phpcs(1)

NAME
phpcs - PHP code sniffer CLI tool

SYNOPSIS
phpcs [-nwlsaepvi] [-d key[ =value ]] [--colors] [--no-colors] [--report= report] [--report-file= reportFile] [--report- report= reportFile] ... [--report-width= reportWidth] [--generator= generator] [--tab-width= tabWidth] [--severity= severity] [--error-severity= severity] [--warning-severity= severity] [--runtime-set key value] [--config-set key value] [--config-delete key] [--config-show] [--standard= standard] [--sniffs= sniffs] [--encoding= encoding] [--extensions= extensions [--ignore= patterns] file ...

DESCRIPTION

phpcs (or PHP_CodeSniffer) is a PHP5 script that tokenises PHP, JavaScript and CSS files to detect violations of a defined coding standard. It is an essential development tool that ensures your code remains clean and consistent. It can also help prevent some common semantic errors made by developers.

PARAMETERS

file

    One or more files and/or directories to check

encoding

    The encoding of the files being checked (default is iso-8859-1)

extensions

    A comma separated list of file extensions to check (extension filtering only valid when checking a directory). The type of the file can be specified using: ext/type e.g., module/php,es/js

generator

    The name of a doc generator to use (forces doc generation instead of checking)

patterns

    A comma separated list of patterns to ignore files and directories

report

    Print either the full, xml, checkstyle, csv, json, emacs, source, summary, diff, svnblame, gitblame, hgblame, or notifysend report (the full report is printed by default)

reportFile

    Write the report to the specified file path

reportWidth

    How many columns wide screen reports should be printed or set to "auto" to use current screen width, where supported

sniffs

    A comma separated list of sniff codes to limit the check to (all sniffs must be part of the specified standard)

severity

    The minimum severity required to display an error or warning

standard

    The name or path of the coding standard to use

tabWidth

    The number of spaces each tab represents

OPTION

-n

    Do not print warnings (shortcut for --warning-severity=0)

-w

    Print both warnings and errors (this is the default)

-l

    Local directory only, no recursion

-s

    Show sniff codes in all reports

-a

    Run interactively

-e

    Explain a standard by showing the sniffs it includes

-p

    Show progress of the run

-v[v][v]

    Print verbose output

-i

    Show a list of installed coding standards

-d

    Set the key php.ini value to value or true if value is omitted

--help

    Print the help message

--version

    Print version information

--colors

    Use colors in output

--no-colors

    Do not use colors in output (this is the default)

SEE ALSO
phpcbf(1)