The template includes a PHP interpreter, a JetBrains PhpStorm IDE, and VS Code PHP debugging and GitHub extensions (Coder templates are similar to Microsoft the devcontainer.json spec)
The business value of this Coder template feature is centralized governance and control over development environments so they are trusted, consistent, and comformant with an enterprise's dev, test and production environments.
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install a PHP interpreter (v7.4)
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adds the XDebug debugger settings
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adds VS Code extensions (PHP debugger and GitHub)
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creates 2 dev URLs (how running PHP apps are sharing with colleagues for feature testing)
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includes a sample config.json for VS Code debugging (port 9000)
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install JetBrains' PhpStorm IDE
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clone 2 PHP repos