MikeS I am new to PHP. I loaded PHP Tools into Visual Studio 2026 (Fully updated today.) I was running through tutorial on laravel.com. Everything worked fine until I added the @vite(['resources/css/app.css', 'resources/js/app.js']) line with app.css and app.js. Then I get exception that manifest is not found. All google fu comes back with involves running NPM commands, but this was not installed with NPM. I reread your install procedures on this site and that is what I did. How do I clear up the vite manifest exception?
JakubMisek MikeS, thank you for the question. May I ask for a screenshot? Does it happen inside Visual Studio, or in a browser when running your app?
MikeS The error is in the browser see images. The only difference is I deleted the vite line and that is why the css is not getting included to show the columns properly. The stuff on the web indicates that NPM builds this file, but I loaded your extension through Visual Studio, I did not use NPM. Is there some command I need to run to generate the manifest?
JakubMisek Sorry for the late reply. This error is not related to Visual Studio, IDE, or PHP Tools. I suggest following the tutorial. It looks like you are supposed to run an npm command to build the manifest.
