VSCode has built in support for PHP, you need to disable it to make
your extension to work as intended, there is instructions for that in
the description of the extension.
Also check the settings (click on the cog wheel on the extension page),
not sure if you need any changes there or tell where the php binary is.
I'm more of a VIM person, so I'm not the one with all the answers.
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//Aho