phpcs - PHP code sniffer CLI tool

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.

       phpcs - PHP code sniffer CLI tool

-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 sniff 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

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,  or  notifysend 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

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                                                   2018-02-27                                           phpcs(1)

phpcs   [-nwlsaepqvi]   [-dkey[=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-setkeyvalue]   [--config-setkeyvalue]     [--config-deletekey]    [--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 ...