12 The Best Extension Visual Studio Code for Laravel

1. Laravel Blade Snippets

Provides syntax highlighting & autocompletions for Laravel Blade templates.
🔗 Install Link

{{-- Blade Syntax Highlighting --}}
@if(auth()->user())
    <p>Welcome, {{ auth()->user()->name }}</p>
@endif

2. Laravel Snippets

Offers useful Laravel snippets for controllers, models, routes, migrations, etc.
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// Example: Generates a Laravel model
php artisan make:model Post

3. Laravel Artisan

Run Artisan commands directly inside VS Code.
🔗 Install Link

# Example: Running an Artisan command in VS Code
php artisan migrate

4. Laravel Extra Intellisense

Provides additional Laravel helper functions and autocompletions.
🔗 Install Link

route('home'); // Autocomplete route names
view('welcome'); // Autocomplete view names

5. PHP Intelephense

A powerful PHP extension for advanced IntelliSense, linting, and formatting.
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// Example: Autocompletion for Laravel methods
User::where('email', 'test@example.com')->first();

6. DotENV

Syntax highlighting for .env files to manage Laravel environment variables easily.
🔗 Install Link

APP_NAME=LaravelApp
APP_ENV=local
DB_CONNECTION=mysql

7. Laravel goto Controller

Quickly navigate between routes, controllers, and views.
🔗 Install Link

Route::get('/dashboard', [DashboardController::class, 'index']);

Click on DashboardController to open it instantly!

8. Laravel Model Snippets

Generate Eloquent model snippets quickly.
🔗 Install Link

// Example: Quick model definition
class Post extends Model {
    protected $fillable = ['title', 'content'];
}

9. Laravel Blade Formatter

Formats Laravel Blade templates with clean indentation and structure.
🔗 Install Link

{{-- Before Formatting --}}
@if(auth()->user()) <p>Hello, {{ auth()->user()->name }}</p> @endif

{{-- After Formatting --}}
@if(auth()->user())
    <p>Hello, {{ auth()->user()->name }}</p>
@endif

10. Auto Close Tag

Automatically closes HTML and Blade tags in Laravel projects.
🔗 Install Link

{{-- Example: Typing <div> will automatically add </div> --}}
<div> 
    <p>Hello, Laravel!</p> 
</div>

11. Laravel Language Snippets

Provides localization (lang) file snippets for Laravel.
🔗 Install Link

// Example: Using translation functions
__('messages.welcome'); // Automatically suggests lang file keys

12. GitLens

Advanced Git integration with inline blame, history, and file comparison.
🔗 Install Link

# Example: See who last modified a line in your Laravel project
git blame routes/web.php

Summary: Best Laravel VS Code Extensions

Extension	Functionality
Laravel Blade Snippets	Blade syntax highlighting & snippets
Laravel Snippets	Autocomplete for Laravel code
Laravel Artisan	Run Artisan commands from VS Code
Laravel Extra Intellisense	Provides additional Laravel helpers
PHP Intelephense	Advanced PHP IntelliSense & linting
DotENV	Syntax highlighting for `.env` files
Laravel goto Controller	Quick navigation between routes, controllers, views
Laravel Model Snippets	Generates Eloquent model snippets
Laravel Blade Formatter	Formats Blade templates automatically
Auto Close Tag	Auto-closes Blade & HTML tags
Laravel Language Snippets	Provides snippets for Laravel localization
GitLens	Git integration with file history & blame

Conclusion

These 12 VS Code extensions will help streamline your Laravel development workflow, making coding faster and more efficient.

Would you like recommendations for Laravel debugging or database management tools as well? 😊

Souy Soeng