Not long ago, I installed Manjaro on a PC and a laptop. The system runs well on both. I am moving away from Microsoft, Google, and everything that comes with them. I have installed VC VS Code on Manjaro on my PC because I want to use it for programming. My problem is that I cannot figure out how to set up VC VS Code to run PHP code. I have read and tried a lot, but it does not work for me. Can anyone help me with this?
TL4 edit - fixed typo - so it is clear that VS Code is the issue - deduced from more recent comments.
Is the VC reference is a typo? And did you intend to reference Visual Studio Code?
The is a load of different ways to redistribute VS Code.
Depending on the package it may be non-trivial to install php extensions as some has moved marketplace support to extra packages.
With most it is a matter of clicking the package cube in the sidebar - enter a search phrase then click install in the extension you need.
Which package did you install?
$ pamac search vscode --no-aur
eslint-language-server 3.0.16-1 extra
Language server for ESLint
code 1.104.3-1 [Installed] extra
The Open Source build of Visual Studio Code (vscode) editor
vscode-json-languageserver 1.104.0-1 extra
JSON language server
vscode-html-languageserver 1.104.0-1 extra
HTML language server
vscode-css-languageserver 1.104.0-1 extra
CSS/LESS/SCSS language server
$ pamac search vscode --aur
windsurf-marketplace 1.1.0-1 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in windsurf
vscodium-translucent-marketplace 1.65.0-1 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in VSCodium
vscodium-marketplace 1.97.0-1 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in vscodium
vscodium-insiders-marketplace 1.72.0-1 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in vscodium
vscodium-git-marketplace 1.70.0-1 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in vscodium
vscodium-electron-marketplace 1.88.1-1 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in vscodium-electron
vscodium-electron-bin-marketplace 1-1 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in vscodium-electron-bin. Based on
vscodium-electron-marketplace.
vscodium-bin-marketplace 1.76.0-1 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in vscodium-bin
vscodium-bin 1.104.26450-1 AUR
Binary releases of VS Code without MS
branding/telemetry/licensing.
visual-studio-code-insiders-bin 1759123396-1 AUR
Visual Studio Code Insiders (vscode): Editor for building and
debugging modern web and cloud applications (official binary
version)
visual-studio-code-cli-bin 1.104.2-1 AUR
The Visual Studio Code Server is a service you can run on a
remote development machine, like your desktop PC or a virtual
machine (VM).
visual-studio-code-bin 1.104.2-1 AUR
Visual Studio Code (vscode): Editor for building and
debugging modern web and cloud applications (official binary
version)
tray-link-bin 1.1.32-1 AUR
System tray application to provide a shortcut for your
projects on vscode and github-desktop.(Prebuilt version.Use
system-wide electron)
python-reorder-python-imports-isort-wrapper 0.1.0-1 AUR
Wrapper for `reorder-python-imports` to emulate isort --diff
for \ vscode python plugin and coc-pyright
pylance-language-server 2020.10.0-1 AUR
Python language server based on pylance vscode extension.
plasma5-themes-juno-ocean-git r236.22ab42f-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
neovim-lspkind-git r61.gc68b3a0-1 AUR
vscode-like pictograms for neovim lsp completion items
logo-ls 1.3.7-1 AUR
Modern ls command with vscode like file icon and git
integrations
kvantum-theme-juno-ocean-git r236.22ab42f-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
juno-theme-git r194.d2101b2-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
juno-standard-buttons-gtk-theme-git r148.f0704a4-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
juno-palenight-standard-buttons-gtk-theme-git r156.f0a3818-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
juno-palenight-gtk-theme-git r150.185be24-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
juno-ocean-standard-buttons-gtk-theme-git r149.6d73f68-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
juno-ocean-gtk-theme-git r236.22ab42f-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
juno-mirage-standard-buttons-gtk-theme-git r156.11dd089-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
juno-mirage-gtk-theme-git r155.a4af806-1 AUR
GTK themes inspired by epic vscode themes
cquery-git 1942.3ac1ff24-2 AUR
Low-latency vscode language server for large C++ code-bases,
powered by libclang.
cpptools-debug-bin 1.26.3-2 AUR
Debug adapter extraced from vscode-cpptools
code-translucent 1.100.2-1 AUR
The Open Source build of Visual Studio Code (vscode) editor
with translucent window, official marketplace, unblocked
proprietary features and wayland support!
code-server-marketplace 4.16.1-1 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in code-server
code-marketplace 1.102.1-2 AUR
Enable vscode marketplace in Code OSS
codelldb-git v1.9.0.r1084.88d6925-2 AUR
A native debugger extension for VSCode based on LLDB. Also
known as vscode-lldb (NOT lldb-vscode)
codelldb-bin 1.11.5-1 AUR
A native debugger extension for VSCode based on LLDB. Also
known as vscode-lldb (NOT lldb-vscode)
codelldb 1.11.5-1 AUR
A native debugger extension for VSCode based on LLDB. Also
known as vscode-lldb (NOT lldb-vscode)
code-git 1.102.0.r1.gc6e8ac1-1 AUR
OSS version of Visual Studio Code editor
aws-asl-languageserver 1.67.0-1 AUR
Language server for AWS Step Function's ASL, extracted from
aws-toolkit-vscode
adocsnip-bin 0.0.2-1 AUR
manage vscode-style snippets in asciidoc
rust-analyzer-vscode-git r7300.c9e1aab88-2 AUR
An experimental Rust compiler front-end for IDEs (VSCode
installation).
rofi-vscode-mode 0.9.0-1 AUR
A Rofi mode to open Visual Studio Code workspaces
python-ocp-vscode 2.8.5-1 AUR
OCP CAD Viewer for VSCode (also for Jupyter and standalone)
plasma5-runners-vscode-git r5.7c6bc0c-4 AUR
KRunner plugin for quickly opening recent VSCode workspaces
openvscode-server 1.98.2-1 AUR
Run upstream VS Code on a remote machine with access through
a modern web browser from any device, anywhere.
local-lua-debugger-vscode-git 260-1 AUR
A simple Lua debugger which requires no additional
dependencies.
krunner-vscodeprojects-git r57.cb99fb6-1 AUR
Open VSCode Project Manager projects from Krunner (git)
krunner-vscodeprojects 2.0.0-1 AUR
Open VSCode Project Manager projects from Krunner
gnome-search-providers-vscode 2.5.3-2 AUR
Add VSCode workspaces to Gnome search
vscode-xdg-patch-hook 1.0.3-1 AUR
Pacman hooks that patch VSCode files for improved XDG
experience (#15741, #129953, #214741)
vscode-php-debug 1.37.0-1 AUR
PHP Debug Adapter (DAP)
vscode-node-debug2 1.43.0-1 AUR
A VS Code debug adapter that supports debugging Node via the
Chrome Debugging Protocol.
vscode-langservers-extracted 4.10.0-1 AUR
Language servers extracted from VSCode.
vscode-js-debug-bin 1.102.0-1 AUR
A DAP-compatible JavaScript debugger
vscode-js-debug 1.90.0-1 AUR
A VS Code debugger for JavaScript & TypeScript, powered by
the Microsoft vscode-js-debug
vscode-codicons-git 0.0.35.r49.eaa0306-1 AUR
The icon font for Visual Studio Code
vscode-bookmark-bin 1.1.2-1 AUR
A utility to save your favorite projects and open them easily
in vscode.(Prebuilt version.Use system-wide electron)
vscode-bash-debug 0.3.0-1 AUR
Bash shell debugger extension for VSCode (based on bashdb)
$ pamac search visual studio code
visual-studio-code-insiders-bin 1759123396-1 AUR
Visual Studio Code Insiders (vscode): Editor for building and
debugging modern web and cloud applications (official binary
version)
visual-studio-code-cli-bin 1.104.2-1 AUR
The Visual Studio Code Server is a service you can run on a
remote development machine, like your desktop PC or a virtual
machine (VM).
visual-studio-code-bin 1.104.2-1 AUR
Visual Studio Code (vscode): Editor for building and
debugging modern web and cloud applications (official binary
version)
You will also need the php package and possibly modules as well
[master ?:7] $ pamac search php --no-aur
texlive-latexextra 2025.2-2 extra
TeX Live - LaTeX additional packages
zabbix-frontend-php 7.4.3-1 extra
PHP frontend for Zabbix
uwsgi-plugin-php-legacy 2.0.30-2 extra
A full stack for building hosting services (PHP Legacy plugin)
uwsgi-plugin-php 2.0.30-2 extra
A full stack for building hosting services (PHP plugin)
python-phpserialize 1.3-13 extra
A port of the serialize and unserialize functions of php to python
kdevelop-php 25.08.1-1 extra
PHP language and documentation plugin for KDevelop
phpvirtualbox 7.2_1-1 extra
PHP/AJAX web interface for VirtualBox
phpmyadmin 5.2.2-2 extra
PHP web-based tool to administrate MySQL and MariaDB databases over the web
phpldapadmin 2.3.3-1 extra
A PHP and hence web-based tool to administrate LDAP over the WWW
php-xsl 8.4.13-1 extra
xsl module for PHP
php-tidy 8.4.13-1 extra
tidy module for PHP
php-sqlite 8.4.13-1 extra
sqlite module for PHP
php-sodium 8.4.13-1 extra
sodium module for PHP
php-snuffleupagus 0.12.0-1 extra
Security module for PHP
php-snmp 8.4.13-1 extra
snmp module for PHP
php-redis 6.2.0-3 extra
An API for communicating with the Redis key-value store
php-phpdbg 8.4.13-1 extra
Interactive PHP debugger
php-pgsql 8.4.13-1 extra
PostgreSQL modules for PHP
php-odbc 8.4.13-1 extra
ODBC modules for PHP
php-mongodb 2.1.1-1 extra
MongoDB driver for PHP
php-memcached 3.3.0-3 extra
PHP extension for interfacing with memcached via libmemcached library
php-memcache 8.2-5 extra
Memcache module for PHP
php-legacy-xsl 8.2.29-1 extra
xsl module for PHP
php-legacy-tidy 8.2.29-1 extra
tidy module for PHP
php-legacy-sqlite 8.2.29-1 extra
sqlite module for PHP
php-legacy-sodium 8.2.29-1 extra
sodium module for PHP
php-legacy-snmp 8.2.29-1 extra
snmp module for PHP
php-legacy-redis 6.2.0-3 extra
An API for communicating with the Redis key-value store
php-legacy-pspell 8.2.29-1 extra
pspell module for PHP
php-legacy-phpdbg 8.2.29-1 extra
Interactive PHP debugger
php-legacy-pgsql 8.2.29-1 extra
PostgreSQL modules for PHP
php-legacy-odbc 8.2.29-1 extra
ODBC modules for PHP
php-legacy-mongodb 2.1.1-1 extra
MongoDB driver for PHP Legacy
php-legacy-memcached 3.3.0-3 extra
PHP Legacy extension for interfacing with memcached via libmemcached library
php-legacy-memcache 8.2-5 extra
Memcache module for PHP Legacy
php-legacy-imagick 3.8.0-1 extra
PHP extension to create and modify images using the ImageMagick library
php-legacy-igbinary 3.2.16-2 extra
A drop in replacement for the standard php serializer
php-legacy-grpc 1.75.1-1 extra
gRPC module for PHP Legacy
php-legacy-geoip 1.1.1-13 extra
GeoIP module for PHP Legacy
php-legacy-gd 8.2.29-1 extra
gd module for PHP
php-legacy-fpm 8.2.29-1 extra
FastCGI Process Manager for PHP
php-legacy-enchant 8.2.29-1 extra
enchant module for PHP
php-legacy-embed 8.2.29-1 extra
Embedded PHP SAPI library
php-legacy-dblib 8.2.29-1 extra
dblib module for PHP
php-legacy-cgi 8.2.29-1 extra
CGI and FCGI SAPI for PHP
php-legacy-apcu 5.1.27-1 extra
A userland caching module for PHP
php-legacy-apache 8.2.29-1 extra
Apache SAPI for PHP
php-legacy 8.2.29-1 extra
A general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development
php-imagick 3.8.0-1 extra
PHP extension to create and modify images using the ImageMagick library
php-igbinary 3.2.16-2 extra
A drop in replacement for the standard php serializer
php-grpc 1.75.1-1 extra
gRPC module for PHP
php-geoip 1.1.1-13 extra
GeoIP module for PHP
php-gd 8.4.13-1 extra
gd module for PHP
php-fpm 8.4.13-1 extra
FastCGI Process Manager for PHP
php-enchant 8.4.13-1 extra
enchant module for PHP
php-embed 8.4.13-1 extra
Embedded PHP SAPI library
php-dblib 8.4.13-1 extra
dblib module for PHP
php-cgi 8.4.13-1 extra
CGI and FCGI SAPI for PHP
php-apcu 5.1.27-1 extra
A userland caching module for PHP
php-apache 8.4.13-1 extra
Apache SAPI for PHP
php 8.4.13-1 extra
A general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development
Notice generally there are two different versions of this MS software around. One proprietary called “VS Code” and an MIT licensed one referred to as “Code OSS” or “vscodium”. What i can find in the Manjaro Repo is “Code OSS”. (The AUR is neither part of the Manjaro distro nor part of the Arch distro, where the later might come as a surprise to some folks.) Moreover notice the licensing of some extensions sometimes isn’t straightforward and some extensions may require the proprietary “VS Code” to function.
However your visual studio code version is not up-to-date.
The forum does not provide help to get ancient software working - so you will have to update the parts of your system which is not up-to-date.
sudo pacman -Syyu code
The VS Code version you are using is 2.5 years old and this could easily be your problem. There is no version of VS Code that old in the Manjaro official repo.
The current status of stable branch 2025-10-07T10:30:00Z (with a hint to upstream Arch Linux if newer)
$ mbn info --stable code -q
Branch : stable
Name : code
Version : 1.104.1-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Thu 18 Sep 2025 18:10:19
Packager : Massimiliano Torromeo <mtorromeo@archlinux.org>
Archlinux : 1.104.3-1
$ mbn info --stable electron -q
Branch : stable
Name : electron
Version : 1:38-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Thu 18 Sep 2025 00:13:31
Packager : Caleb Maclennan <alerque@archlinux.org>
$ mbn info --stable chromium -q
Branch : stable
Name : chromium
Version : 141.0.7390.54-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Thu 02 Oct 2025 01:21:04
Packager : Christian Heusel <gromit@archlinux.org>
$ mbn info --stable nodejs -q
Branch : stable
Name : nodejs
Version : 24.8.0-1
Repository : extra
Build Date : Mon 15 Sep 2025 02:32:56
Packager : Daniel M. Capella <polyzen@archlinux.org>
Archlinux : 24.9.0-1
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Does it have to be VS Code or VSCodium, which depend on Electron. There are multiple other Code editors available in the Repos.
for example.
PHPStorm
Builder
CorePad
Geany
KDevelop
Kate
PineGrow
PHPStorm has AI access via subscription. Builder is the GNOME IDE, KDevelop is the KDE IDE, and Kate is the KDE Text Editor that has progrmming Language plugins, and integration with Git and others.
Is the VC reference is a typo? And did you intend to reference Visual Studio Code?
at their disposal – Instead, please help others to make informed suggestions, based on information you provide.