Validate php in vs code with laradock/docker creates new devcontainer

Question

I am developing Laravel projects on Mac using Laradock & Docker Desktop. I use VS Code for editing but everytime I open a project it tells me "Cannot validate since a PHP installation could not be found. Use the setting 'php.validate.executablePath' to configure the PHP executable."

settings.json

 {
 "workbench.colorTheme": "Visual Studio Light",
 "security.workspace.trust.untrustedFiles": "open",
 "explorer.confirmDragAndDrop": false,
 "yaml.schemas": {
      "file:///Users/paul/.vscode/extensions/atlassian.atlascode-3.0.9/resources/schemas/pipelines-schema.json": "bitbucket-pipelines.yml"
},
 "php.validate.executablePath": ""
 }
 

I tried to fix the problem by putting that path in...

 laradock/php-fpm/php8.2.ini is that the executable php file?

 file:///Users/paul/Sites/laradock/php-fpm/php8.2.ini

Then I get that message...

 Folder contains a Dev Container configuration file. Reopen folder to develop in a container (learn more).

So I re-open in container and now I have 3 containers in Docker Desktop:

 laradock with apache2-1 php-fm-1 workspace-1 phpmyadmin-1 mysql-1 docker-indocker-1 redis-1 mailhog-1
 php-mariadb_devcvontainer
 myproject_devcontainer with only db-1 app-1

I am completely confused... do I need all that? I am very happy with laradock but now it's another container...