Can't format with Pint extension

[shawinigan]

Describe the bug
When trying to format a PHP file with the pint extension it doesn't work.
When I'm doing it with through this command it works : php ./vendor/bin/pint

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go in a PHP file
2. do ctrl+shift+p
3. Select "format file with..."
4. see the error in the second image

Expected behavior
It should format the file.

Screenshots
When selecting option "format file with... "

it gives this error:

These are the errors in the extensions logs:
2025-01-31 16:50:20.732 [error] [open-southeners.laravel-pint] provider FAILED
2025-01-31 16:50:20.733 [error] TypeError: The "file" argument must be of type string. Received null
at normalizeSpawnArguments (node:child_process:549:3)
at spawn (node:child_process:789:13)
at re.run (c:\Users\pmbaril.vscode\extensions\open-southeners.laravel-pint-1.3.0\out\extension.js:7:10545)
at wi.formatFile (c:\Users\pmbaril.vscode\extensions\open-southeners.laravel-pint-1.3.0\out\extension.js:9:77352)
at gs.provideEdits (c:\Users\pmbaril.vscode\extensions\open-southeners.laravel-pint-1.3.0\out\extension.js:9:75578)
at N$.provideDocumentFormattingEdits (file:///c:/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20VS%20Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/api/node/extensionHostProcess.js:138:135051)

Environment:

• Operating system: Windows 11 24H2 build 26120.1843
• IDE / version: VSCode 1.96.4 (system setup)
• Extension version: 1.3.0
• PHP: 8.2.19
• laravel/framework": "^11.31
• laravel/pint": "^1.20
• Extension's config:

Additional context
Here's all the things I've tried:

1. Running VSCode as an administrator
2. Reinstalling the extension
3. Changing permission to the folder of the extension
4. Running it manually like this: vendor\bin\pint.bat ide_helpers\Helper.php (and it works)
5. Made sure that the default formatter for PHP was: "editor.defaultFormatter": "open-southerners.laravel-pint"

[mselmanyildirim]

I have the same issue here.

System info:

• OS: win 10
• VScode: tried both 1.93.0 and 1.96.2 versions
• Extension version: 1.3.0 (Auto update enabled)
• Laravel: v10.45.1
• php: 8.2.23
• pint: tried both 1.14.0 and 1.20.0

settings.json:

{
    "laravel-pint.enable": true,
    "[php]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "open-southeners.laravel-pint",
    },
    "editor.formatOnSave": true
}

Symptoms:

• Format on save doesn't work (if default formatter is changed to another formatter, other formatter works)
• ctrl+shift+p Format Document doesn't work
• ctrl+shift+p Format Document With... Laravel Pint doesn't work with a pop up saying "The file argument must be of type string. Received null"
• ./vendor/bin/pint <file-path> works

Note:
Since this break happened recently and I was using the extension without issues before, I suspect this is related to the latest update of extension.

[mselmanyildirim]

Edit: Verified that the issue is related to the latest release 1.3.0 by rolling back to the previous release 1.2.1.

[shawinigan]

Thanks for that, it's working for me too with version 1.2.1 .

[d8vjork]

This might be related to #67

[d8vjork]

Can't replicate anyway on my Windows 10 machine using 1.3.0

@shawinigan @mselmanyildirim Mind sharing the path to the file you guys got issues with?

[crazynds]

Same error. Changing the version work for me.

[mselmanyildirim]

@d8vjork sorry for delayed answer.
Standard output shows nothing when I press ctrl + s. Extension host output shows the following:

For the file path, I can't format any of the files in the project, so I can share a random one: app\Http\Controllers\Controller.php

To test further, I have created a fresh project (so this time laravel version is v11.41.3), made a single edit to make code wrongly formatted and I tried to format the file without success. Full file path is C:\test\pintExtensionTest\app\Models\User.php

When I rollback to version 1.2.1 of the extension, I can format in both the old project and the new project.
Would you like me to look at anywhere else for more detailed debug logs etc?

Edit: I don't have a customized pint.json file by the way. I haven't created any.

[d8vjork]

@mselmanyildirim Weird, I'll probably need to dig deeper on this as on my 2 laptops doesn't happen. Having last version on the extension

[mselmanyildirim]

I'm unable to see this log you shared showing the 'command'. Can I easily get this log? If I get it, there may be more information.

I don't get this log neither in 1.2.1 nor in 1.3.0

[d8vjork]

@mselmanyildirim That's when you set the laravel-pint.enableDebugLogs extension setting on VSCode

Then in the "Output" tab should appear "Laravel Pint" on the dropdown of the right side

[mselmanyildirim]

@d8vjork Thanks. Tried with debug logs but seems nothing useful there:

["DEBUG" - 1:38:09 PM] Config files found on workspace
{
  "workspace": "c:\\test\\pintExtensionTest",
  "found": [
    "C:\\test\\pintExtensionTest\\pint.json"
  ]
}

[d8vjork]

@mselmanyildirim Does it output something else when saving?

[mselmanyildirim]

@d8vjork
When saving with extension 1.2.1, says

["DEBUG" - 5:14:34 PM] Config files found on workspace
{
  "workspace": "c:\\test\\pintExtensionTest",
  "found": [
    "C:\\test\\pintExtensionTest\\pint.json"
  ]
}
["DEBUG" - 5:14:34 PM] Formatting file(s) using Pint
{
  "command": "php vendor/bin/pint --config C:\\test\\pintExtensionTest\\pint.json c:\\test\\pintExtensionTest\\app\\Models\\User.php"
}
["INFO" - 5:14:34 PM] Formatting completed in 251ms.

But when saving with 1.3.0, only says

["DEBUG" - 5:16:44 PM] Config files found on workspace
{
  "workspace": "c:\\test\\pintExtensionTest",
  "found": [
    "C:\\test\\pintExtensionTest\\pint.json"
  ]
}