NAME

       phpcs - PHP code sniffer CLI tool

SYNOPSIS

       phpcs   [-nwlsaepqvi]   [-d   key[=value]]  [--colors]  [--no-colors]  [--cache=cacheFile]
       [--no-cache]    [--tab-width=tabWidth]    [--report=report]     [--report-file=reportFile]
       [--report-report=reportFile]       [--report-width=reportWidth]      [--basepath=basepath]
       [--bootstrap=bootstrap]         [--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]
       [--exclude=sniffs]  [--encoding=encoding]  [--parallel=processes]  [--generator=generator]
       [--extensions=extensions     [--ignore=patterns]     [--ignore-annotations]      [--stdin-
       path=stdinPath] [--file-list=fileList] [--filter=filter] 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

       cacheFile

              Use a specific file for caching (uses a temporary file by default)

       basepath

              A path to strip from the front of file paths inside reports

       bootstrap

              A comma separated list of files to run before processing starts

       encoding

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

       extensions

              A comma separated list of file extensions to check.  The type of the  file  can  be
              specified using: ext/type e.g., module/php,es/js

       file

              One or more files and/or directories to check

       fileList

              A file containing a list of files and/or directories to check (one per line)

       filter

              Use  either  the  GitModified  or GitStaged filter, or specify the path to a custom
              filter class

       generator

              Use either the HTML, Markdown or Text generator  (forces  documentation  generation
              instead of checking)

       patterns

              A comma separated list of patterns to ignore files and directories

       processes

              How many files should be checked simultaneously (default is 1)

       report

              Print  either  the full, xml, checkstyle, csv, json, junit, emacs, source, summary,
              diff, svnblame, gitblame, hgblame, notifysend or performance report, or specify the
              path to a custom report class (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

       severity

              The minimum severity required to display an error or warning

       sniffs

              A comma separated list of sniff codes to include or exclude  during  checking  (all
              sniffs must be part of the specified standard)

       standard

              The name or path of the coding standard to use

       stdinPath

              If processing STDIN, the file path that STDIN will be processed as

       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 error codes in all reports

       -a

              Run interactively

       -e

              Explain a standard by showing the sniffs it includes

       -p

              Show progress of the run

       -q

              Quiet mode; disables progress and verbose output

       -n

              Stop  error  messages  from  being  recorded (saves a lot of memory, but stops many
              reports from being used)

       -v

              Print processed files

       -vv

              Print ruleset and token output

       -vvv

              Print sniff processing information

       -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)

       --cache

              Cache results between runs

       --no-cache

              Do not cache results between runs (this is the default)

       --ignore-annotations

              Ignore all phpcs: annotations in code comments

SEE ALSO

       phpcbf(1)

                                            2018-02-27                                   phpcs(1)