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philippwitzmann/codingstandard
==============================

This is my coding standard adapted from sparhandy/codingstandard.

3.0.0.2(6y ago)08103BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=7.3

Since Jul 18Pushed 6y agoCompare

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Coding Standard
===============

[](#coding-standard)

This repository contains all necessary files to configure PHP Code Sniffer and PHP Mess Detector.

Installation with composer
--------------------------

[](#installation-with-composer)

For now you have to use the dev-master version.

```
composer require "philippwitzmann/codingstandard" "~2"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### From Terminal (Cli)

[](#from-terminal-cli)

#### PHP Code Sniffer

[](#php-code-sniffer)

To execute PHP Code Sniffer do the following.

```
./vendor/bin/phpcs --extensions=php --standard=./vendor/philippwitzmann/codingstandard/src/phpcs/Production/ruleset.xml ./path/to ./your/sources
```

#### PHP Mess Detector

[](#php-mess-detector)

To execute PHP Mess Detector do the following.

```
./vendor/bin/phpmd ./path/to ./your/sources text ./vendor/philippwitzmann/codingstandard/src/phpmd/phpmd.xml --suffixes php
```

#### PHPStan

[](#phpstan)

To execute PHPStan do the following.

```
./vendor/bin/phpstan analyse ./path/to ./your/sources
```

### Travis-CI configuration

[](#travis-ci-configuration)

For use in your Travis-Ci configuration file just adapt the following example and save it to .travis.yml in your root directory.

```
language: php

php:
  - 5.4
  - 5.5
  - 5.6
  - 7.0

matrix:
  allow_failures:
    - php: 7.0

before_script:
  - composer self-update

install: travis_retry composer update

script:
  - ./vendor/bin/phpmd ./path/to ./your/sources text ./configuration/phpmd/phpmd.xml --suffixes php
  - ./vendor/bin/phpcs --extensions=php --standard=./configuration/phpcs/Production/ruleset.xml ./path/to ./your/sources

```

How to contribute
=================

[](#how-to-contribute)

If you want to contribute to the standard here is how it works.

- Create a fork of PhilippWitzmann/CodingStandard.
- Create your branch from master and commit your changes.
- Push your branch to your fork.
- Create a pull request on GitHub.
- Discuss your pull request with us.
- Our devs will then merge or close the pull request.

Acknowledgements
================

[](#acknowledgements)

This would not be possible without the tremendous work of the good people at [PHP Code Sniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) and [PHP Mess Detector](https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd) and of course the authors annotated in the source files. Also check out the original version of this standard over at the amazing people from [Sparhandy](https://github.com/Sparhandy/CodingStandard)

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.9% 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 ~23 days

Recently: every ~124 days

Total

25

Last Release

2359d ago

Major Versions

0.1 → 1.02018-08-30

1.0.1.2 → 3.0.02019-02-08

PHP version history (2 changes)2.0.2PHP >=7.0

3.0.0PHP >=7.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16005859?v=4)[Philipp Witzmann](/maintainers/PhilippWitzmann)[@PhilippWitzmann](https://github.com/PhilippWitzmann)

---

Top Contributors

[![sk-sparhandy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7532845?v=4)](https://github.com/sk-sparhandy "sk-sparhandy (8 commits)")[![d1m1-87](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31273041?v=4)](https://github.com/d1m1-87 "d1m1-87 (1 commits)")

---

Tags

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