VS Code + Xdebug + PHP Linter

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Thanks for the reply, afragen. “VS Code uses the official php linter (php -l) for PHP language diagnositcs.” (see https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/php#:~:text=VS%20Code%20uses%20the%20official,current%20with%20PHP%20linter%20improvements.. As I understand it, PHPCS (PHP Code Sniffer) is itself a linter. What is the advantage of using PHPCS over VS Code’s native/built-in PHP linter? By the way, it turns out that the JSON configuration file that I posted has three settings associated with the VS Code PHP linter, one of which is ‘php.validate.executablePath’.