The PHP Code Sniffer configuration file I use for Laravel Applications. I had to remove PSR2 code just because it causes lots of problems with magic function in route files and models and stuff. But otherwise a good basic code sniffer config to use in Laravel projects.

phpcs.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Laravel Standards">

    <description>Laravel Coding Standards</description>

    <rule ref="Generic.Classes.DuplicateClassName"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.ForLoopShouldBeWhileLoop"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.JumbledIncrementer"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnconditionalIfStatement"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnnecessaryFinalModifier"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnusedFunctionParameter"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UselessOverridingMethod"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.Formatting.DisallowMultipleStatements"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.Formatting.MultipleStatementAlignment">
        <properties>
            <property name="error" value="false"/>
        </properties>
    </rule>
    <rule ref="Generic.Formatting.NoSpaceAfterCast"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.Functions.CallTimePassByReference"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.Functions.FunctionCallArgumentSpacing"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.Metrics.NestingLevel"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.NamingConventions.ConstructorName"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.NamingConventions.UpperCaseConstantName"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.NamingConventions.CamelCapsFunctionName"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.PHP.DeprecatedFunctions"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.PHP.ForbiddenFunctions"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.PHP.LowerCaseConstant"/>
    <rule ref="Generic.Strings.UnnecessaryStringConcat"/>
    <rule ref="PEAR.Classes.ClassDeclaration">
        <properties>
            <property name="indent" value="2"/>
        </properties>
    </rule>
    <rule ref="PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidClassName"/>
    <rule ref="PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName"/>

    <file>app</file>
    <file>config</file>
    <file>public</file>
    <file>resources</file>
    <file>routes</file>
    <file>tests</file>

    <exclude-pattern>*/database/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/cache/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/*.js</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/*.css</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/*.xml</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/*.blade.php</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/autoload.php</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/storage/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/docs/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/migrations/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/config/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/public/index.php</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/*.blade.php</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/Middleware/*</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/Console/Kernel.php</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/Exceptions/Handler.php</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/Http/Kernel.php</exclude-pattern>
    <exclude-pattern>*/Providers/*</exclude-pattern>

    <arg name="colors"/>
    <arg value="spvnl"/>
    <ini name="memory_limit" value="128M"/>
</ruleset>