PHP_CodeSniffer's phpcs is a script that tokenizes PHP, JavaScript and CSS files to detect violations of a defined coding standard.
Basic usage.
docker run --rm \
    --volume /local/path:/project \
    herloct/phpcs[:tag] [<options>]For example, to check src directory against the PSR1 and PSR2 coding standard.
docker run --rm \
    --volume /local/path:/project \
    herloct/phpcs --standard=PSR1,PSR2 src- /project: Your PHP project directory.