PHP development in Visual Studio Code
My current Visual Studio Code setup for coding in PHP includes the following extensions:
PHP Intelephense
This extension is essential, providing features such as code completion, go to definition and auto import. I highly recommend purchasing a license key to support the project.
Composer
This extension is useful for code completion in composer.json files.
Blade Syntax for PHP
This is the only extension that exclusively provides Blade syntax highlighting. No language, snippets or formatting; just colors.