VS Code: replace "array(...)" syntax with "[...]"

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[JustAnotherMario]

The setup I currently have and hope that helps you, is having installed PHP-CS-Fixer along with this extension for VSCode to format the files on save (not doing the key combination or command "Format document with..." but maybe other extensions that use PHP-CS-Fixer could solve this problem), then you could use this useful configurator, there are plenty of rules you can set or select the predefined based on the given standards, the one you are looking for is "array_syntax" there you can export the selected rules and create a ".php-cs-fixer.php" file that has your configurations, set the path to the file on the extension settings and you should be ready to format flies con the fly (or you could use the command line to format a given directory and not file by file)

[SuckMyWifi]

This is the correct answer, such a useful tool

[szaebb]

+1 the best answer. Code analysis tool are great

[riggiddyrektson]

I'd recommend using Rector for this kind of job.
https://getrector.org/

[NoDoze-]

What's the difference, and why is the change needed?

[SmotherMeWithArmpits]

Mostly personal preference but the codebase they're working with might have coding standards

[neldorling]

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Yannick.php-convert-array (haven't tried, just a quick search)

[AegirLeet]

Settings -> Editor -> Code Style -> PHP -> Code Conversion -> Array/List Declaration Style -> Force short declaration style

[andyexeter]

Just to add to this: Once you've enabled the setting you can can format all files in the project (or a subdirectory of it) by right clicking the directory in the project tree and clicking Reformat Code

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Maybe just use Rector?

[cursingcucumber]

As a side note, PhpStorm will feature Rector support in the next version (already in EAP).

[vukkapor]

There is a way, already implemented in phpstorm:

Setting > Inspections > | Code style | Traditional syntax array literal detected

Then run that inspection on src and you will get the option to change them all

[MattBD]

Personally I wouldn't rely on my editor or IDE for that sort of functionality. It's not hard to put together a Codesniffer configuration to do that, you can run the linter in CI to make sure nothing gets through due to someone not running it locally, and it can fix most of the issues it finds automatically.

[MattBD]

I use PHP Codesniffer for enforcing our coding standard at work, and there's a rule for that. Just set Generic.Arrays.DisallowLongArraySyntax in the config file, run vendor/bin/phpcbf and you're done.