phpstan
phpstan documentation
- Version in MegaLinter: 1.11.11
- Visit Official Web Site
- See How to configure phpstan rules
- If custom
phpstan.neon.dist
config file isn't found, phpstan.neon.dist will be used
- If custom
- See How to disable phpstan rules in files
Configuration in MegaLinter
- Enable phpstan by adding
PHP_PHPSTAN
in ENABLE_LINTERS variable - Disable phpstan by adding
PHP_PHPSTAN
in DISABLE_LINTERS variable
Variable | Description | Default value |
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PHP_PHPSTAN_ARGUMENTS | User custom arguments to add in linter CLI call Ex: -s --foo "bar" |
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PHP_PHPSTAN_COMMAND_REMOVE_ARGUMENTS | User custom arguments to remove from command line before calling the linter Ex: -s --foo "bar" |
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PHP_PHPSTAN_FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE | Custom regex including filter Ex: (src\|lib) |
Include every file |
PHP_PHPSTAN_FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE | Custom regex excluding filter Ex: (test\|examples) |
Exclude no file |
PHP_PHPSTAN_CLI_LINT_MODE | Override default CLI lint mode - file : Calls the linter for each file- list_of_files : Call the linter with the list of files as argument- project : Call the linter from the root of the project |
list_of_files |
PHP_PHPSTAN_FILE_EXTENSIONS | Allowed file extensions. "*" matches any extension, "" matches empty extension. Empty list excludes all filesEx: [".py", ""] |
[".php"] |
PHP_PHPSTAN_FILE_NAMES_REGEX | File name regex filters. Regular expression list for filtering files by their base names using regex full match. Empty list includes all files Ex: ["Dockerfile(-.+)?", "Jenkinsfile"] |
Include every file |
PHP_PHPSTAN_PRE_COMMANDS | List of bash commands to run before the linter | None |
PHP_PHPSTAN_POST_COMMANDS | List of bash commands to run after the linter | None |
PHP_PHPSTAN_UNSECURED_ENV_VARIABLES | List of env variables explicitly not filtered before calling PHP_PHPSTAN and its pre/post commands | None |
PHP_PHPSTAN_CONFIG_FILE | phpstan configuration file nameUse LINTER_DEFAULT to let the linter find it |
phpstan.neon.dist |
PHP_PHPSTAN_RULES_PATH | Path where to find linter configuration file | Workspace folder, then MegaLinter default rules |
PHP_PHPSTAN_DISABLE_ERRORS | Run linter but consider errors as warnings | false |
PHP_PHPSTAN_DISABLE_ERRORS_IF_LESS_THAN | Maximum number of errors allowed | 0 |
PHP_PHPSTAN_CLI_EXECUTABLE | Override CLI executable | ['phpstan'] |
MegaLinter Flavors
This linter is available in the following flavors
Flavor | Description | Embedded linters | Info | |
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all | Default MegaLinter Flavor | 122 | |
cupcake | MegaLinter for the most commonly used languages | 83 | ||
php | Optimized for PHP based projects | 54 |
Behind the scenes
How are identified applicable files
- File extensions:
.php
How the linting is performed
- phpstan is called once with the list of files as arguments (
list_of_files
CLI lint mode)
Example calls
phpstan analyse --no-progress --no-ansi myfile.php
phpstan analyse --no-progress --no-ansi -c phpstan.neon myfile.php
phpstan analyse --no-progress --no-ansi myfile1.php myfile2.php
phpstan analyse --no-progress --no-ansi mydir1/ mydir2/ myfile.php
Help content
Description:
Analyses source code
Usage:
analyse [options] [--] [<paths>...]
analyze
Arguments:
paths Paths with source code to run analysis on
Options:
-c, --configuration=CONFIGURATION Path to project configuration file
-l, --level=LEVEL Level of rule options - the higher the stricter
--no-progress Do not show progress bar, only results
--debug Show debug information - which file is analysed, do not catch internal errors
-a, --autoload-file=AUTOLOAD-FILE Project's additional autoload file path
--error-format=ERROR-FORMAT Format in which to print the result of the analysis
-b, --generate-baseline[=GENERATE-BASELINE] Path to a file where the baseline should be saved [default: false]
--allow-empty-baseline Do not error out when the generated baseline is empty
--memory-limit=MEMORY-LIMIT Memory limit for analysis
--xdebug Allow running with Xdebug for debugging purposes
--fix Launch PHPStan Pro
--watch Launch PHPStan Pro
--pro Launch PHPStan Pro
--fail-without-result-cache Return non-zero exit code when result cache is not used
-h, --help Display help for the given command. When no command is given display help for the analyse command
-q, --quiet Do not output any message
-V, --version Display this application version
--ansi|--no-ansi Force (or disable --no-ansi) ANSI output
-n, --no-interaction Do not ask any interactive question
-v|vv|vvv, --verbose Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
Installation on mega-linter Docker image
- Dockerfile commands :
# Parent descriptor install
RUN GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN="$(cat /run/secrets/GITHUB_TOKEN)" \
&& export GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN \
&& wget --tries=5 -q -O phive.phar https://phar.io/releases/phive.phar \
&& wget --tries=5 -q -O phive.phar.asc https://phar.io/releases/phive.phar.asc \
&& PHAR_KEY_ID="0x6AF725270AB81E04D79442549D8A98B29B2D5D79" \
&& ( gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys "$PHAR_KEY_ID" \
|| gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$PHAR_KEY_ID" \
|| gpg --keyserver keyserver.pgp.com --recv-keys "$PHAR_KEY_ID" \
|| gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys "$PHAR_KEY_ID" ) \
&& gpg --verify phive.phar.asc phive.phar \
&& chmod +x phive.phar \
&& mv phive.phar /usr/local/bin/phive \
&& rm phive.phar.asc \
&& update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/php php /usr/bin/php83 110
COPY --from=composer/composer:2-bin /composer /usr/bin/composer
ENV PATH="/root/.composer/vendor/bin:${PATH}"
# Linter install
RUN GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN="$(cat /run/secrets/GITHUB_TOKEN)" && export GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN && composer global require phpstan/phpstan bartlett/sarif-php-converters "1.0.x-dev#8ed4611 as 1.0.0"