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bellangelo/phpstan-require-file-exists
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A PHPStan rule for checking if the files mentioned in the imports really exist.

v1.2.0(1y ago)114Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=7.4

Since Aug 2Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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phpstan-require-file-exists
===========================

[](#phpstan-require-file-exists)

**UPDATE:** This rule has been merged into PHPStan itself. Here is the PR: [phpstan/phpstan-src#3294](https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan-src/pull/3294)

Weirdly enough, PHPStan does not check if a file exists when used in a `require` or `include` statement. This is a PHPStan rule that tries to do exactly that.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require --dev bellangelo/phpstan-require-file-exists
```

Development
-----------

[](#development)

For local development and testing, `composer.json` contains several commands that you can run.

- `composer run tests ` - runs the PHPUnit tests.
- `composer run phpstan` - runs PHPStan on the `src` and `tests` directories.
- `composer run phpcs` - runs PHP CodeSniffer on the `src` and `tests` directories.
- `composer run phpcs:fix` - runs PHP CodeSniffer on the `src` and `tests` directories and tries to fix the issues.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Every ~15 days

Total

3

Last Release

715d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9512427?v=4)[Aggelos Bellos](/maintainers/Bellangelo)[@Bellangelo](https://github.com/Bellangelo)

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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