Apache Ant build.xml file for validating PHP projects

PHP Project Checker.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<project name="ProjectChecker" default="build" basedir=".">

    <target name="build" depends="tools,testing" />

    <target name="tools" depends="tools.phplint,tools.phpcs,tools.phpmd" description="Run code examination tools" />

    <target name="tools.phplint" description="Check code with PHP Lint option">
        <apply executable="php" failonerror="true">
            <arg value="-l" />  
            <fileset dir="${basedir}/app">
                <include name="**/*.php" />
                <modified />
            </fileset>
        </apply>
    </target>

    <target name="tools.phpcs" description="Check code with PHP Code Sniffer">
        <exec executable="phpcs">
            <arg value="-n" />
            <arg value="--ignore=vendor/*,app/views/*,app/storage/*" />
            <arg value="--extensions=php" />
            <arg value="--error-severity=1" />
            <arg path="${basedir}/app" />
        </exec>
    </target>

    <target name="tools.phpmd" description="Check code with PHP Mess Detector">
        <exec executable="phpmd">
            <arg path="${basedir}/app" />
            <arg value="text" />
            <arg value="codesize,unusedcode,naming" />
        </exec>
    </target>

    <target name="testing" depends="testing.phpunit" description="Run various testing frameworks" />

    <target name="testing.phpunit" description="Run unit tests with PHPUnit">
        <exec executable="${basedir}/vendor/bin/phpunit" failonerror="true">
            <arg value="-c" />
            <arg value="${basedir}/phpunit.xml" />
        </exec>
    </target>

</project>

This requires PHP Code Sniffer, PHP Mess Detector, and PHPUnit.