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sparhandy/codingstandard
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This is the Sparhandy coding standard.

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Sparhandy Coding Standard
=========================

[](#sparhandy-coding-standard)

This repository contains all necessary files to configure PHP Code Sniffer and PHP Mess Detector according to our coding standard.

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

[](#installation-with-composer)

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

```
composer require "sparhandy/codingstandard" "dev-master"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### From Terminal (Cli)

[](#from-terminal-cli)

#### PHP Code Sniffer

[](#php-code-sniffer)

To execute PHP Code Sniffer configured for sparhandy coding standards do the following.

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

#### PHP Mess Detector

[](#php-mess-detector)

To execute PHP Mess Detector configured for sparhandy coding standards do the following.

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

### 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 Sparhandy/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.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 61.5% 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 ~26 days

Recently: every ~14 days

Total

11

Last Release

2829d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0.1 → 2.0.02018-04-20

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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