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PHP Tools for VS Code – Version 1.61#

Pest Tests & Data Providers#

September update (1.61) introduces support for Pest tests. This means, your tests defined using it() and test() methods are seamlessly listed in the VSCode's Testing panel, tests can be inspected, run, debugged, or profiled. Additionally, the editor inside your test anonymous function provides full IntelliSense for $this variable and its members. Let's see how it works.

Testing & Data Providers

Testing panel manages your tests allowing you to browse them, run them, and discover data sets. Data sets can be then run separately.

running pest tests

Editor

Code editor recognizes anonymous functions defining the Pest test, or more precisely the annotation @param-closure-this, and provides IntelliSense for $this variable. Note, that the current Pre-Release version even works with the inherited TestCase class.

pest test this

Profiling

Configure PHP with Xdebug and you can easily profile your tests right in VSCode UI. Navigate to your test, right-click, choose Execute Using Profile, and select Profile.

The test will be executed in profiling mode, and collected profiling data will be opened right in VS Code.

For more information about profiling, see our profiling documentation.

pest test profiling

PHP 8.5#

If you're keen about the new PHP 8.5 syntactic sugar - the pipe operator - try the latest Pre-Release or the future version 1.62.

The PHP version selector now contains 8.5 option:

php 8.5 version select

The editor recognizes the new pipe operator (|>), provides type inference, code formatting, and type checking.

pipe operator

The pipe operator allows to chain function calls, passing a value from the left operand as an argument for the callback in the right operand. It's really just a syntactic sugar making ugly calls chained instead of being nested.

IntelliSense & Diagnostics#

There are several new code diagnostics and code completion improvements.

  • Added diagnostic for unreachable match arm.
  • Added checks for PHP configuration; warnings including improperly configured Xdebug are listed in OUTPUT / PHP log.
  • Added code action to simplify chained && conditions.
  • Highlights methods called through magic methods, since they may be potentially undefined.
  • Magic methods are listed at the end of code completion.
  • Changelog - full product changelog.
  • Download - install PHP Tools for VS Code and Visual Studio.