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. Use the setting 'php.validate.executablePath' to configure the PHP executable.

Somebody know how to set php.validate.executablePath in this case?

I have no idea how to do it.

Yes! All these links tell about PHP running local in your machine, and not about Docker Environments — Nicolas Takashi, May 19 '17 at 14:03
Here is the answer with screenshots https://stackoverflow.com/a/36261014/4291272 — Faisal Shaikh, Jun 18 '17 at 11:21
Seems like all the answers on this page are saying...if you're working in Docker...install PHP on your machine anyway and set the path to it. Hopefully that clarifies the issue. — klewis, Jul 08 '21 at 14:06

score 62 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 10 '19 at 00:16

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Here is a screenshot.

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

edited Mar 10 '19 at 00:16

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answered Sep 18 '17 at 07:57

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@NgatiaFrankline can i help you friend ? ,can you clarify your question – Mohamed Elrashid Jan 08 '20 at 17:32
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@Elrashid sorry am late. Question is `How to set php executable path php.validate.executablePath in vscode when php is set inside docker container? ` My understanding is that docker runs containerized applications (like guest/virtual machine but with less resources. Readmore https://hub.docker.com/ ). Therefore it means you docker php environment (this can be Ubuntu) is different from your local desktop where vscode is installed (this can be windows). How to you get path to php.validate.executablePath of a guest/containerized OS from your local/development machine where vscode is installed??? – Ngatia Frankline Jan 15 '20 at 23:14
@NgatiaFrankline the original question is "How to setting php.validate.executablePath?" on **2017** but It was changed **Sep 2019** [Click here to check the Revisions ](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/43768614/revisions) – Mohamed Elrashid Jan 15 '20 at 23:24
@Elrashid sure, my bad. – Ngatia Frankline Jan 17 '20 at 13:51
@NgatiaFrankline thank you for understanding ❤ , please feel free to tag me ,if you need help in any other question, thanks again for your attention and time ❤ – Mohamed Elrashid Jan 17 '20 at 13:55
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Why is this being upvoted? It doesn't even attempt to answer the original question. – Crasher Mar 11 '22 at 17:48
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@Crasher the original question is "How to setting php.validate.executablePath?" on 2017 but It was changed Sep 2019 [Click here to check the Revisions ](stackoverflow.com/posts/43768614/revisions) – Mohamed Elrashid Mar 13 '22 at 10:47

score 33 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 20 '20 at 06:20

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In my case using XAMPP is like this

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

hope that answer your question

answered Jul 20 '20 at 06:20

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on windows 10 it's got to be in yout path vars also. search for environment variables in the start menu and add it to the path. just the dir, not the exe. eg.: C:\php – Caio Wilson Sep 16 '20 at 12:40
Bingo. Exactly what I needed. Thanks – KingWigglett Dec 14 '21 at 20:10
Straight answer, please pin this up – amrinz Jan 31 '22 at 23:26
Thank you very much for this. Also depending on your installation you might have an additional folder between xampp and php. – grizzled_carcass Dec 07 '22 at 09:32
XAMPP is not docker. While this answer is clearly useful to some, it does not answer the question. – geoidesic Jul 20 '23 at 07:17

score 32 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 01 '19 at 23:01

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For linux users: if you don't have PHP installed then first download,
then in terminal type

$ whereis php

and it will show path for php executable (It will be either in /usr/bin/php or usr/local/bin/php) which you can copy from terminal.

In VScode goto settings.json file and paste

php.validate.executablePath: /usr/bin/php

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answered Sep 25 '18 at 00:53

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Like other answers mention: don't forget to escape the slashes in path! – Martin Grey Jan 07 '21 at 17:48
Upvote for the forgotten `whereis` command :D – akaBase May 25 '22 at 09:07

score 12 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 24 '23 at 12:59

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Sure, easy. Just follow what it's says.

Go to File > Preferences > Settings ... it will open the settings.json file.

add the following code:

{"php.validate.executablePath": "Here you put your PHP.exe path"}

You have to know where te php.exe file is in your computer, search in the php/bin folder.

Hope it works for you

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answered May 18 '17 at 16:38

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But the PHP are inside a Docker Container not is my local machine – Nicolas Takashi May 19 '17 at 14:04
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@Takashi neither of the answers above. – Ngatia Frankline Jan 08 '20 at 17:31

score 9 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 17 '17 at 16:24

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I had the same problem but found the fix here.

In Windows:

Go To System Properties
Go To Advanced Tab
Click "Environment Variables"
Select Path
Add a new path that points to your php 7 executable:

answered Sep 17 '17 at 16:24

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score 7 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 27 '20 at 12:23

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My case, I'm using Laragon, so you should search where is your php.exe.

By VSCode just add.

"php.executablePath": "C:\\laragon\\bin\\php\\php-7.2.19-Win32-VC15-x64\\php.exe"

on settings.json.

edited Mar 27 '20 at 12:23

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answered Mar 27 '20 at 12:20

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Still doesn't work. – Uncle Roger May 15 '22 at 11:47

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 29 '19 at 12:11

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

try this;

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

answered Sep 29 '19 at 12:11

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score 2 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 18 '21 at 15:57

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I simply used double forward slashes and it worked, like so:

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

edited Nov 18 '21 at 15:57

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answered May 02 '20 at 05:56

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 03 '21 at 10:20

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VSCode Linux Users:

Step 1: In your terminal type

whereis php

In my case "php: /opt/lampp/bin/php"

Step 2:

{
  "php.validate.executablePath": "/opt/lampp/bin/php"
}

answered Feb 03 '21 at 10:20

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score 2 · Answer 10 · edited Feb 12 '21 at 14:27

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If you're using VScode and have installed Php through MAMP, the default path should be:

C:/MAMP/bin/php/php7.4.1/php.exe

/ not \

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answered Feb 12 '21 at 14:21

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 21 '17 at 14:17

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Download PHP, in my case, I downloaded from here: http://windows.php.net/download/

Copy and paste the files to a location on your computer, and set the path:

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

answered Jul 21 '17 at 14:17

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op specifically asked when the php runtime is inside a docker container, not how to install php in host machine and use it in vscode. – Nehal Hasnayeen Sep 21 '19 at 15:03

score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Feb 18 '20 at 15:19

If you get this on windows in VS code click on the blue 'open settings' button. Near the bottom of the screen this opens there's a link to enter the settings, click this to open the settings.json file. Edit the file to look like this:

{
    "php.executablePath" : "C:/php-7.4.2-nts-Win32-vc15-x64/php.exe",
    "php.validate.executablePath" : "C:/php-7.4.2-nts-Win32-vc15-x64/php.exe"
}

where C:/php-7.4.2-nts-Win32-vc15-x64 is the path to your PHP dir

Bryan Orellana · Answer 13 · 2021-01-15T16:58:06.877

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.

score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 26 '21 at 02:19

Regarding the docker-specific revision of the question, I found this thread in the VS Code PHP Intellisense git repo issue that explains how to create a wrapper script. It will involve mapping volumes, though, so take that into account.

https://github.com/felixfbecker/vscode-php-intellisense/issues/150#issuecomment-330374124

score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 27 '21 at 05:48

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I have ubuntu and XAMPP. The following worked for me.

Press CTRL + P Type settings.json and hit ENTER.

Add the following line in settings.json

{
...
"php.validate.executablePath": "/opt/lampp/bin/php",
...
}

Make sure to proper syntax.

answered Aug 27 '21 at 05:48

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13garth · Answer 16 · 2022-05-13T09:18:12.003

Unix / Linux / Mac / WSL ,

Step 1 : Find PHP path

whereis php

Response will show you where your php directories are.

user@User:~$ whereis php

php: /usr/bin/php /usr/bin/php8.0 /usr/bin/php8.1 /usr/lib/php /etc/php /usr/share/php8.0-opcache 
/usr/share/php8.0-xml /usr/share/php8.1-curl /usr/share/php8.1-opcache /usr/share/php8.0-gd 
/usr/share/php7.0-gd /usr/share/php7.0-common /usr/share/php8.0-readline /usr/share/php8.0-mysql 
/usr/share/php8.0-zip /usr/share/php8.1-mbstring /usr/share/php8.1-xml /usr/share/php8.0-mbstring 
/usr/share/php8.0-common /usr/share/php8.0-curl /usr/share/php8.1-readline /usr/share/php8.1-common 
/usr/share/man/man1/php.1.gz

Step 2 : Configure VS-Code

Go to -> "Preference -> Settings"
Search for -> "php path"
Then click -> "Edit in settings.json"

In my case I had multiple.
So I chose the one I wanted from the available versions and my VS-Code looked like this

"php.validate.executablePath": "/usr/bin/php8.1",

score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Jan 11 '23 at 09:37

I've used such solution:

First, create a php file inside /usr/local/bin/ and make it executable:

sudo touch /usr/local/bin/php
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/php

Update content of it with:

docker exec $(docker ps --filter name=-app --format '{{.ID}}') php "$@"

So this will find a container with the name -app at the end. I'm using it along with the docker compose where I have php inside some container which has -app at the end of the name. You can check more about filter here.

And then update php.validate.executablePath with /usr/local/bin/php:

{
    "php.validate.executablePath": "/usr/local/bin/php"
}

Sounds like this is heading in the right direction but I get an error: `spawn Unknown system error -8` — geoidesic, Jul 20 '23 at 07:46

score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Dec 12 '20 at 03:11

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

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

answered Dec 12 '20 at 03:11

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Zeus G. · Answer 19 · 2021-09-09T02:47:16.860

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Go to 'Preference' -> 'Settings'
Search for> php path
Then click Edit in settings.json
Then just put your directory with (DOUBLE Backslash).

Here is an example of mine:

C:\\php\\php.exe

Here is the format:

drive:\\folder_name\\php.exe

This should fix the problem.

edited Sep 09 '21 at 02:47

answered Sep 07 '21 at 02:14

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score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Feb 19 '22 at 09:15

php.validate.executablePath in laragon

In my case using laragon is like this

  "php.validate.executablePath": "C:\\laragon\\bin\\php\\php-7.4.19-Win32-vc15-x64\\php.exe"

php-7.4.19-Win32-vc15-x64 : Note that this part of your file name may be different

score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Mar 24 '22 at 15:59

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I also had this error. I have installed Laragon and this addition in setting.json worked for me.

"php.executablePath":"C:/laragon/bin/php/php-7.2.19-Win32-VC15-x64/php.exe"

answered Mar 24 '22 at 15:59

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Jul 23 '22 at 14:16

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"php.validate.executablePath": "C:\xamp\php\php.exe" this is working for this case

answered Jul 23 '22 at 14:16

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Sep 01 '22 at 11:02

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For Wampserver:

Inside settings.json

"php.validate.executablePath": "C:/wamp64/bin/php/php7.4.26/php.exe"

answered Sep 01 '22 at 11:02

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score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Sep 07 '22 at 17:30

If php is inside a docker container and you don't need it or don't want to install it on you local system, you can create a php wrapper script like it is suggested here: https://github.com/felixfbecker/vscode-php-intellisense/issues/471

I prefer to use the remote container Microsoft extension on vscode and work inside the container itself.

score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Feb 24 '23 at 19:24

I am using Laragon and have 2 PHP versions PHP 7.4 and 8.1, so I configured my visual studio settings.json like this:

"php.validate.executablePath": [
    "D:/laragon/bin/php/php-7.4.33-Win32-vc15-x64/php.exe",
    "D:/laragon/bin/php/php-8.1.10-Win32-vs16-x64/php.exe"
],

alistoicakovacs · Answer 26 · 2023-03-10T13:36:29.920

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I have tried all the suggestions, but for me, I needed to add the path of the php.exe and php.ini file to the settings of fiveserver: see attached

Basically, open settings in vs code, then go to extensions > Five Server and then look for PHP:Executable and PHP:Ini Add the path of your php.exe and php.ini (they are in the same folder), and it should be good to go.

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score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Jul 30 '23 at 04:33

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Go to settings.json file in Visual Studio Code.
Copy this code into your json file:

"php.executables": {
    "v8.1": "C:\\xampp\\php"
 }

Now save it...

Please remember that, the "v8.1" is the version of the php compiler.

answered Jul 30 '23 at 04:33

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score -3 · Answer 28 · edited Oct 08 '19 at 15:21

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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.

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answered Jul 01 '19 at 19:43

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How to set php executable path php.validate.executablePath in vscode when php is set inside docker container?

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Step 1 : Find PHP path

Step 2 : Configure VS-Code

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