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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. secl-group/phpcs-secl-standard ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) secl-group/phpcs-secl-standard ============================== A PHP\_CodeSniffer maintainability standard for Secl Group applications v1.0.2(9y ago)149.7k1[1 issues](https://github.com/SECL-Group/phpcs-secl-standard/issues)BSDPHP Since Sep 20Pushed 9y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/SECL-Group/phpcs-secl-standard)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/secl-group/phpcs-secl-standard)[ Docs](https://github.com/SECL-Group/phpcs-secl-standard)[ RSS](/packages/secl-group-phpcs-secl-standard/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (4)Used By (0) Secl Group PHP\_CodeSniffer Maintainability Coding Standard =========================================================== [](#secl-group-php_codesniffer-maintainability-coding-standard) PHP\_CodeSniffer maintainability standard for [Secl Group applications](http://seclgroup.com/). Everyone is probably familiar with a situation in which, with the development of a project, the implementation of new functions becomes more time-consuming and expensive. And, unfortunately, it often happens that the price starts to significantly outweigh the possible benefit that can be obtained from the implementation of the function. Having analyzed a number of projects, the experts of Software Improvement Group (SIG) developed a set of simple principles and rules with the help of which you can make the situation much better. Some of these principles can be easily controlled in automatic mode. For this purpose, special software was created for such languages as Java and C#. We propose the easiest implementation of automatic control for PHP development. In this option, we have carried out control of these basic principles: - A function should be no longer than 15 lines of code; - The cyclomatic complexity of a function should not exceed 5; - Functions should not take more than 4 input arguments. Once such control has been implemented in our company, the quality of development has significantly improved. Therefore, the code has become much easier to understand and maintain. We propose you a basic option of the solution for automatic control. The standard can be easily integrated into a version control system. We recommend using it combined with other stylistic standards of your company. This project was based on the principles provided by Joost Visser in his book [Building Maintainable Software](https://github.com/oreillymedia/building_maintainable_software) (ISBN print: 978-1-4919-5352-5, ISBN eBook: 978-1-4919-5348-8). For more information about software maintainability, we recommend that you read the book. Installation ------------ [](#installation) This coding standard can be installed via composer or used in your PHP\_CodeSniffer install over PECL. Both ways are described below, but the way of using composer is recommended: ### Using Composer [](#using-composer) 1. Install The standard as a dependency of your composer based project (It will install a composer version of PHP\_CodeSniffer as a dependency): ``` $ php composer.phar require --dev secl-group/phpcs-secl-standard:~1.0.0 ``` 2. Profit! ``` $ bin/phpcs --standard=vendor/secl-group/phpcs-secl-standard/secl-group/phpcs/Secl --extensions=php src/ ``` ### Using PEAR [](#using-pear) 1. Install PHP\_CodeSniffer: ``` $ pear install PHP_CodeSniffer ``` 2. Find your PEAR directory: ``` $ pear config-show | grep php_dir ``` 3. Copy, symlink or check out this repository to `Secl` folder inside the phpcs `Standards` directory: ``` $ cd /path/to/pear/PHP/CodeSniffer/Standards $ git clone https://github.com/SECL-Group/phpcs-secl-standard Secl ``` 4. Set Secl as your default coding standard if you want: ``` $ phpcs --config-set default_standard Secl ``` 5. Profit! ``` $ phpcs --standard=Secl --extensions=php src/ ``` Contributing ============ [](#contributing) If you do contribute code to these Sniffs, please make sure it conforms to the PEAR coding standards and that the Secl-coding-standard unit tests are still passed. To check the coding standard, run from the Secl-coding-standard source root: ``` $ phpcs --ignore=*/tests/* --standard=Secl . -n ``` For unit-tests ============== [](#for-unit-tests) ``` $ composer install $ cp phpunit.xml.dist phpunit.xml ``` Make links to a vendor directory, use only absolute paths – otherwise, CORRECT the LINKS! ``` $ mkdir /path/to/phpcs/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer/Standards/Secl ln -sf /path/to/phpcs/Sniffs /path/to/phpcs/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer/Standards/Secl/Sniffs ln -sf /path/to/phpcs/Tests /path/to/phpcs/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer/Standards/Secl/Tests ln -sf /path/to/phpcs/ruleset.xml /path/to/phpcs/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer/Standards/Secl/ruleset.xml ln -sf /path/to/phpcs/phpunit.xml /path/to/phpcs/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer/Standards/Secl/phpunit.xml ``` The unit tests are run from the Secl directory which includes the vendor directory. ``` $ vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit.xml vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/tests/AllTests.php ``` ### Health Score 34 — LowBetter than 75% of packages Maintenance19 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity27 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity65 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 ~10 days Total 3 Last Release 3550d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11733530?v=4)[Nikita Semenov](/maintainers/SECL)[@SECL](https://github.com/SECL) --- Top Contributors [![h-sn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5969823?v=4)](https://github.com/h-sn "h-sn (7 commits)") --- Tags phpcsCoding StandardmaintainabilitySecl ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/secl-group-phpcs-secl-standard/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/secl-group-phpcs-secl-standard/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/secl-group-phpcs-secl-standard) ``` ### Alternatives [phpcsstandards/phpcsutils A suite of utility functions for use with PHP\_CodeSniffer 6337.7M90](/packages/phpcsstandards-phpcsutils)[laminas/laminas-coding-standard Laminas Coding Standard 341.8M594](/packages/laminas-laminas-coding-standard)[drupol/drupal-conventions Drupal conventions for coding. 2422.7k1](/packages/drupol-drupal-conventions)[ramsey/coding-standard A common coding standard for Ramsey's PHP libraries. 1095.3k40](/packages/ramsey-coding-standard)[forrest79/phpcs-ignores PHPCS-Ignores provides functionality to use baseline or other ignoring for original PHPCS. 1141.7k17](/packages/forrest79-phpcs-ignores)[syde/phpcs Syde PHP coding standards for WordPress projects. 1024.3k8](/packages/syde-phpcs) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)