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jamesastubbs/phpcswatcher
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A listener which automatically invokes PHP\_CodeSniffer when a PHP file has been added/modified.

1.0.0(8y ago)016MITPHP

Since May 16Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHPCSWatcher
============

[](#phpcswatcher)

A listener which automatically invokes PHP\_CodeSniffer when a PHP file has been added/modified.

---

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

[](#installation)

Please use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) to download this package:

```
composer require --dev jamesastubbs/phpcswatcher

```

This package should only be installed as a dev dependancy and should not be used in a production environment.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To run `phpcswatcher`, a symlink will be provided in the `vendor/bin` directory which will allow you to run the command like so:

```
./vendor/bin/phpcswatcher [dir_to_watch]

```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3284d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fbd49c958bfd63687748e88fdd07224d61ccbe79af4b8504cbe41210f998f740?d=identicon)[jamesastubbs](/maintainers/jamesastubbs)

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Top Contributors

[![jamesastubbs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10448377?v=4)](https://github.com/jamesastubbs "jamesastubbs (6 commits)")

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Tags

phpcsphpcseventstoollistenerwatcher

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