diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e1b2f8711b..865965ea7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5458,7 +5458,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tree-sitter-nix",
  "tree-sitter-nu",
  "tree-sitter-ocaml",
- "tree-sitter-php",
  "tree-sitter-proto",
  "tree-sitter-python",
  "tree-sitter-racket",
@@ -10587,16 +10586,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tree-sitter",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tree-sitter-php"
-version = "0.21.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0db3788e709a5adfb583683a4b686a084e41a0f9e5a2fcb9a8e358f11481036a"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "tree-sitter",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tree-sitter-proto"
 version = "0.0.2"
@@ -12708,6 +12697,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "zed_extension_api 0.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zed_php"
+version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "zed_extension_api 0.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zed_prisma"
 version = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b3c4d20514..db4ea2e7b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ members = [
     "extensions/astro",
     "extensions/gleam",
     "extensions/haskell",
+    "extensions/php",
     "extensions/prisma",
     "extensions/purescript",
     "extensions/svelte",
@@ -319,7 +320,6 @@ tree-sitter-markdown = { git = "https://github.com/MDeiml/tree-sitter-markdown",
 tree-sitter-nix = { git = "https://github.com/nix-community/tree-sitter-nix", rev = "66e3e9ce9180ae08fc57372061006ef83f0abde7" }
 tree-sitter-nu = { git = "https://github.com/nushell/tree-sitter-nu", rev = "7dd29f9616822e5fc259f5b4ae6c4ded9a71a132" }
 tree-sitter-ocaml = { git = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-ocaml", rev = "4abfdc1c7af2c6c77a370aee974627be1c285b3b" }
-tree-sitter-php = "0.21.1"
 tree-sitter-proto = { git = "https://github.com/rewinfrey/tree-sitter-proto", rev = "36d54f288aee112f13a67b550ad32634d0c2cb52" }
 tree-sitter-python = "0.20.2"
 tree-sitter-racket = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/tree-sitter-racket", rev = "eb010cf2c674c6fd9a6316a84e28ef90190fe51a" }
diff --git a/crates/extension/src/extension_lsp_adapter.rs b/crates/extension/src/extension_lsp_adapter.rs
index 19a6b75ec9..86c3a26154 100644
--- a/crates/extension/src/extension_lsp_adapter.rs
+++ b/crates/extension/src/extension_lsp_adapter.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::wasm_host::{wit::LanguageServerConfig, WasmExtension, WasmHost};
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use collections::HashMap;
 use futures::{Future, FutureExt};
 use gpui::AsyncAppContext;
 use language::{Language, LanguageServerName, LspAdapter, LspAdapterDelegate};
@@ -106,6 +107,17 @@ impl LspAdapter for ExtensionLspAdapter {
         None
     }
 
+    fn language_ids(&self) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+        // TODO: Eventually we'll want to expose an extension API for doing this, but for
+        // now we just manually language ID mappings for extensions that we know need it.
+
+        if self.extension.manifest.id.as_ref() == "php" {
+            return HashMap::from_iter([("PHP".into(), "php".into())]);
+        }
+
+        Default::default()
+    }
+
     async fn initialization_options(
         self: Arc<Self>,
         delegate: &Arc<dyn LspAdapterDelegate>,
diff --git a/crates/extensions_ui/src/extension_suggest.rs b/crates/extensions_ui/src/extension_suggest.rs
index e761f7336c..704c0584c8 100644
--- a/crates/extensions_ui/src/extension_suggest.rs
+++ b/crates/extensions_ui/src/extension_suggest.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ fn suggested_extensions() -> &'static HashMap<&'static str, Arc<str>> {
             ("latex", "tex"),
             ("make", "Makefile"),
             ("nix", "nix"),
+            ("php", "php"),
             ("prisma", "prisma"),
             ("purescript", "purs"),
             ("r", "r"),
diff --git a/crates/languages/Cargo.toml b/crates/languages/Cargo.toml
index 78afaf6559..be06d2266f 100644
--- a/crates/languages/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/languages/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ tree-sitter-markdown.workspace = true
 tree-sitter-nix.workspace = true
 tree-sitter-nu.workspace = true
 tree-sitter-ocaml.workspace = true
-tree-sitter-php.workspace = true
 tree-sitter-proto.workspace = true
 tree-sitter-python.workspace = true
 tree-sitter-racket.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/lib.rs b/crates/languages/src/lib.rs
index ce80bfa9de..90e3f181b8 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/languages/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ mod json;
 mod lua;
 mod nu;
 mod ocaml;
-mod php;
 mod python;
 mod ruby;
 mod rust;
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ pub fn init(
             "ocaml_interface",
             tree_sitter_ocaml::language_ocaml_interface(),
         ),
-        ("php", tree_sitter_php::language_php()),
         ("proto", tree_sitter_proto::language()),
         ("python", tree_sitter_python::language()),
         ("racket", tree_sitter_racket::language()),
@@ -309,13 +307,6 @@ pub fn init(
         "yaml",
         vec![Arc::new(yaml::YamlLspAdapter::new(node_runtime.clone()))]
     );
-    language!(
-        "php",
-        vec![
-            Arc::new(php::IntelephenseLspAdapter::new(node_runtime.clone())),
-            Arc::new(tailwind::TailwindLspAdapter::new(node_runtime.clone())),
-        ]
-    );
     language!(
         "elm",
         vec![Arc::new(elm::ElmLspAdapter::new(node_runtime.clone()))]
@@ -342,6 +333,10 @@ pub fn init(
         "Astro".into(),
         Arc::new(tailwind::TailwindLspAdapter::new(node_runtime.clone())),
     );
+    languages.register_secondary_lsp_adapter(
+        "PHP".into(),
+        Arc::new(tailwind::TailwindLspAdapter::new(node_runtime.clone())),
+    );
     languages.register_secondary_lsp_adapter(
         "Svelte".into(),
         Arc::new(tailwind::TailwindLspAdapter::new(node_runtime.clone())),
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/php.rs b/crates/languages/src/php.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index aaf5ff3d42..0000000000
--- a/crates/languages/src/php.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
-
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use collections::HashMap;
-
-use language::{LanguageServerName, LspAdapter, LspAdapterDelegate};
-use lsp::LanguageServerBinary;
-use node_runtime::NodeRuntime;
-
-use smol::{fs, stream::StreamExt};
-use std::{
-    any::Any,
-    ffi::OsString,
-    path::{Path, PathBuf},
-    sync::Arc,
-};
-use util::{maybe, ResultExt};
-
-fn intelephense_server_binary_arguments(server_path: &Path) -> Vec<OsString> {
-    vec![server_path.into(), "--stdio".into()]
-}
-
-pub struct IntelephenseVersion(String);
-
-pub struct IntelephenseLspAdapter {
-    node: Arc<dyn NodeRuntime>,
-}
-
-impl IntelephenseLspAdapter {
-    const SERVER_PATH: &'static str = "node_modules/intelephense/lib/intelephense.js";
-
-    pub fn new(node: Arc<dyn NodeRuntime>) -> Self {
-        Self { node }
-    }
-}
-
-#[async_trait(?Send)]
-impl LspAdapter for IntelephenseLspAdapter {
-    fn name(&self) -> LanguageServerName {
-        LanguageServerName("intelephense".into())
-    }
-
-    async fn fetch_latest_server_version(
-        &self,
-        _delegate: &dyn LspAdapterDelegate,
-    ) -> Result<Box<dyn 'static + Send + Any>> {
-        Ok(Box::new(IntelephenseVersion(
-            self.node.npm_package_latest_version("intelephense").await?,
-        )) as Box<_>)
-    }
-
-    async fn fetch_server_binary(
-        &self,
-        latest_version: Box<dyn 'static + Send + Any>,
-        container_dir: PathBuf,
-        _delegate: &dyn LspAdapterDelegate,
-    ) -> Result<LanguageServerBinary> {
-        let latest_version = latest_version.downcast::<IntelephenseVersion>().unwrap();
-        let server_path = container_dir.join(Self::SERVER_PATH);
-        let package_name = "intelephense";
-
-        let should_install_language_server = self
-            .node
-            .should_install_npm_package(
-                package_name,
-                &server_path,
-                &container_dir,
-                latest_version.0.as_str(),
-            )
-            .await;
-
-        if should_install_language_server {
-            self.node
-                .npm_install_packages(&container_dir, &[(package_name, latest_version.0.as_str())])
-                .await?;
-        }
-
-        Ok(LanguageServerBinary {
-            path: self.node.binary_path().await?,
-            env: None,
-            arguments: intelephense_server_binary_arguments(&server_path),
-        })
-    }
-
-    async fn cached_server_binary(
-        &self,
-        container_dir: PathBuf,
-        _: &dyn LspAdapterDelegate,
-    ) -> Option<LanguageServerBinary> {
-        get_cached_server_binary(container_dir, &*self.node).await
-    }
-
-    async fn installation_test_binary(
-        &self,
-        container_dir: PathBuf,
-    ) -> Option<LanguageServerBinary> {
-        get_cached_server_binary(container_dir, &*self.node).await
-    }
-
-    fn language_ids(&self) -> HashMap<String, String> {
-        HashMap::from_iter([("PHP".into(), "php".into())])
-    }
-}
-
-async fn get_cached_server_binary(
-    container_dir: PathBuf,
-    node: &dyn NodeRuntime,
-) -> Option<LanguageServerBinary> {
-    maybe!(async {
-        let mut last_version_dir = None;
-        let mut entries = fs::read_dir(&container_dir).await?;
-        while let Some(entry) = entries.next().await {
-            let entry = entry?;
-            if entry.file_type().await?.is_dir() {
-                last_version_dir = Some(entry.path());
-            }
-        }
-        let last_version_dir = last_version_dir.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no cached binary"))?;
-        let server_path = last_version_dir.join(IntelephenseLspAdapter::SERVER_PATH);
-        if server_path.exists() {
-            Ok(LanguageServerBinary {
-                path: node.binary_path().await?,
-                env: None,
-                arguments: intelephense_server_binary_arguments(&server_path),
-            })
-        } else {
-            Err(anyhow!(
-                "missing executable in directory {:?}",
-                last_version_dir
-            ))
-        }
-    })
-    .await
-    .log_err()
-}
diff --git a/extensions/php/Cargo.toml b/extensions/php/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cfb4e43f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/php/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "zed_php"
+version = "0.0.1"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[lib]
+path = "src/php.rs"
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+zed_extension_api = "0.0.4"
diff --git a/extensions/php/LICENSE-APACHE b/extensions/php/LICENSE-APACHE
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..1cd601d0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/php/LICENSE-APACHE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../LICENSE-APACHE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/php/extension.toml b/extensions/php/extension.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2c6ed3d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/php/extension.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+id = "php"
+name = "PHP"
+description = "PHP support."
+version = "0.0.1"
+schema_version = 1
+authors = ["Piotr Osiewicz <piotr@zed.dev>"]
+repository = "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed"
+
+[language_servers.intelephense]
+name = "Intelephense"
+language = "PHP"
+
+[grammars.php]
+repository = "https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-php"
+commit = "8ab93274065cbaf529ea15c24360cfa3348ec9e4"
+path = "php"
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/php/config.toml b/extensions/php/languages/php/config.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/languages/src/php/config.toml
rename to extensions/php/languages/php/config.toml
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/php/embedding.scm b/extensions/php/languages/php/embedding.scm
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/languages/src/php/embedding.scm
rename to extensions/php/languages/php/embedding.scm
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/php/highlights.scm b/extensions/php/languages/php/highlights.scm
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/languages/src/php/highlights.scm
rename to extensions/php/languages/php/highlights.scm
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/php/injections.scm b/extensions/php/languages/php/injections.scm
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/languages/src/php/injections.scm
rename to extensions/php/languages/php/injections.scm
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/php/outline.scm b/extensions/php/languages/php/outline.scm
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/languages/src/php/outline.scm
rename to extensions/php/languages/php/outline.scm
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/php/tags.scm b/extensions/php/languages/php/tags.scm
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/languages/src/php/tags.scm
rename to extensions/php/languages/php/tags.scm
diff --git a/extensions/php/src/php.rs b/extensions/php/src/php.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0f700e452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/php/src/php.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+use std::{env, fs};
+use zed_extension_api::{self as zed, Result};
+
+const SERVER_PATH: &str = "node_modules/intelephense/lib/intelephense.js";
+const PACKAGE_NAME: &str = "intelephense";
+
+struct PhpExtension {
+    did_find_server: bool,
+}
+
+impl PhpExtension {
+    fn server_exists(&self) -> bool {
+        fs::metadata(SERVER_PATH).map_or(false, |stat| stat.is_file())
+    }
+
+    fn server_script_path(&mut self, config: zed::LanguageServerConfig) -> Result<String> {
+        let server_exists = self.server_exists();
+        if self.did_find_server && server_exists {
+            return Ok(SERVER_PATH.to_string());
+        }
+
+        zed::set_language_server_installation_status(
+            &config.name,
+            &zed::LanguageServerInstallationStatus::CheckingForUpdate,
+        );
+        let version = zed::npm_package_latest_version(PACKAGE_NAME)?;
+
+        if !server_exists
+            || zed::npm_package_installed_version(PACKAGE_NAME)?.as_ref() != Some(&version)
+        {
+            zed::set_language_server_installation_status(
+                &config.name,
+                &zed::LanguageServerInstallationStatus::Downloading,
+            );
+            let result = zed::npm_install_package(PACKAGE_NAME, &version);
+            match result {
+                Ok(()) => {
+                    if !self.server_exists() {
+                        Err(format!(
+                            "installed package '{PACKAGE_NAME}' did not contain expected path '{SERVER_PATH}'",
+                        ))?;
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(error) => {
+                    if !self.server_exists() {
+                        Err(error)?;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.did_find_server = true;
+        Ok(SERVER_PATH.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+impl zed::Extension for PhpExtension {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            did_find_server: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn language_server_command(
+        &mut self,
+        config: zed::LanguageServerConfig,
+        _worktree: &zed::Worktree,
+    ) -> Result<zed::Command> {
+        let server_path = self.server_script_path(config)?;
+        Ok(zed::Command {
+            command: zed::node_binary_path()?,
+            args: vec![
+                env::current_dir()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .join(&server_path)
+                    .to_string_lossy()
+                    .to_string(),
+                "--stdio".to_string(),
+            ],
+            env: Default::default(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+zed::register_extension!(PhpExtension);