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frankvanhest/phpstan-rules-no-magic
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PHPStan rules inspired by roave/dont https://github.com/Roave/Dont

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PHPStan - Rules - No Magic
==========================

[](#phpstan---rules---no-magic)

Basically these rules prevent you from using PHP magic methods. If you are looking for a Runtime usage prevention of these methods, use .

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Contribution](#contribution)
- [License](#license)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require frankvanhest/phpstan-rules-no-magic

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Just include the following in your `phpstan.neon` file to prevent the methods `__call`, `__callStatic`, `__clone`, `__wakeup`, `__unserialize`, `unserialize`, `__get`, `__sleep`, `__serialize`, `serialize`, `__set` and `__toString`.

```
includes:
    - vendor/frankvanhest/phpstan-rules-no-magic/config/no-magic.neon
```

Of course, you can customize which methods should be prevented by choosing the desired rules.

For `__call`:

```
rules:
    - FrankVanHest\PhpStanRulesNoMagic\NoMagicCallRule
```

For `__callStatic`:

```
rules:
    - FrankVanHest\PhpStanRulesNoMagic\NoMagicCallStaticRule
```

For `__clone`:

```
rules:
    - FrankVanHest\PhpStanRulesNoMagic\NoMagicCloneRule
```

For `__wakeup`, `__unserialize` and `unserialize` (use of `Serializable` interface):

```
rules:
    - FrankVanHest\PhpStanRulesNoMagic\NoMagicDeserializeRule
```

For `__get`:

```
rules:
    - FrankVanHest\PhpStanRulesNoMagic\NoMagicGetRule
```

For `__sleep`, `__serialize` and `serialize` (use of `Serializable` interface):

```
rules:
    - FrankVanHest\PhpStanRulesNoMagic\NoMagicSerializeRule
```

For `__set`:

```
rules:
    - FrankVanHest\PhpStanRulesNoMagic\NoMagicSetRule
```

For `__toString`:

```
rules:
    - FrankVanHest\PhpStanRulesNoMagic\NoMagicToStringRule
```

Contribution
------------

[](#contribution)

Feel free to submit an issue of pull request. When it comes to a pull request I'm curious of how it improves this packages of which problem it may solve.

There are some requirements:

- Use PSR-12 for code styling
- Write a test for every meaningful change

License
-------

[](#license)

See [LICENCE](LICENSE.md)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~121 days

Total

5

Last Release

888d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02022-12-20

v2.x-dev → v3.0.02024-01-26

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP ~7.4.0 | ~8.0.0 | ~8.1.0

v2.0.0PHP ~8.0.0 | ~8.1.0 | ~8.2.0

v3.0.0PHP ~8.1.0 | ~8.2.0 | ~8.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2206481?v=4)[Frank van Hest](/maintainers/FrankVanHest)[@frankvanhest](https://github.com/frankvanhest)

---

Top Contributors

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