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kmcculloch/phpspec-code-sniffer
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Very simple PHPSpec code sniffing, based on PSR1 and PSR2

v1.1.0(8y ago)13452GPL-3.0+

Since Nov 8Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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phpspec-code-sniffer
====================

[](#phpspec-code-sniffer)

Very simple PHPSpec code sniffing, based on PSR1 and PSR2

Kevin McCulloch

Purpose
-------

[](#purpose)

I wrote this module so that I could easily toggle a phpcs standard that won't throw errors for PHPSpec's non-camel-case it\_does\_something() function naming convention. All it does is apply PSR1 and PSR2 while ignoring the camel-case function naming rule. Stupidly simple, really. I'd be open to expanding the ruleset if others find this useful.

Global Installation
-------------------

[](#global-installation)

If you have phpcs installed globally (which generally involves running `composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer:~2.0` and adding `~/.composer/vendor/bin` to your `$PATH`), you can add this ruleset like so:

```
composer global require kmcculloch/phpspec-code-sniffer:1.x-dev

# Tell phpcs where to find the ruleset:
phpcs --config-set installed_paths ~/.composer/vendor/kmcculloch/phpspec-code-sniffer/

# Run the following and confirm that you can see "PHPSpec" in the list of
# installed standards:
phpcs -i

# Sniff your code:
phpcs --standard=PHPSpec ~/path/to/MyClassSpec.php

```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 61% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~534 days

Total

2

Last Release

3031d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1548096?v=4)[Kevin McCulloch](/maintainers/kmcculloch)[@kmcculloch](https://github.com/kmcculloch)

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Top Contributors

[![kmcculloch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1548096?v=4)](https://github.com/kmcculloch "kmcculloch (3 commits)")

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