Re: Fwd: [DISCUSSION] Proposal: Official PHP Language Server (LSP Implementation)

From: Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:35:17 +0000
Subject: Re: Fwd: [DISCUSSION] Proposal: Official PHP Language Server (LSP Implementation)
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On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 at 15:48, Dan Jessen <danjessen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I’d like to start a discussion about the potential for PHP to have an
> official Language Server, implementing the Language Server Protocol (LSP) —
> similar to what other programming languages already provide (e.g. Go’s
> gopls, Elixir’s Expert, etc.).
>

Just reporting on existing language servers that already exist, and go way
ahead of PHP in terms of supported type declarations.

*
https://github.com/vimeo/psalm/blob/2b0ff73c8bed091af231a0a80ac109126c92083a/docs/running_psalm/language_server.md
*
https://github.com/phpactor/language-server/blob/e4934195cc1857ec3347a488f3357b0f0df2d2bf/README.md
*
https://github.com/phan/phan/blob/5c25c548b2fb3755e5a01f320dfd96dcd19d850b/README.md#features

Note that the PHP spec is quite limited on more refined types (like `int<1,
max>` and such, as an example), so I wouldn't expect an "official" LSP to
support it.

Marco Pivetta

https://mastodon.social/@ocramius

https://ocramius.github.io/  <https://ocramius.github.io/>

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