Visual Studio Code: Unable to locate phpcs

I had the same issue, I did the following to fix it:

  1. Install the phpcs by using composer with composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer

  2. Press Command + , (Click Code -> Preferences -> Settings)

  3. Select User Settings and locate 'PHP CodeSniffer'
  4. Scroll to 'Executatble Path' and put

    /Users/your-username/.composer/vendor/bin/phpcs

This fixed the issue for me, I hope it does for you too. Cheers!


open the project in the terminal and run this command

composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer

Hope that helps!