README

A Composer plugin that properly registers PHP Code Sniffer standards. Visit the PHP Code Sniffer coding standard tutorial to find out more about creating custom coding standards/rulesets.

Create an Installable Coding Standard

1. Create a repository for hosting your PHP Code Sniffer coding standard.
2. Set the type as phpcs-standards in your composer.json file.
3. Require PHP Code Sniffer and this installer as dependencies in your composer.json file:

    "type": "phpcs-standards",
    "require": {
        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.9.2",
        "wpscholar/phpcs-standards-installer": "^1.0"
    }

Usage

• Require any Composer package of type phpcs-standards.
• Optionally add any PHP Code Sniffer config options to the extra section in your composer.json file

    "require": {
      "wpscholar/phpcs-standards-wpscholar": "^1.0"
    },
    "extra": {
        "phpcs-config": {
            "default_standard": "WPScholar",
            "testVersion": "5.4-"
        }
    }

• Run composer install!

IDE Integration

Some IDE integrations of PHPCS will fail to register your ruleset since it doesn't live in your project root. In order to rectify this, place phpcs.xml at your project root:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Project Rules">
	<rule ref="WPScholar" />
</ruleset>