3.3.41. Phpcsfixer

3.3.41.1. Phpcsfixer

The Phpcsfixer report provides a configuration file for php-cs-fixer, that automatically fixes issues found in related analysis in exakat.

This report builds a configuration file for php-cs-fixer.

• Use === null : is_null

• Else If Versus Elseif : elseif

• Multiple Unset() : combine_consecutive_unsets

• Classes/DontUnsetProperties: no_unset_on_property

• Use Constant Instead Of Function : function_to_constant

• PHP7 Dirname : combine_nested_dirname

• Could Use __DIR__ : dir_constant

• Isset Multiple Arguments : combine_consecutive_issets

• Logical Should Use Symbolic Operators : logical_operators

• Not Not : no_short_bool_cast

PHP-cs-fixer is a tool to automatically fix PHP Coding Standards issues. Some of the modifications are more than purely coding standards, such has replacing dirname(dirname($path)) with dirname($path, 2).

Exakat builds a configuration file for php-cs-fixer, that will automatically fix a number of results from the audit. Here is the process :

• Run exakat audit

• Get Phpcsfixer report from exakat : php exakat.phar report -p <project> -format Phpcsfixer

• Update the target repository in the generated code

• Save this new configuration in a file called ‘.php_cs’

• Run php-cs-fixer on your code : php php-cs-fixer.phar fix /path/to/code --dry-run

• Fixed your code with php-cs-fixer : php php-cs-fixer.phar fix /path/to/code

• Run a new exakat audit

This configuration file should be reviewed before being used. In particular, the target files should be updated with the actual repository : this is the first part of the configuration.

It is also recommended to use the option ‘–dry-run’ with php-cs-fixer to check the first run.

Php-cs-fixer runs fixes for coding standards : this reports focuses on potential fixes. It is recommended to complete this base report with extra coding conventions fixes. The building of a coding convention is outside the scope of this report.

Exakat may find different issues than php-cs-fixer : using this report reduces the number of reported issues, but may leave some issues unsolved. In that case, manual fixing is recommended.

3.3.41.2. Specs

Short name	Phpcsfixer
Rulesets	php-cs-fixable.
Type	JSON
Target	This report is written in ‘phpcsfixer.exakat.php’.
Available in	Entreprise Edition