My custom version

phpcs.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<ruleset name="PHP_CodeSniffer">

    <description>PHPCS configuration file.</description>
    <!-- check all files in the app directory, feel free to add more files with:
<file>FOLDER NAME</file>
-->
    <file>app</file>
    <file>bootstrap</file>
    <file>config</file>
    <file>database</file>
    <file>resources</file>
    <file>routes</file>
    <file>tests</file>

    <!-- exclude our migrations directory from the violation check-->
    <exclude-pattern>*/migrations/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>bootstrap/cache/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>bootstrap/autoload.php</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/seeds/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*.blade.php</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*.js</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/*.css</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/*.xml</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/storage/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/docs/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/cache/*</exclude-pattern>


    <!-- Show progression -->
    <arg value="p"/>

    <!-- ignore warnings and display ERRORS only -->
    <arg value="np" />

    <!-- Our base rule: set to PSR12-->
    <rule ref="PSR12" />

</ruleset>