diff --git a/assets/settings/default.json b/assets/settings/default.json
index c07bc601bf69eb694542379d389fbd56393e5859..3d13dd7cf00297dca8b19347062ac2b5476b758e 100644
--- a/assets/settings/default.json
+++ b/assets/settings/default.json
@@ -775,7 +775,8 @@
     "PHP": {
       "prettier": {
         "allowed": true,
-        "plugins": ["@prettier/plugin-php"]
+        "plugins": ["@prettier/plugin-php"],
+        "parser": "php"
       }
     },
     "Ruby": {