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PHP_CodeSniffer is a PHP5 script that tokenises PHP, JavaScript and CSS files to detect violations of a defined coding standard. It is an essential development tool that ensures your code remains clean and consistent. It can also help prevent some common semantic errors made by developers.

PHP_CodeSniffer requires PHP version 5.1.2 or greater, although individual sniffs may have additional requirements such as external applications and scripts. See the Configuration Options manual page for a list of these requirements.

The SVN pre-commit hook requires PHP version 5.2.4 or greater due to its use of the vertical whitespace character.

If you use Composer, include a dependency for isislabs/php_codesniffer in your composer.json file. For example:

{
    "require": {
        "isislabs/php_codesniffer": "1.*"
    }
}

You will then be able to run PHP_CodeSniffer from the vendor bin directory:

./vendor/bin/phpcs -h

The documentation for PHP_CodeSniffer is available in the PEAR manual.

Information about upcoming features and releases is available on the Squiz Labs blog.