Yii Framework PHP CodeSniffer Coding Standard (official repo)

You can read about Yii standard here: https://github.com/yiisoft/yii/wiki/Core-framework-code-style

How to install

1. Install PEAR:

    http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.getting.php
   

2. Install PHP_CodeSniffer:

    pear install PHP_CodeSniffer
   

3. Install Yii Coding Standard:

    git clone git://github.com/Ardem/yii-coding-standard.git Yii
    sudo ln -sv /path/to/yii-coding-standard/Yii $(pear config-get php_dir)/PHP/CodeSniffer/Standards
   

4. If you want, you can set Yii as coding standard by default:

    phpcs --config-set default_standard Yii
   

How to make a simple test

1. Checking a file (if yii-coding-standard is your standard by default)

    phpcs path/to/file.php
   

2. Checking a file (if yii-coding-standard is NOT your standard by default)

    phpcs --standard=Yii /path/to/file.php
   

3. Checking a directory (if yii-coding-standard is your standard by default)

    phpcs /path/to/directory
   

4. Checking a directory (if yii-coding-standard is NOT your standard by default)

    phpcs --standard=Yii /path/to/directory
   

How to use CS in IDE

1. NetBeans:

    http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/40282/phpmd-php-codesniffer-plugin
   

2. PHPStorm

    http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/webhelp/using-php-code-sniffer-tool.html
   

3. Zend Studio

    http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Studio/content/working_with_php_codesniffer.htm
   

How to make a standard coding in the team

Use pre-commit hooks, which will make a code standard check for every commit.

1. For Git

    http://git-scm.com/book/en/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks
   

2. For SVN

    http://pear.php.net/manual/ru/package.php.php-codesniffer.svn-pre-commit.php
   

Yii-coding-standard and Composer

For using "yii-coding-standard" with Composer, include a dependency for "ardem/yii-coding-standard" in your composer.json file:

    {
            "require": {
                    "ardem/yii-coding-standard": "dev-master"
            }
    }