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I installed the PHP Server extension for VS Code and added two lines to settings.json:

"php.validate.executablePath": "С://php-server//php.exe",
"phpserver.phpPath": "С://php-server//php.exe"

I inserted these lines before the closing bracket ("}") and added a comma on the previous to last line.

I restarted VS Code and got the message:

Unable to validate because h:\web\php\с:\php-server\php.exe is not a valid PHP executable. Use the php.validate.executablePath parameter to configure the PHP executable.

No matter what I tried, it still looks for php.exe on the disk with the device letter "h".

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    Windows Paths use backslashes. To escape a backslash you need also a backslash, so you have to double them. Commented Nov 20 at 17:15
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    Please write how the address should look like according to yours. Commented Nov 20 at 18:08
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    @MarkusZeller: Windows use slashes or backslashes, DOS/CPM paths use backslashes only - just for clarification. I've also spotted the duplication on the slashes and therefore would suggest - as not clear what VSCode does there, to fall-back to the DOS/CPM paths with backslashes. To give the example for the JSON strings: "С:\\php-server\\php.exe". This may not yet change the outcome but to make your question more clear you should show both tries. Double check it, then edit with the update @Andrianovi. Commented Nov 20 at 18:25
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    And sorry to "spam" the comments here: Per the documentation, for windows the path with single slashes as directory separators - here the link: code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/php#_windows Commented Nov 20 at 18:36
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    Furthermore: If what I could gather is true so far, then my educated guess is that it was either the double-slashes "//" (which should not be an issue when resolving the path - but who knows?) or the setting is not taken into account at all (so the h:/... value in the message is just some default). I'd recommend you start with Linting as it is easier to verify than the webserver: code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/php - and when it works the webserver is also easier to setup. Just my 2 cents. Commented Nov 20 at 18:39
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