phpcs

extension of squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer, but with a custom ruleset

installation

• require the package

composer require maarheeze/phpcs --dev

• create phpcs.xml.dist file in the root of the project as a starting point:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rule name="phpcs">
    <description>phpcs</description>
    <arg value="sp"/>
    <arg name="colors"/>
    <arg name="cache" value="/tmp/.phpcs.cache"/>
    <arg name="extensions" value="php"/>

    <file>.</file>
    <exclude-pattern>./node_modules</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>./vendor</exclude-pattern>

    <rule ref="maarheeze"/>
</rule>

optional

• add phpcs.xml to the .gitignore in the root of the project (to allow local override)
• add folders to exclude

usage

php vendor/bin/phpcs