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kleinweb/php-coding-standards
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PHP coding standards for Klein College of Media and Communication

0.8.0(5mo ago)23.4k↓50%[1 issues](https://github.com/kleinweb/php-coding-standards/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/kleinweb/php-coding-standards/pulls)3GPL-3.0-or-laterJustPHP >=8.1

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PHP Coding Standards for the Klein College of Media and Communication
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[](#php-coding-standards-for-the-klein-college-of-media-and-communication)

Strict enough for idealists, relaxed enough for realists.

Goals and Non-Goals
-------------------

[](#goals-and-non-goals)

- Clear separation of tooling domains to prevent conflicts
- Prefer PHP Framework Interop Group (PHP-FIG) standards where feasible
- Encourage WordPress-specific best practices while guarding against reactionary norms
- No support for unsupported PHP versions (obviously, right?!)
- Guard against footguns → minimize wake-up calls

Style: PHP-CS-Fixer (`.php-cs-fixer.dist.php`)
----------------------------------------------

[](#style-php-cs-fixer-php-cs-fixerdistphp)

Generally follows the Symfony setlist for PHP-CS-Fixer. The Symfony standards are currently based on PER-2.0.

Currently handled per project by copy-paste.

Linting: PHP\_CodeSniffer (`.phpcs.xml.dist`)
---------------------------------------------

[](#linting-php_codesniffer-phpcsxmldist)

Primarily based on the `WordPress-VIP-Go` ruleset. While we do not use WordPress VIP hosting, this standard encourages best-practices while allowing for stylistic flexibility. This is achieved by applying a curated set of rules from the core WordPress Coding Standards in addition to a set of custom sniffs. Unfortunately (but understandably), many of the messages make reference to WordPress VIP as a platform, as the standard assumes that the code will target that hosting platform.

We also include many hand-picked additions from the `SlevomatCodingStandard` and some a few adapted from the `PSR12NeutronRuleset`\[[link](https://github.com/szepeviktor/phpcs-psr-12-neutron-hybrid-ruleset)\].

In previous versions, we extended the Doctrine coding standard, but it was too opinionated and resulted in an endless back-and-forth disagreement between `php-cs-fixer` and `phpcbf`. Despite our efforts to counteract that behavior, the result of applying fixes with similar goals often differed slightly.

Type-safety: PHPStan (`.phpstan.neon.dist`)
-------------------------------------------

[](#type-safety-phpstan-phpstanneondist)

Each project must pass Level 0 checks at minimum. Upon initial introduction of PHPStan to a project, start with Level 0, then gradually increase. As far as we can tell, Level 8 is the highest achievable level in a WordPress context. Level 9 essentially prohibits the usage of mixed types.

Miscellaneous
-------------

[](#miscellaneous)

We also include a `biome.json` file here for project-internal usage. The `biome.json` here can serve as a good starting point for other projects, but currently this package is orientated towards PHP coverage only.

The `just` (`//.justfile`, `//.config/just`), `pre-commit`(`//nix/git-hooks.nix`), and `treefmt` (`//nix/treefmt.nix`) configurations are also decent starting points, but this project does not aim to provide a general-purpose template for those tools.

This project does not commit a `composer.lock` in order to prevent downstream dependency hell.

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance68

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.1% 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 ~78 days

Recently: every ~100 days

Total

14

Last Release

150d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP >=8.0

0.5.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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