Setup PHP CodeSniffer

Setup PHP CodeSniffer

Instructions for linux

• Setup a bin directory in your home folder.
• Add your bin directory to your PATH variable.
• Download phpcs and phpcbf files into your bin directory.
• Rename them to phpcs and phpcbf.
• Test that they work and files are executable by your user.

Setup Wordpress Coding Standards (modified by Glma)

1. Clone our forked copy of Wordpress Coding Standards to a directory named wpcs somewhere in your home directory.

git clone ssh://git@bitbucket.gaslightmedia.com:7999/doc/wordpress-coding-standards.git wpcs

2. Add its path to the PHP_CodeSniffer configuration

phpcs --config-set installed_paths {your path to wpcs}/wpcs

3. Test phpcs finds it using 'phpcs -i' 4. Set WordPress as the default standard using

phpcs --config-set default_standard WordPress

Visual Studio Code

Install and enable the phpcs extension by Ioannis Kappas (ikappas.phpcs).

In your user settings – CMD+, on Mac or Preferences -> Settings – set these two variables:

{
    ...
    "phpcs.executablePath": "/home/{user name}/bin/phpcs",
    "phpcs.standard": "WordPress-Extra",
    ...
}

Again, the executablePath should be the result of which phpcs.

Restart VSCode, and you should have code standards enabled.