can't format php code

[heheda123123]

when use format-all-buffer for any php file, it shows

[error] Couldn't resolve parser "php".

in *format-all-errors*

I already install the plugin

[lassik]

Are your PHP files in a Node project (with its own package.json)? In that case, it might work to try npm install prettier @prettier/plugin-php with no --global option.

[heheda123123]

no, it's just a single php file

[heheda123123]

in a different computer, create a simple php file, still have this problem

[claytonrcarter]

Just ran into the same issue, also on a one-off project w/ no package.json, but it's nothing to do w/ this package. It's related to a breaking change in prettier v3. More info here: prettier/plugin-php#2215

I have worked around it by putting a .prettierrc.json in $HOME and explicitly adding plugins that way:

{
    "plugins": [
        "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@prettier/plugin-php/src/index.js"
    ]
}

With this, prettier on the CLI and via emacs starts working again. (prettier searchs for configs up from the file being formatted, and – in my case – all of my code is in $HOME/src. If you put your code elsewhere, you should adjust accordingly.)

(BTW Apparently global installs still can't handle short plugin names like @prettier/plugin-php, so the full path is required.)

[lassik]

Thanks, glad to have this sorted out. This is excellent information. We should add this link to the readme if more people stumble upon the same problem.

[rdbeni0]

little update - this is upstream issue:

prettier/prettier#15141

https://github.com/auvred/prettier-pnp