NAME

       PHPMD - PHPMD command line interface

DESCRIPTION

       Mandatory  arguments:  1)  A  php source code filename or directory. Can be a comma-separated string 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, html, json, sarif, text, xml.  Available rulesets:
       cleancode, codesize, controversial, design, naming, unusedcode.

       Optional  arguments  that  may  be  put  after  the mandatory arguments: --minimumpriority: rule priority
       threshold; rules with lower priority than this will not be used --reportfile: send  report  output  to  a
       file; default to STDOUT --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
       --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