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[Directory](/) 2. / 3. zerkalica/phpmd ActiveLibrary zerkalica/phpmd =============== Unofficial version of PHPMD development staff to be handled with Composer. 2702PHP Since Aug 23Pushed 13y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/zerkalica/phpmd)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/zerkalica/phpmd)[ RSS](/packages/zerkalica-phpmd/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (1)Used By (0) Command line usage ================== [](#command-line-usage) Type phpmd \[filename|directory\] \[report format\] \[ruleset file\], i.e: ``` mapi@arwen ~ $ phpmd PHP/Depend/DbusUI/ xml rulesets/codesize.xml This class has too many methods, consider refactoring it. ``` You can pass a file name or a directory name containing PHP source code to PHPMD. The PHPMD PEAR or Phar distribution includes the rule set files inside its archive, even if the "rulesets/codesize.xml" parameter above looks like a filesystem reference. Command line options -------------------- [](#command-line-options) - Notice that the default output is in XML, so you can redirect it to a file and XSLT it or whatever - You can also use shortened names to refer to the built-in rule sets, like this: ``` phpmd PHP/Depend/DbusUI/ xml codesize ``` - The command line interface also accepts the following optional arguments: - `--minimumpriority` - The rule priority threshold; rules with lower priority than they will not be used. - `--reportfile` - Sends the report output to the specified file, instead of the default output target `STDOUT`. - `--extensions` - Comma separated string of valid PHP source file extensions. - `--ignore` - Comma separated string of files or directories that will be ignored during the parsing process. ### Using multiple rule sets [](#using-multiple-rule-sets) PHPMD uses so called rule sets that configure/define a set of rules which will be applied against the source under test. The default distribution of PHPMD is already shipped with a few default sets, that can be used out-of-box. You can call PHPMD's cli tool with a set's name to apply this configuration: ``` ~ $ phpmd /path/to/source text codesize ``` But what if you would like to apply more than one rule set against your source? You can also pass a list of rule set names, separated by comma to PHPMD's cli tool: ``` ~ $ phpmd /path/to/source text codesize,unusedcode,naming ``` You can also mix custom [rule set files](/documentation/creating-a-ruleset.html) with build-in rule sets: ``` ~ $ phpmd /path/to/source text codesize,/my/rules.xml ``` That's it. With this behavior you can specify you own combination of rule sets that will check the source code. ### Using multiple source files and folders [](#using-multiple-source-files-and-folders) PHPMD also allowes you to specify multiple source directories in case you want to create one output for certain parts of your code ``` ~ $ phpmd /path/to/code,index.php,/another/place/with/code text codesize ``` Exit codes ---------- [](#exit-codes) PHPMD's command line tool currently defines three different exit codes. - 0, This exit code indicates that everything worked as expected. This means there was no error/exception and PHPMD hasn't detected any rule violation in the code under test. - *1*, This exit code indicates that an error/exception occured which has interrupted PHPMD during execution. - *2*, This exit code means that PHPMD has processed the code under test without the occurence of an error/exception, but it has detected rule violations in the analyzed source code. Renderers --------- [](#renderers) At the moment PHPMD comes with the following three renderers: - *xml*, which formats the report as XML. - *text*, simple textual format. - *html*, single HTML file with possible problems. ### Health Score 24 — LowBetter than 32% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity13 Limited adoption so far Community17 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity41 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 95.7% 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. 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