PHP executable not found. Install PHP 7 and add it to your PATH or set the php.executablePath setting

Question

I\'m running windows 10 fresh copy and I just installed visual studio code. I was trying to develop a PHP project using VS Code. But I\'m having trouble in setting up the en

Answer 1

For me it was important to delete the "php.executablePath" path from the VS code settings and leave only the path to PHP in the Path variable.

When I had the Path variable together with php.executablePath, an irritating error still occurred (despite the fact that the path to php was correct).

Answer 2

For those who are using xampp:

File -> Preferences -> Settings

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

Answer 3

Try this !!!. This will solve your problem for sure!

Method 1 -

Step 1 - Go to 'Environmental Variables'.

Step 2 - Find PATH variable and add the path to your PHP folder.

Step 3 - For 'XAMPP' users put 'C:\xampp\php' and 'WAMP' users put 'C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.1.9' ) and save.

Method 2-

In VS Code

File -> Preferences -> Settings.

Open 'settings.json' file and put the below codes.

If you are using WAMP put this code and Save.

  "php.validate.executablePath": "C:\\wamp64\\bin\\php\\php7.1.9\\php.exe",
  "php.executablePath": "C:\\wamp64\\bin\\php\\php7.1.9\\php.exe"

If you are using XAMPP put this code and Save.

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

Note - Replace php7.1.9 with your PHP version.

Answer 4

For me this setting was working.
In my windows 8.1 the path for php7 is

C:\user\test\tools\php7\php.exe

settings.json

 {  
 "php.executablePath":"/user/test/tools/php7/php.exe",
 "php.validate.executablePath": "/user/test/tools/php7/php.exe"
 }

see also https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/533

Answer 5

You installed PHP IntelliSense extension, and this error because of it.
So if you want to fix this problem go to this menu:
File -> Preferences -> Settings
Now you can see 2 window. In the right window add below codes:

{
    "php.validate.executablePath": "C:\\wamp64\\bin\\php\\php7.0.4\\php.exe",
    "php.executablePath": "C:\\wamp64\\bin\\php\\php7.0.4\\php.exe"
}

Just like below image.



NOTICE: This address C:\\wamp64\\bin\\php\\php7.0.4\\php.exe is my php7.exe file address. Replace this address with own php7.exe.

Answer 6

After adding php directory in User Settings,

{
    "php.validate.executablePath": "C:/phpdirectory/php7.1.8/php.exe",
    "php.executablePath": "C:/phpdirectory/php7.1.8/php.exe"
}

If you still have this error, please verify you have installed :

• 64-bit or 32-bit version of php (x64 or x86), depending on your OS;

• some librairies like Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145;

To test if you PHP exe is ok, open cmd.exe :

c:/prog/php-7.1.8-Win32-VC14-x64/php.exe --version

If PHP fails, a message will be prompted with the error (missing dll for example).