Core prettier does not support PHP1, and thus neither does the plugin for VSCode/VSCodium. Luckily the designers of prettier seems to have thought of this and implemented a plugin system2.
According to the prettier-vscode repo, all you need to do to use a plugin is to add it and prettier to your package.json3
So for php support your package.json would need to contain:
{
"devDependencies": {
"@prettier/plugin-php": "0.14.3",
"prettier": "2.0.5"
}
}
GitHub
github.com › prettier › plugin-php
GitHub - prettier/plugin-php: Prettier PHP Plugin · GitHub
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Core prettier does not support PHP1, and thus neither does the plugin for VSCode/VSCodium. Luckily the designers of prettier seems to have thought of this and implemented a plugin system2.
According to the prettier-vscode repo, all you need to do to use a plugin is to add it and prettier to your package.json3
So for php support your package.json would need to contain:
{
"devDependencies": {
"@prettier/plugin-php": "0.14.3",
"prettier": "2.0.5"
}
}
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Prettier for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files
change your settings.json
"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
// add this code
"[php]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client"
}
The settings use Intelephense as the formatter for PHP files and use Prettier as the formatter for all other files.
Now I use Shift + Alt + F to format the files like everybody else.
if you dont know ho to open setting.json lets see : I usually just press ctrl + , to get to settings and then click the "Open Settings (JSON)" icon that appears in the top right hand corner under the title bar Here's another option... VS Code: How to open settings.json file? How can I open Visual Studio Code's 'settings.json' file?
Is there a way to prettify PHP code using VS Code?
One option is the prettier-php plugin. If you have the Prettier extension and install the prettier-php plugin package in the project, the Prettier extension will use it. https://github.com/prettier/prettier-php More on reddit.com
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September 11, 2021How to install Prettier PHP Plugin in Visual Studio Code
Hello, I am using Visual Studio Code for editing .php files. How can I set up Prettier plugin to format php in vs code. I tried to follow README.md but, I am not able to activate the code formattin... More on github.com
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May 6, 2021I don't like prettier
Nobody loves what prettier does to their syntax
Everyone loves what prettier does to their coworkers' syntax
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January 31, 2017prettier-standard - format with prettier with standard.js rules
Working on a large react codebase which uses Flow and class property syntax along with "standard" makes me realise just how stupid the semicolon-less position is, it is straight up laying traps for yourself and others. edit: My objection: - the failure mode for using semicolons is either your code doesn't compile at all because you put one in the wrong place, or you add one too many and the engine doesn't care. The failure mode for omitting semicolons is your code still compiles, it just does something completely different to what you expected. I prefer fail fast. More on reddit.com
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Prettier
prettier.io › blog › 2018 › 04 › 09 › plugin-php-0.1.html
Prettier for PHP 0.1: First alpha release 🎉 · Prettier
April 9, 2018 - After more than 200 merged pull requests since mid December 2017, we're happy to announce the first alpha release of Prettier for PHP. In this blog post, we'd like to give a short overview of how the plugin works, its philosophy, and what to expect in the future.
JetBrains
jetbrains.com › help › phpstorm › prettier.html
Prettier | PhpStorm Documentation
November 24, 2025 - Open the Settings dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S) , go to Languages & Frameworks | JavaScript | Prettier, and select Manual Prettier configuration. From the Prettier package list, select the prettier installation to use.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/vscode › is there a way to prettify php code using vs code?
r/vscode on Reddit: Is there a way to prettify PHP code using VS Code?
September 11, 2021 -
Hi, I'm new to VS Code.
Is there a way to prettify my PHP code? Any extensions or a hidden function to do the job?
Thank you very much! :)
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One option is the prettier-php plugin. If you have the Prettier extension and install the prettier-php plugin package in the project, the Prettier extension will use it. https://github.com/prettier/prettier-php
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We use https://github.com/junstyle/vscode-php-cs-fixer at work.
Phpqa
phpqa.io › projects › prettier-php-plugin.html
Prettier PHP plugin | PHP Quality Assurance
Prettier PHP plugin adds support for the PHP language to Prettier, an opinionated code formatter.
Loilo
loilo.github.io › prettier-php-playground
Prettier PHP Playground
A playground for the experimental Prettier PHP plugin
Made With Love
madewithlove.com › blog › using-prettier-in-php
Using Prettier in PHP - madewithlove
June 6, 2024 - This is a key difference with the formatting PHPStorm or PCS would give you because they follow very consistent rules: how to break down arguments, methods, classes, et al depending on their width, etc. Prettier doesn’t do that when it formats the code; it barely even knows that it is formatting PHP code because it purely translates the input into an abstract tree and formats it based on how readable it expects the output to be.
Prettier
prettier.io
Prettier · Opinionated Code Formatter · Prettier
Elm (via elm-format) Java · PHP · Ruby · Rust · TOML · XML · And more... prettier-js prettier.el Apheleia · espresso-prettier · Prettier Prettier⁺ · JsPrettier · vim-prettier neoformat ALE coc-prettier · JavaScriptPrettier · prettier-vscode · Built-in support ·
npm
npmjs.com › package › @prettier › plugin-php
prettier/plugin-php
July 16, 2025 - Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules that take the maximum line length into account, wrapping code when necessary.
» npm install @prettier/plugin-php
Published Jul 16, 2025
Version 0.24.0
Author Lucas Azzola
Repository https://github.com/prettier/prettier-php
DEV Community
dev.to › ngobrolinit › prettier-for-php-file-formats-in-vscode-104o
Prettier for PHP File Formats in VSCode - DEV Community
March 18, 2024 - The solution is to use the settings.json configuration file in VSCode to set the PHP language using PHP Intelephense. Now go to settings and change Default Formatter to Prettier. Why Prettier?
GitHub
github.com › prettier › plugin-php › issues › 1721
How to install Prettier PHP Plugin in Visual Studio Code · Issue #1721 · prettier/plugin-php
May 6, 2021 - Hello, I am using Visual Studio Code for editing .php files. How can I set up Prettier plugin to format php in vs code. I tried to follow README.md but, I am not able to activate the code formattin...
Author alexbalak21
Bordermedia
bordermedia.org › blog › using-prettier-format-php-in-vscode
Using Prettier to format PHP code in VS Code
June 19, 2025 - By default, Prettier supports languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, Vue, CSS, SCSS, JSON, Markdown, and many others. However, PHP is not included in the core supported languages.
SourceForge
sourceforge.net › projects › prettier-php-plugin.mirror
Prettier PHP Plugin download | SourceForge.net
July 16, 2025 - This plugin adds support for the PHP language to Prettier. We're considering the plugin to be stable when pure PHP files are formatted. Formatting of files that contain mixed PHP and HTML is still considered unstable.
Laracasts
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Is there prettier alternative for PHP in VScode
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Codethepixel
codethepixel.com › articles › Formatting-PHP-in-VSCode-Using-Prettier-and-PHP-Intelephense
CTP: Formatting PHP in VSCode Using Prettier and PHP Intelephense
June 15, 2025 - Among these, the Prettier extension ... comes to formatting PHP files, many users encounter challenges, as Prettier does not natively support PHP formatting....
Packagist
packagist.org › packages › mallardduck › prettier-php-runner
mallardduck/prettier-php-runner - Packagist
\MallardDuck\PrettierPhp\PrettierHtml::format( html: '<html><body><div><h1>Heading</h1></div></body></html>' ); ... In your project, you should have the JavaScript package prettier installed. You can install it via npm... ... Make sure you have installed Node 10 or higher. Here's an example where we are going to highlight some PHP code.
GitHub
github.com › lots0logs › prettier-plugin-php-wp
GitHub - lots0logs/prettier-plugin-php-wp: Prettier PHP Plugin That Enforces WordPress Coding Standards · GitHub
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules that take the maximum line length into account, wrapping code when necessary.
Author lots0logs
npm
npmjs.com › package › @prettier › plugin-php › v › 0.10.2
Prettier PHP Plugin
February 18, 2019 - Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules that take the maximum line length into account, wrapping code when necessary.
» npm install @prettier/plugin-php
Published Jul 16, 2025
Version 0.10.2
Author Lucas Azzola
Repository https://github.com/prettier/prettier-php
JSON Formatter
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PHP Formatter and PHP Beautifier free and easy to Format PHP Code Online
PHP Formatter Online helps to prettier your PHP source code.