.TH phpcs 1 "2016-04-06"
.SH NAME
phpcs - PHP code sniffer CLI tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B phpcs
.RB [ \-nwlsaepqvi ]
.RB [ \-d
.IR key [\c
.BI = value\c
.RB ]]
.RB [ \-\-colors ]
.RB [ \-\-no\-colors ]
.RB [ \-\-stdin-path=\c
.IR stdinPath ]
.RB [ \-\-report=\c
.IR report ]
.RB [ \-\-report\-file=\c
.IR reportFile ]
.RB [ \-\-report\-\c
.IB report =\c
.IR reportFile ] \ \.\.\.
.RB [ \-\-report\-width=\c
.IR reportWidth ]
.RB [ \-\-generator=\c
.IR generator ]
.RB [ \-\-tab\-width=\c
.IR tabWidth ]
.RB [ \-\-severity=\c
.IR severity ]
.RB [ \-\-error\-severity=\c
.IR severity ]
.RB [ \-\-warning\-severity=\c
.IR severity ]
.RB [ \-\-runtime\-set
.IR key\ value ]
.RB [ \-\-config\-set
.IR key\ value ]
.RB [ \-\-config\-delete
.IR key ]
.RB [ \-\-config\-show ]
.RB [ \-\-standard=\c
.IR standard ]
.RB [ \-\-sniffs=\c
.IR sniffs ]
.RB [ \-\-exclude=\c
.IR sniffs ]
.RB [ \-\-encoding=\c
.IR encoding ]
.RB [ \-\-extensions=\c
.IR extensions
.RB [ \-\-ignore=\c
.IR patterns ]
.RB [ \-\-bootstrap=\c
.IR bootstrap ]
.RB [ \-\-file\-list=\c
.IR fileList ]
.IR file \ \.\.\.

.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.I 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.

.SH PARAMETERS
.LP
.I file
.IP
One or more files and/or directories to check

.LP
.I fileList
.IP
A file containing a list of files and/or directories to check (one per line)

.LP
.I stdinPath
.IP
If processing STDIN, the file path that STDIN will be processed as

.LP
.I bootstrap
.IP
A comma separated list of files to run before processing starts

.LP
.I encoding
.IP
The encoding of the files being checked (default is iso-8859-1)

.LP
.I extensions
.IP
A comma separated list of file extensions to check
(extension filtering only valid when checking a directory).
The type of the file can be specified using: ext/type
e.g., module/php,es/js

.LP
.I generator
.IP
Uses either the "HTML", "Markdown" or "Text" generator
(forces documentation generation instead of checking)

.LP
.I patterns
.IP
A comma separated list of patterns to ignore files and directories

.LP
.I report
.IP
Print either the
.BR full ,
.BR xml ,
.BR checkstyle ,
.BR csv ,
.BR json ,
.BR emacs ,
.BR source ,
.BR summary ,
.BR diff ,
.BR svnblame ,
.BR gitblame ,
.BR hgblame ,
or
.BR notifysend
report (the
.BR full
report is printed by default)

.LP
.I reportFile
.IP
Write the report to the specified file path

.LP
.I reportWidth
.IP
How many columns wide screen reports should be printed
or set to "auto" to use current screen width, where supported

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

.LP
.I severity
.IP
The minimum severity required to display an error or warning

.LP
.I standard
.IP
The name or path of the coding standard to use

.LP
.I tabWidth
.IP
The number of spaces each tab represents


.SH OPTION
.LP
.B \-n
.IP
Do not print warnings (shortcut for
.BR \-\-warning\-severity=0 )

.LP
.B \-w
.IP
Print both warnings and errors (this is the default)


.LP
.B \-l
.IP
Local directory only, no recursion

.LP
.B \-s
.IP
Show sniff codes in all reports

.LP
.B \-a
.IP
Run interactively

.LP
.B \-e
.IP
Explain a standard by showing the sniffs it includes

.LP
.B \-p
.IP
Show progress of the run

.LP
.B \-q
.IP
Quiet mode; disables progress and verbose output

.LP
.BR \-v [ v ][ v ]
.IP
Print verbose output

.LP
.B \-i
.IP
Show a list of installed coding standards

.LP
.B \-d
.IP
Set the
.I key
php.ini value to
.I value
or
.B true
if
.I value
is omitted

.LP
.B \-\-help
.IP
Print the help message

.LP
.B \-\-version
.IP
Print version information

.LP
.B \-\-colors
.IP
Use colors in output

.LP
.B \-\-no\-colors
.IP
Do not use colors in output (this is the default)

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR phpcbf (1)