felixfbecker/php-language-server
Php Language Server
This project is a backend service that implements the Language Server Protocol to provide IDE-integrated intelligence for PHP development. It functions as a static analysis tool that parses source code to enable advanced editor features, including autocompletion, symbol navigation, and definition resolution.
The server distinguishes itself through its ability to operate within isolated containers and remote development environments. By utilizing a virtual file system abstraction and flexible communication protocols, it maintains project-wide symbol indexing and code analysis even when files are accessed remotely or stored in non-local environments.
The tool covers a broad range of development assistance, including workspace-wide symbol searching, documentation lookups, and the identification of syntax errors. It manages these tasks by maintaining an incremental index of project symbols and filtering diagnostic data to ensure relevant feedback during the coding process.
Features
- PHP Code Analysis - Providing advanced code intelligence features like autocompletion and symbol navigation to PHP developers within their preferred code editor.
- Codebase Indexing - Maintains an incremental in-memory index of project symbols for rapid lookup and navigation.
- Language Servers - Implements the Language Server Protocol to provide IDE features for PHP codebases.
- Static Code Analysis - Provides real-time static analysis to identify syntax errors and structural issues without executing code.
- Source Code Analysis Tools - Analyzes source code to power essential IDE features like jump-to-definition and symbol navigation.
- Remote Development Access - Enables remote filesystem access to ensure seamless code intelligence within isolated development containers.
- Code Diagnostic Panels - Analyzes source code to highlight errors while filtering noise from external dependencies.
- Symbol Documentation Previews - Displays declaration details and summary notes for code symbols directly within the editor interface.
- PHP Development Tools - Acts as a backend service providing intelligence and editor integration for PHP developers.
- Remote Development Environments - Supports reliable code analysis within isolated containers and remote development environments.
- Symbol Indexing - Indexes project-wide symbols to enable rapid navigation to classes, interfaces, and constants.
- Virtual File Systems - Uses a virtual file system abstraction to support code analysis across local, containerized, and remote environments.
- MCP-over-STDIO Transports - Communicates with editors using standard input/output streams for decoupled, protocol-compliant data exchange.
- Built-ins - Provides autocompletion and type information for native PHP standard library functions and extensions.
- Abstract Syntax Tree Parsing - Parses PHP source code into structured trees to enable semantic analysis and navigation features.
