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By Intelephense · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

PHP code intelligence for Visual Studio Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

PHP Intelephense has 18,083,377 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #61 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
18,083,377
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#61
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.21 / 5 from 415 ratings

About PHP Intelephense

Intelephense

PHP code intelligence for Visual Studio Code.

Intelephense is a high performance PHP language server packed full of essential features for productive PHP development.

  • Fast camel/underscore case code completion (IntelliSense) for document, workspace and built-in symbols and keywords with automatic addition of use declarations.
  • Detailed signature (parameter) help for document, workspace and built-in constructors, methods, and functions.
  • Rapid workspace wide go to definition support.
  • Workspace wide find all references.
  • Fast camel/underscore case workspace symbol search.
  • Full document symbol search that also powers breadcrumbs and outline UI.
  • Multiple diagnostics for open files via an error tolerant parser and powerful static analysis engine.
  • Lossless PSR-12 compatible document/range formatting. Formats combined HTML/PHP/JS/CSS files too.
  • Embedded HTML/JS/CSS code intelligence.
  • Detailed hover with links to official PHP documentation.
  • Smart highlight of references and keywords.
  • Advanced PHPDoc type system supporting templates and callable signatures.
  • Reads PHPStorm metadata for improved type analysis and suggestions.
  • Enhances the official xdebug extension with an inline values provider.
  • Easy rename of symbols. When appropriate, files/folders are automatically renamed too. PREMIUM
  • Accurate code folding of definitions, blocks, use declarations, heredoc, comments, and custom regions. PREMIUM
  • Quickly find all implementations of interfaces and abstract classes and associated methods. PREMIUM
  • Fast go to type definition of typed variables and parameters. PREMIUM
  • Fast go to declaration for methods implementing an interface or abstract method declaration. PREMIUM
  • Configurable auto PHPDoc creation that infers return types and identifies thrown exceptions. PREMIUM
  • Syntax tree driven smart select to intelligently expand/shrink selection. PREMIUM
  • Helpful code actions to import symbols, add PHPDoc, and implement all abstract methods. PREMIUM
  • Concise type hierarchy. Easily view and navigate to subtypes and supertypes. PREMIUM
  • Insightful code lens that shows references, abstract and interface implementations, trait usages, method parent and overrides. PREMIUM
  • Informative inlay hints to indicate parameter names, return types and anonymous function parameter types. PREMIUM
  • Convenient document links to quickly navigate to include/require files. PREMIUM
  • @mixin support. PREMIUM

Licence

Purchase a licence at https://intelephense.com to access PREMIUM features. Licence keys grant a single user access to all current and future premium features on multiple devices forever. Licence keys must be activated (automatically) via https before use. Features not marked as PREMIUM are free and always will be free.

The language server client (vscode-intelephense) is open source and licensed under the MIT licence.

The language server (intelephense) is proprietary. Please see here for details.

Quick Start

  1. Disable the built-in VSCode PHP Language Features.

    • Go to Extensions.
    • Search for @builtin php
    • Disable PHP Language Features. Leave PHP Language Basics enabled for syntax highlighting.

    Note that other (3rd party) PHP extensions which provide similar functionality should also be disabled for best results.

  2. Add glob patterns for non standard php file extensions to the files.associations setting.

    For example: "files.associations": { "*.module": "php" }.

  3. Optionally purchase and enter your licence key by opening the command pallete -- ctrl + shift + p -- and searching for Enter licence key.

Further configuration options are available in the intelephense section of settings.

Support

Try the Intelephense Documentation.

Found a bug? Got a feature request? Create an issue.

Acknowledgements

A big thank you to supporters who have bought a premium licence and have enabled the continued development and maintenance of this extension.

Intelephense uses the following open source libraries. Please see the following links for source code and licences.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • autocomplete
  • format
  • intellisense
  • language
  • language server
  • multi-root ready
  • php
  • references
  • support
  • symbols

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Adoption over time

PHP Intelephense installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 18,083,377 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.PHP IntelephenseInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days18,083,377installs18.1M18.1M18.1M18.1M18.1M18.1M18.1M18.1MJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
PHP Intelephense installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 18,083,377 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

PHP Intelephense installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.PHP IntelephenseInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace18,083,377installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
PHP Intelephense installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

PHP Intelephense VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #61 (by installs).PHP IntelephenseVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#61current rank#59#60#61#62#63Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
PHP Intelephense VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #61 (by installs).

Ratings over time

PHP Intelephense ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 415 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.PHP IntelephenseRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days415ratings360380400420440460Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
PHP Intelephense ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 415 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 4, #1 (overall #61)
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Listing placement

Formatters286 listings · 15 pages · page 1, #11 (overall #11)
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Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

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Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for PHP Intelephense
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.