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Brackets Error – PHP runtime not found
After a certain update of the Brackets software you might get the following error:
PHP runtime not found. Install the PHP7 runtime and update “executablePath” in PHP Preferences appropriately. This enables PHP-related tooling such as Code Hints, Parameter Hints, Jump To Definition and more.
Here is the solution that did the trick for me.
1. Download PHP7
Go to official PHP website to download the PHP7.x version that you need and extract it to a location on your computer. In my case I did it in the root of C:\ directory.
2. Make changes in System Properties
2.1. You can either type “Advanced system settings” in windows search box (Windows key + S), or right click on My Computer > Properties > Advanced system settings
2.2. Then chose “Environment Variables…”
2.3. Then in the System variables part of the box click on Path/Edit…
2.4. In the next box click on New
2.5. Paste the path to the PHP folder on your computer and click OK.
«PHP7 runtime not found. » Error Dialog #14783
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leeuwtjex commented May 7, 2019 •
-Windows 7 / windows 10 (64 bit versions.)
-Using Wamp or Mamp environment in cooperation with Brackets.
-symtoms:
An error pop up comes up after starting brackets.
«PHP runtime not found. Install the PHP 7 runtime and update «executablePath» in PHP preferences appropriatly. blah blah. «
-modifiying defaultpreferences.json, preferences.json
-changing extension_dir =»c:/wamp/bin/php/php7.2.14/.php.exe» or
to: extension_dir =»c:\wamp\bin\php\php7.2.14\php.exe»
-renaming all config files in «C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Brackets. »
and remove and reinstall brackets completely (purge similar like)
-adding a environment variable for PHP in windows as some forums suggested.
-and offcourse: clicking the «open preferences» button in the error pop up as suggested in brackets 1.14.
I was not happy since I am working on a exam in a student project.
I realise I can use it for free, but please test out your stuff, before suggesting auto updates.
How can I stop this annoying error? I put 2 hours of time in it. The other students here like to learn to. Thanks in advance.
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shubhsnov commented May 7, 2019 •
In Brackets the preferences are set in brackets.json not defaultPreferences.json. The defaultPreferences.json file is not recognized. It’s there just to guide the user about different preferences available.
Note: Also make sure brackets.json doesn’t have any comments, since comments in JSONs are not allowed.
leeuwtjex commented May 7, 2019 •
Thanks for the quick answer! I tried to follow your instructions.
The result in my brackets.json lookes like this:
<
«brackets-eslint.gutterMarks»: true,
«brackets-eslint.useLocalESLint»: false,
«fonts.fontSize»: «16px»,
«fonts.fontFamily»: «‘SourceCodePro-Medium’, ＭＳ ゴシック, ‘MS Gothic’, monospace»
>
«php»: <
«enablePhpTooling»: true,
«executablePath»: «C:\\wamp\\bin\\php\\php7.2.14\\php.exe»,
«memoryLimit»: «4095M»,
«validateOnType»: «false»
>
I pasted your mods behind the default content in the file.
After restarting brackets it gives a «not valid JSON’ now.
As far I can see I there are not any comments in the file, as you mentioned.
For experimenting I tried also: c:\wamp\bin\php\php7.2.14\php.exe
and removing the «»php»: » part.
Didn’t work either. What are those \ double slashes for?
shubhsnov commented May 7, 2019
Ah! That’s not how JSONs work.
A valid JSON will always have the form:
Where key will always be a string and value can be any primitive value like number, string, another valid JSON object, or array of valid JSON values or objects.
Multiple keys are separated by comma:
In your case you have to add the modification inside the <> for it to be a valid json, like this:
Also note that the hierarchy of keys should always match that of defaultPreferences.json, the values may differ.
In future, you can check the validity of JSON on https://jsonlint.com
As for \, in Windows the path separator is \, but a single \ is used as an escape sequence in strings for characters like \n (newline) or \r (carriage return). So to denote a single slash in strings we use double slash.
leeuwtjex commented May 7, 2019
The error has disappeared instantly!
Thanks for this! I’m sure many other users like it to.
I’m trying some other things now, but it looks good.
Just why isn’t this handled in the default config after installing 1.14
on a windows system?
shubhsnov commented May 7, 2019
Just why isn’t this handled in the default config after installing 1.14
on a windows system?
It is handled. We try to figure out the default PHP7 executable path on installation. In case it’s not present, then as soon as you open a PHP file we prompt the error dialog, which then means that you will have to set the PHP path manually like this instance.
By the way, are you using Brackets to write PHP code? Because this dialog should only come in case if the users are working with PHP files.
Do let us know in case there are any other issues.
leeuwtjex commented May 7, 2019
Will the default PHP7 executable path work, if users program on WAMP/MAMP/XAMP
GUI local webservers? (like this site shows: http://www.wampserver.com/en/ )
Wamp installs a php7 version by default in c:\wamp, like you can see in the config file I use now.
Thanks for this support.
shubhsnov commented May 8, 2019
Will the default PHP7 executable path work, if users program on WAMP/MAMP/XAMP
GUI local webservers?
If the error is gone, and the PHP7 path set correctly then you should get all the features working.
leeuwtjex commented May 8, 2019 •
Vaibhav227 commented Jun 11, 2019 •
i have made a video on it which perfectly suits your question. you have to install php runtime on your pc. click on the link below
madurasnvrtn commented Jul 29, 2019
kayoinc commented Jan 9, 2020
Thank you! This worked perfect for me on my Windows machine. Thanks aot!
Smugger21 commented Feb 28, 2020 •
So, you found this page because you keep getting the PHP7 Runtime Error or You are now getting an Encountered Runtime Error Code 1 when running the PHP Process.
Well, after hours of work on this, finally I figured out the issue.
For me, I kept trying to use the wrong Versions, The latest PHP version does not work with Release 1.14 of Brackets.
The one I did get to work was version 7.3.15 (Non Thread Safe) x64 Version.
PUTTING THE LOCATION in YOUR Systems PATH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE IS ABSOLUTELY UNNECESSARY (Referring to all the help videos out there)
The ONLY reason you may need to do that is so many application can find it and you can just run it from anywhere without knowing the absolute path, and if you did need it there, you would have it there already!
So the RIGHT way to do this:
BUT they can be a bit confusing and has more to it than there needs to be, since you can not have comments in the json.
So here is a quick rundown:
I hope this helps someone that could not figure out why they can not get it working. For me, I was doing everything right, I was just using the wrong PHP Version, As of this writing, the latest PHP Version is 7.4.3 which does not work.
I was able to get the next Version Down working 7.3.15.
Note: I have not tried to use any other 7.3.15 Version except the Non Thread Safe x64, since it work, I left it, you can test the other versions if you want. It will not hurt anything.
It will pop up the Developer Tools and you can click on Console to the the log output. It will help to know if you have an issue with the PHP.
If it is working, it should look something like this: 
PHP7 Runtime error #14785
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pakaymc commented May 10, 2019
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pakaymc commented May 10, 2019
When I open Brackets I’m receiving an error saying I need to install php7 runtime. How do I install php runtime?
shubhsnov commented May 10, 2019
You need PHP7 runtime only if you work with PHP files and want to enable PHP specific features.
Go through this: #14783 or PHP Support in Brackets to understand how to setup PHP in Brackets.
Vaibhav227 commented Jun 12, 2019
pakaymc commented Jun 20, 2019
I do not have PHP installed on my PC. I’m using a third party server to run my files.
Vaibhav227 commented Jun 20, 2019
If it’s not showing any error it’s ok..else download php runtime and then follow the steps followed in this video. This video also shows how to download php runtime.
https://youtu.be/P30t9gK4ZKQ
shubhsnov commented Jun 20, 2019
You need PHP only if you want PHP related tooling features.
This should disable the warning, if you don’t want PHP related tooling features.
Vaibhav227 commented Jun 20, 2019
If it’s not showing any error it’s ok..else download php runtime and then follow the steps followed in this video. This video also shows how to download php runtime.
https://youtu.be/P30t9gK4ZKQ
pakaymc commented Jun 20, 2019
shubhsnov, when I addyour code I’m receiving a new error, «Your preference file is not valid JASON»
«php»: <
«enablePhpTooling»: false
>
Vaibhav227 commented Jun 20, 2019
pakaymc why not you try what i am saying.
See this and do the same ( follow the steps)
https://youtu.be/P30t9gK4ZKQ
pakaymc commented Jun 20, 2019
Vaibhav227 This did not work.
pakaymc commented Jun 20, 2019
shubhsnov This code did work. I needed to add a comma after the >
Thank you for the help.
Vaibhav227 commented Jun 20, 2019
pakaymc you didn’t followed the steps properly.
You missed something i think.
joxerg commented Jul 12, 2019
I addyour code I’m receiving a new error, «Your pr
Same problem here, tried different approaches but same error all the time. I do not want PHP features, so do not want to install PHP. The error message still there.
shubhsnov commented Jul 13, 2019
@sorburu Make sure the JSON is valid.
Use a JSON validator like this one https://jsonlint.com/
for example if your JSON currently ends somethings like this
then it will become
madurasnvrtn commented Jul 29, 2019
kayoinc commented Nov 15, 2019
pakaymc why not you try what i am saying.
This answer works! Thank you.
Smugger21 commented Feb 28, 2020
So, you found this page because you keep getting the PHP7 Runtime Error or You are now getting an Encountered Runtime Error Code 1 when running the PHP Process.
Well, after hours of work on this, finally I figured out the issue.
For me, I kept trying to use the wrong Versions, The latest PHP version does not work with Release 1.14 of Brackets.
The one I did get to work was version 7.3.15 (Non Thread Safe) x64 Version.
PUTTING THE LOCATION in YOUR Systems PATH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE IS ABSOLUTELY UNNECESSARY (Referring to all the help videos out there)
The ONLY reason you may need to do that is so many application can find it and you can just run it from anywhere without knowing the absolute path, and if you did need it there, you would have it there already!
So the RIGHT way to do this:
BUT they can be a bit confusing and has more to it than there needs to be, since you can not have comments in the json.
So here is a quick rundown:
I hope this helps someone that could not figure out why they can not get it working. For me, I was doing everything right, I was just using the wrong PHP Version, As of this writing, the latest PHP Version is 7.4.3 which does not work.
I was able to get the next Version Down working 7.3.15.
Note: I have not tried to use any other 7.3.15 Version except the Non Thread Safe x64, since it work, I left it, you can test the other versions if you want. It will not hurt anything.
It will pop up the Developer Tools and you can click on Console to the the log output. It will help to know if you have an issue with the PHP.
If it is working, it should look something like this:
Editor Brackets Error: PHP7 runtime not found
Brackets editor alternative teks editor untuk ngoding asyik. Selain cepat dan ringan, salah fitur yang paling saya suka di Brackets adalah, built in fungsi ‘Live Preview’.
Nah… Saat ngoding PHP tiba-tiba muncul pesan error:
PHP runtime not found. Install PHP7 runtime for enabling PHP-related tooling such as Code Hints. Parameter Hints, Jump To Definition and more. Version found: 5.5.38.
Brackets error: PHP runtime not found.
Untuk bracket versi yang lebih lama, pesan erronya begini:
PHP runtime not found. Install the PHP7 runtime and update “executablePath” in PHP Preferences appropriately. This enables PHP-related tooling such as Code Hints, Parameter Hints, Jump To Definition and more.
Pada bagian /php7.4.2/ tergantung PHP versi berapa yang kamu install. Kebetulan saat tulisan ini saya tulis, versi PHP yang saya install v7.4.2.
Brackets Preferences.
Di dalam file konfigurasi brackets.json di bagian sebelah kanan, paste kode berikut ini:
Sesederhana itu. Jangan lupa Save.
Kalau masih ada yang bingung, silahkan bertanya lewat kolom komentar di bawah ini.
Error Code 1 encountered while starting the PHP process.- How do i fix this? #15158
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booperlv commented May 19, 2020 •
So I had just downloaded Brackets today and encountered the php runtime problem- I tried multiple methods and ended up using this on my brackets.json file.
< "brackets-eslint.gutterMarks": true, "brackets-eslint.useLocalESLint": false, "fonts.fontSize": "16px", "fonts.fontFamily": "'SourceCodePro-Medium', ＭＳ ゴシック, 'MS Gothic', monospace", "php": < "executablePath": "C:\\xampp\\php\\php.exe" >, «themes.theme»: «dark-theme» >
I had expected it to work. as the php runtime error did dissapear afterall.
Apparently, a new error popped up and there seems to be no posts about this. 
Im running on windows 7 64bit, Brackets 1.14
Found this on Node Debugging as well.
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VZangoGame commented Jun 18, 2020
backup XAMPP
try re- install XAMPP in a different path different by C:, be sure during the istalling it will no ask you for UAC protocol on your computer, if it is, you definitely install it outside from C:
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