Simple Laravel Formatting in VS Code

Hello Web Artisans! I will show you how to format your Laravel code in VS Code in a very simple way. It is not the perfect solution but it works quite well. And the more it is so easy to set up!

What is needed?

• VS Code lol foo
• prettier extension(VS Code)

Install prettier extension

Install PHP intelephense extension

Create .prettierrc file in your project folder

Here is an example .prettierrc file

{
  "printWidth": 120,
  "tabWidth": 4,
  "useTabs": false,
  "semi": true,
  "singleQuote": true,
  "trailingComma": "all",
  "bracketSpacing": true,
  "arrowParens": "always",
  "overrides": [
    {
      "files": "*.php",
      "options": {
        "parser": "php",
        "printWidth": 120,
        "tabWidth": 4,
        "useTabs": false,
        "semi": true,
        "singleQuote": true,
        "trailingComma": "all",
        "bracketSpacing": true,
        "arrowParens": "always"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Configure VS Code settings for Format on Save

You can do this by going to File > Preferences > Settings or by pressing Ctrl + , (Windows) or ⌘ + , (Mac) to open the Settings tab.

or simply Create .vscode/settings.json file in your project folder no