PHP Editor

A fast, modern editor for PHP—web development, server-side scripting, and dynamic content generation.

Precise Syntax Highlighting

PHP syntax, type declarations, and modern language features are highlighted with precision.

Semantic Understanding

Tree-sitter parses your code into a syntax tree, enabling features like code folding, selection expansion, and precise highlighting.

Instant Updates

Syntax highlighting updates in real-time as you type, with no lag or delay even in large files.

Error Recovery

Even with syntax errors, Tree-sitter maintains accurate highlighting for the rest of your code.

Language Server Protocol

Full PHP LSP Integration

Zed provides intelligent code completion, diagnostics, and refactoring capabilities for PHP through seamless language server integration.

Intelephense

Advanced PHP language server with comprehensive PHP support and IntelliSense.

Phpactor

Provides heavy-lifting refactoring and introspection tools for PHP

Popular Extensions

Enhance Zed with popular extensions from our growing ecosystem.

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HTML

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HTML support.

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TOML

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TOML support.

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Git Firefly

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Get Started with PHP

Everything you need to begin your PHP development journey in Zed.

PHP Documentation

Explore PHP documentation and learning resources.

Configure Zed

Customize Zed's settings, keybindings, and themes for your workflow.

Contribute

Join the community, report issues, and help make Zed even better.

Debugging Support

PHP Debugging

While native PHP debugging isn't available yet, Zed offers powerful debugging capabilities for other languages with full DAP support.

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Debug Adapter Protocol

Zed supports the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) for standardized debugging across multiple languages.

Universal Debugging Features

Breakpoints, variable inspection, call stack navigation, and step-through debugging when supported.

Debug Adapter Protocol

Zed supports the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) for standardized debugging across multiple languages.

Universal Debugging Features

Breakpoints, variable inspection, call stack navigation, and step-through debugging when supported.

Why Zed

Built for Modern PHP Development

Experience features that make PHP development faster and more enjoyable.

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Fast

Open large PHP projects instantly. Navigate & edit with zero lag, even in massive codebases.

Agentic

Generate PHP code, write tests, and refactor with integrated AI that understands your context.

Collaborative

Pair program, debug together, and share your PHP projects with your team in real-time.

Explore Other Languages

Zed supports more than 80 programming languages out of the box.

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