NAME

       PHPMD - PHPMD command line interface

DESCRIPTION

       Mandatory  arguments: 1) A php source code filename or directory. Can be a comma-separated
       string, glob pattern, or "-" to scan stdin 2) A report format 3) A ruleset filename  or  a
       comma-separated string of rulesetfilenames

       Example: phpmd /path/to/source format ruleset

       Available  formats:  ansi,  baseline, checkstyle, github, gitlab, html, json, sarif, text,
       xml.  Available rulesets: cleancode, codesize, controversial, design, naming, unusedcode.

       Optional arguments that may be put after the  mandatory  arguments:  --verbose,  -v,  -vv,
       -vvv:  Show  debug  information.   --minimum-priority: rule priority threshold; rules with
       lower priority than this will not be used --report-file: send report  output  to  a  file;
       default  to  STDOUT --error-file: send errors (other than reported violations) output to a
       file; default to STDERR --suffixes: comma-separated string of valid source  code  filename
       extensions,  e.g. php,phtml --exclude: comma-separated string of patterns that are used to
       ignore directories. Use asterisks to exclude by pattern.  For  example  *src/foo/*.php  or
       *src/foo/*   --strict:  also  report  those  nodes  with  a  @SuppressWarnings  annotation
       --ignore-errors-on-exit:   will   exit   with    a    zero    code,    even    on    error
       --ignore-violations-on-exit:  will exit with a zero code, even if any violations are found
       --cache:  will  enable  the  result  cache.   --cache-file:   instead   of   the   default
       .phpmd.result-cache.php  will  use this file as result cache file path.  --cache-strategy:
       sets the caching strategy to determine if a file is still fresh. Either `content` to  base
       it  on  the  file  contents,  or  `timestamp`  to  base  it on the file modified timestamp
       --generate-baseline: will generate a phpmd.baseline.xml next to  the  first  ruleset  file
       location   --update-baseline:   will   remove   any   non-existing   violations  from  the
       phpmd.baseline.xml --baseline-file: a custom location of the baseline file --color: enable
       color  in output --extra-line-in-excerpt: Specify how many extra lines are added to a code
       snippet in html format --: Explicit argument separator: Anything after "--" will  be  read
       as an argument even ifit starts with "-" or matches the name of an option