PHP Tools installation package can be downloaded from: You can choose the Community edition, which is the free** option, or any other Visual Studio´s supported editions, such as Professional, Enterprise or higher. For Visual Studio 2010 up to 2015, you'll be queried to allow access to the system's Program Files*. Please ensure you can provide administrator access to your hard drive because the installation package copies files to the system's AppData. To install PHP Tools for Visual Studio, you'll need:Īdministrator access. If you would like more detailed steps, please, continue reading. After starting Visual Studio next time, you can proceed to the product activation and get started. The package will be installed and Visual Studio configured for the PHP development.

Once downloaded, you'll be prompted to close Visual Studio. If you already have Microsoft Visual Studio installed, you can jump directly to the Manage Extensions dialog and search for PHP Tools for Visual Studio.

You can download the free Community version here or use any other Visual Studio version, except for Express versions, which are not supported.

You will need to have Microsoft Visual Studio installed before installing PHP Tools.

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