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xunitpatterns/xunitpatterns-stan
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PHPStan linting for PHPUnit based on the smells in the XUnit Patterns book by Gerard Meszaros

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PHPUnitPatternsStan
===================

[](#phpunitpatternsstan)

This is an extension for PHPStan that adds some rules based on the smells in the XUnit Patterns book by Gerard Meszaros.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

To use this extension, require it in Composer:

```
composer require --dev xunitpatterns/xunitpatterns-stan

```

That is all you need to do if you have [phpstan/extension-installer](https://github.com/phpstan/extension-installer)then that's all you need to do.

Otherwise, you will need to include the rules manually in your phpstan.neon file.

###  Health Score

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