PHP Tools (supposedly) hangs on "Preparing solution"
Posted: June 4th, 2018, 7:07 am
For a few versions now (both PHP Tools and Visual Studio) certain projects hang 100 out of 100 times when opening a solution which had open files when it was closed (and were opened with the solution load). This means when the "Preparing solution" loading bar is shown, it never goes away. I have tried waiting for it a considerable amount of time.
Currently the only workaround is to disable the PHP Tools extension, opening the project (and wiping open files) and then enabling it and opening the solution again.
The weird thing is that only certain solutions do this, while others do not. I cannot figure out the difference between the solutions that work and don't work. The one that freezes...
1. Has Solution Items folder
2. Is only one project in the solution
..but these differences do not seem significant.
This really is getting on my nerves now, so how can I help you track it down?
P.S. I am not 100% certain that this is PHP Tools' fault, but only PHP projects do this.
Currently the only workaround is to disable the PHP Tools extension, opening the project (and wiping open files) and then enabling it and opening the solution again.
The weird thing is that only certain solutions do this, while others do not. I cannot figure out the difference between the solutions that work and don't work. The one that freezes...
1. Has Solution Items folder
2. Is only one project in the solution
..but these differences do not seem significant.
This really is getting on my nerves now, so how can I help you track it down?
P.S. I am not 100% certain that this is PHP Tools' fault, but only PHP projects do this.