psalm-plugin-laravel VS PHP Code Sniffer

Psalm is a static analysis tool for PHP. Much like PHPStan is to Larastan, Psalm has a plugin called Laravel Psalm that allows you to easily use it in Laravel projects.

Thanks. Num.2 is this about https://github.com/psalm/psalm-plugin-laravel or applicable to other projects? Num.3 - isn't that how it is now?

Also disagree with the static analysis take - we have dozens of Laravel applications that pass Psalm's static analysis with the strictest settings. All it takes is the Laravel plugin and some DocBlocks here and there.

Psalm v3 came with a new plugin framework that makes authoring integrations for third party packages much easier. That, with Barry's IDE Helper made the Laravel Plugin a reality according to Matt.

PHP Insights supports sniffs from PHP CodeSniffer and fixers from PHP CS Fixer. This allows you to add any sniff or fixer as long as it implements PHP_CodeSniffer\Sniffs\Sniff or PhpCsFixer\Fixer\FixerInterface.

I don’t know why but that link keeps reloading the page over and over. This one works for me: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/3932

PHP_CodeSniffer is a widely-used tool for enforcing coding standards in PHP. It checks the code against a set of predefined coding standards (such as PSR-12, PSR-2, and many others) and provides reports with violations and recommendations for improvement. Documentation: You can find more information about PHP_CodeSniffer and its usage in the official documentation: PHP_CodeSniffer Repository

While you're at it, also include code-style checkers like phpcs, phpmd and/or php-cs-fixer

See https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer

If you are well-versed in programming then you might wanna take a look at PHPCompatibility. It will scan your codebase at different PHP version rulesets to point out code that needs upgrading. You will be needing PHPCS for this.

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