PHP Coding Standard

This repository contains rulesets for PHP CodeSniffer and PHP Mess Detector along with some custom rules.

Installation

Install this repository globally using following composer commands:

composer global require mrchetan/php_standard

Always use the latest version of the repository.

Setup

The project will be installed in global composer folder on your PC.

• Mac: .composer/vendor folder in your home directory
• Windows: AppData/Roaming/Composer/vendor folder in your user directory
• Ubuntu: .config/composer/vendor folder in your home directory

You follow the steps respective to your favourite IDE to configure PHP CodeSniffer and PHP MessDetector and point to the two rulesets in the installation folder.

• ruleset.xml - For CodeSniffer

Attribution

Some sniffs in this repository have been derived from original PHP_CodeSniffer project. Credits for those go to the respective developers.

VS Code SETUP

Install the extension name PHP Sniffer by wongjn

After Activation add the below file to settings.json file

For Mac

"phpSniffer.standard": "~/.composer/vendor/mrchetan/php_standard/ruleset.xml",

For Linux

"phpSniffer.standard": "~/.config/composer/vendor/mrchetan/php_standard/ruleset.xml",

For Windows

"phpSniffer.standard": "%userprofile%/AppData/Roaming/Composer/vendor/mrchetan/php_standard/ruleset.xml",

To check

phpcs --standard=<PATH_OF_RULESET> <SPACE> <PATH_OF_FILEs_CHECK>

For Example

phpcs --standard=~/.composer/vendor/mrchetan/php_standard/ruleset.xml index.php

TO fix

phpcbf --standard=<PATH_OF_RULESET> <SPACE> <PATH_OF_FILEs_CHECK>

Ignoring a file

// @codingStandardsIgnoreFile

// phpcs:ignoreFile

Ignoring a line

// @codingStandardsIgnoreLine

// phpcs:ignore

Ignoring a block

// @codingStandardsIgnoreStart

// phpcs:disable

// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd

// phpcs:enable