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[PSR & Standards](/categories/psr-standards) 4. / 5. itcig/php-coding-standards ActivePhpcodesniffer-standard[PSR & Standards](/categories/psr-standards) itcig/php-coding-standards ========================== PHP\_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) to enforce CIG coding conventions 0.6.0(2y ago)03.7k3MITPHP ^7.2 || ^8 Since Oct 12Pushed 2y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/itcig/php-coding-standards)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/itcig/php-coding-standards)[ RSS](/packages/itcig-php-coding-standards/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (7)Versions (9)Used By (3) PHP Codesniffer Rulesets + Sniffs ================================= [](#php-codesniffer-rulesets--sniffs) Using CIG PHP coding standards ruleset for PHP*CodeSniffer, you can analyse the codebase of your project for PHP compatibility with other \_itcig* projects. What's in this repo ? --------------------- [](#whats-in-this-repo-) A ruleset for PHP*CodeSniffer to check for PHP compatibility and standards across all \_itcig* PHP projects. This WordPress specific ruleset prevents false positives from the [PHPCompatibility standard](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility)by excluding back-fills and poly-fills which are provided by WordPress. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) > These will all be installed automatically by this ruleset so you do not need to include them explicitly. - [PHP\_CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer). Use the latest stable release of [PHP\_CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) for the best results. The minimum *recommended* version of PHP\_CodeSniffer is version 3.0.2. - [PHPCompatibility](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility)9.0.0+. Installation instructions ------------------------- [](#installation-instructions) The only supported installation method is via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/). If you already have a Composer PHP\_CodeSniffer plugin installed, run: ``` composer require --dev itcig/php-coding-standards:"*" composer install ``` Next, run: ``` vendor/bin/phpcs -i ``` If all went well, you will now see that the `CIG`, `CIG-Docs`, `CIG-Wordpress`, `CIG-Core`, `PHPCompatibility`, `PHPCompatibilityWP` and some more PHPCompatibility standards are installed for PHP\_CodeSniffer. How to use ---------- [](#how-to-use) Now you can use the following command to inspect your code: ``` ./vendor/bin/phpcs -p . --standard=CIG ``` By default, you will only receive notifications about formatting and deprecated and/or removed PHP features. To get the most out of the CIG coding and PHPCompatibility standards, you should specify a `testVersion` to check against. That will enable the checks for both deprecated/removed PHP features as well as the detection of code using new PHP features. If you want to enforce the minimum PHP requirement, either add `--runtime-set testVersion 7.2-` to your command-line command or add `` to your [custom ruleset](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility#using-a-custom-ruleset). For example: ``` # For a project which should be compatible with PHP 7.2 and higher: ./vendor/bin/phpcs -p . --standard=CIG --runtime-set testVersion 7.2- ``` For more detailed information about setting the `testVersion`, see the README of the generic [PHPCompatibility](https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility#sniffing-your-code-for-compatibility-with-specific-php-versions)standard. ### Testing PHP files only [](#testing-php-files-only) By default PHP\_CodeSniffer will analyse PHP, JavaScript and CSS files. As the PHPCompatibility sniffs only target PHP code, you can make the run slightly faster by telling PHP\_CodeSniffer to only check PHP files, like so: ``` ./vendor/bin/phpcs -p . --standard=CIG --extensions=php --runtime-set testVersion 7.2- ``` ### Health Score 24 — LowBetter than 32% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity16 Limited adoption so far Community15 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity41 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 75% 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. 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