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bamboohr/variable-analysis
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Provides PHP CodeSniffer sniffs to find unused and undefined variables.

v0.1.0(10y ago)4576.8k↓17.3%21PHPPHP >=5.5.0

Since Feb 12Pushed 10y ago18 watchersCompare

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PHP\_CodeSniffer VariableAnalysis
=================================

[](#php_codesniffer-variableanalysis)

Plugin for PHP\_CodeSniffer static analysis tool that adds analysis of problematic variable use.

- Performs static analysis of variable use.
- Warns on use of undefined variables.
- Warns if variables are set or declared but never used within that scope.
- Warns if variables are redeclared within same scope.
- Warns if $this, self::$static\_member, static::$static\_member is used outside class scope.
- (new) Allows $this inside closures in PHP >=5.4
- (new) Add analysis of instance variables ($this->...)

INSTALLATION
------------

[](#installation)

Run ./install.sh -h to get install help.

For a default install of PHP\_Codesniffer via PEAR with PEAR in ~/pear you should be safe to just run ./install.sh to use the default options, then copy the rules from ruleset.xml into your own ruleset.xml.

CUSTOMIZATION
-------------

[](#customization)

There's a variety of options to customize the behaviour of VariableAnalysis, take a look at the included ruleset.xml for commented examples of a configuration.

KNOWN ISSUES & BUGS
-----------------------

[](#known-issues--bugs)

- File scope isn't currently analysed.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity41

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3770d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5740925?v=4)[bamboohr](/maintainers/bamboohr)[@BambooHR](https://github.com/BambooHR)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5857089?v=4)[Josh Davis](/maintainers/joshdavis11)[@joshdavis11](https://github.com/joshdavis11)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1270371?v=4)[Jake Gardiner](/maintainers/jgardiner)[@jgardiner](https://github.com/jgardiner)

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Top Contributors

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