phpcs

Sniff the specified directory for issues (defaults to the PEAR standard)

$ phpcs [path/to/directory]

Display a list of installed coding standards

$ phpcs -i

Specify a coding standard to validate against

$ phpcs [path/to/directory] --standard [standard]

Specify comma-separated file extensions to include when sniffing

$ phpcs [path/to/directory] --extensions [file_extension(s)]

Specify the format of the output report (e.g. full, xml, json, summary)

$ phpcs [path/to/directory] --report [format]

Set config variables to be used during the process

$ phpcs [path/to/directory] --config-set [key] [value]

A comma-separated list of files to load before processing

$ phpcs [path/to/directory] --bootstrap [file(s)]

Don't recurse into subdirectories

$ phpcs [path/to/directory] -l

phpcs [-nwlsaepqvi] [-d key[ =value ]] [--colors] [--no-colors] [--cache= cacheFile] [--no-cache] [--tab-width= tabWidth] [--report= report] [--report-file= reportFile] [--report- report= reportFile] [--report-width= reportWidth] [--basepath= basepath] [--bootstrap= bootstrap] [--severity= severity] [--error-severity= severity] [--warning-severity= severity] [--runtime-set key value] [--config-set key value] [--config-delete key] [--config-show] [--standard= standard] [--sniffs= sniffs] [--exclude= sniffs] [--encoding= encoding] [--parallel= processes] [--generator= generator] [--extensions= extensions [--ignore= patterns] [--ignore-annotations] [--stdin-path= stdinPath] [--file-list= fileList] [--filter= filter] file ...

phpcs (or PHP_CodeSniffer) is a PHP5 script that tokenises PHP, JavaScript and CSS files to detect violations of a defined coding standard. It is an essential development tool that ensures your code remains clean and consistent. It can also help prevent some common semantic errors made by developers.

cacheFile

Use a specific file for caching (uses a temporary file by default)

basepath

A path to strip from the front of file paths inside reports

bootstrap

A comma separated list of files to run before processing starts

encoding

The encoding of the files being checked (default is iso-8859-1)

extensions

A comma separated list of file extensions to check. The type of the file can be specified using: ext/type e.g., module/php,es/js

file

One or more files and/or directories to check

fileList

A file containing a list of files and/or directories to check (one per line)

filter

Use either the "gitmodified" or "gitstaged" filter, or specify the path to a custom filter class

generator

Use either the "HTML", "Markdown" or "Text" generator (forces documentation generation instead of checking)

patterns

A comma separated list of patterns to ignore files and directories

processes

How many files should be checked simultaneously (default is 1)

report

Print either the full, xml, checkstyle, csv, json, junit, emacs, source, summary, diff, svnblame, gitblame, hgblame, or notifysend report, or specify the path to a custom report class (the full report is printed by default)

reportFile

Write the report to the specified file path

reportWidth

How many columns wide screen reports should be printed or set to "auto" to use current screen width, where supported

severity

The minimum severity required to display an error or warning

sniffs

A comma separated list of sniff codes to include or exclude during checking (all sniffs must be part of the specified standard)

standard

The name or path of the coding standard to use

stdinPath

If processing STDIN, the file path that STDIN will be processed as

tabWidth

The number of spaces each tab represents

-n

Do not print warnings (shortcut for --warning-severity=0)

-w

Print both warnings and errors (this is the default)

-l

Local directory only, no recursion

-s

Show sniff codes in all reports

-a

Run interactively

-e

Explain a standard by showing the sniffs it includes

-p

Show progress of the run

-q

Quiet mode; disables progress and verbose output

-n

Stop error messages from being recorded (saves a lot of memory, but stops many reports from being used)

-v

Print processed files

-vv

Print ruleset and token output

-vvv

Print sniff processing information

-i

Show a list of installed coding standards

-d

Set the key php.ini value to value or true if value is omitted

--help

Print the help message

--version

Print version information

--colors

Use colors in output

--no-colors

Do not use colors in output (this is the default)

--cache

Cache results between runs

--no-cache

Do not cache results between runs (this is the default)

--ignore-annotations

Ignore all phpcs: annotations in code comments

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