php-pre-commit

Pre-commit git hook for enforcing php standards.

Currently uses PHP_CodeSniffer (PHPCS) and corrects .php staged files according to a phpcs config file (usually a phpcs.xml).

Install via the composer command:

composer require --dev 26b/php-pre-commit

In order for the hooks to be moved into the .git/hooks folder add the following to the project's composer.json:

"scripts": {
    "post-install-cmd": "php-pre-commit",
    "post-update-cmd": "php-pre-commit"
}

With composer install or composer update the pre-commit hook will be moved into .git/hooks.

If you want to skip the pre-commit execution, you can add the argument --no-verify to git commit.

Important

This package does not require PHPCS because it is up to you whether you want to use a local or global phpcs. Local phpcs takes precedence when the pre-commit runs. You can require them in the following way:

# Local
composer require --dev squizlabs/php_codesniffer
# Or global
composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer

Use Cases

Local PHPCS

If you intend to use different sets of standards in different repositories we advise you to install php_codesniffer locally, this will make sure that there will be no conflicts when configuring phpcs --config-set ... later on. In case you choose the local approach make sure to correct the PHPCS path on the examples below.

Usually it would be something like changing all phpcs references to ./vendor/bin/phpcs (or any other local path).

WordPress

Setup WordPress Standards (Manual)

First we need to clone the WordPress standards repository. It should be placed in a directory that phpcs can access. We placed ours in the home directory wpcs directory in root. Clone the repository into the wpcs folder via:

git clone git@github.com:WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards.git --depth=1 --branch 3.1.0 ~/wpcs

Secondly, we need to tell phpcs where these standards are.

phpcs --config-set installed_paths /full/path/to/wpcs

Finally, in order to check that phpcs recognises and uses the standards, we can check it like this:

$ phpcs -i
The installed coding standards are PEAR, Zend, PSR2, Squiz, PSR1, PSR12, WordPress, WordPress-Extra, WordPress-Docs and WordPress-Core

The output should resemble this, with the WordPress standards. If they are missing, phpcs might not be recognising the path. Check its paths via:

$ phpcs --config-show
Using config file: /full/path/to/global/composer/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer.conf

default_standard: WordPress-Extra
installed_paths:  /full/path/to/wpcs

Alternative (Automatic)

As an alternative you can use PHP_CodeSniffer Standards Composer Installer Plugin which helps to automatically link the wanted standards to phpcs. Be aware that it requires phpcs locally and so our pre-commit hook will use that phpcs. We can then require this package and WPCS in the following manner:

composer require --dev dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer wp-coding-standards/wpcs

Or add them to the composer.json:

"require-dev": {
    "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": "*",
    "wp-coding-standards/wpcs": "*"
}

And add scripts, to configure phpcs correctly upon composer install, like this:

"scripts": {
    "install-codestandards": [
        "Dealerdirect\\Composer\\Plugin\\Installers\\PHPCodeSniffer\\Plugin::run"
    ],
    "post-install-cmd": [
        "php-pre-commit",
        "@install-codestandards"
    ]
}

Laravel

Automatic Setup

Here, you can also use PHP_CodeSniffer Standards Composer Installer Plugin to automatically link the Laravel standards to phpcs. Again, make sure phpcs is installed locally and so our pre-commit. We just need to require emielmolenaar/phpcs-laravel package and we are done:

composer require --dev emielmolenaar/phpcs-laravel

Finally, add the same scripts to configure phpcs correctly upon composer install:

"scripts": {
    "install-codestandards": [
        "Dealerdirect\\Composer\\Plugin\\Installers\\PHPCodeSniffer\\Plugin::run"
    ],
    "post-install-cmd": [
        "php-pre-commit",
        "@install-codestandards"
    ]
}

Manual Setup

A Laravel's coding standard repository that is being updated consistently is emielmolenaar/phpcs-laravel. We will now proceed to the configuration (very similar to the WordPress configuration). First clone emielmolenaar/phpcs-laravel repository:

git clone https://github.com/emielmolenaar/phpcs-laravel.git --branch 2.0

Again, tell to phpcs where the standards are.

phpcs --config-set installed_paths /full/path/to/phpcs-laravel

Once more, make sure phpcs recognises and uses the installed standards:

$ phpcs -i
The installed coding standards are PEAR, Zend, PSR2, MySource, Squiz, PSR1, PSR12 and phpcs-laravel

The --config-show will give the following output:

$ phpcs --config-show
Using config file: /full/path/to/composer/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer.conf

installed_paths: /full/path/to/phpcs-laravel

Troubleshooting

• If the script is not executable, run the following, where the path is to the composer executable. (If installed globally it should be in ~/.composer/vendor/bin, otherwise it's in the folder that contains composer.json.)

  chmod +x vendor/bin/php-pre-commit