflect their general purpose.

Snippets include:

• Session and redirect handling
• Form submission logic
• Validation patterns
• Database interaction templates
• Error handling and feedback

⚠️ The actual prefixes are intentionally generic and minimal to help focus on logic structure.

📦 Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for PHP Helper Snippets
4. Click Install
5. Restart VS Code (if required)

📁 File Support

Snippets are enabled in .php files by default.
To enable them in other file types, add the following to your settings.json:

"files.associations": {
    "*.inc": "php",
    "*.tpl": "php"
}