php53to54

php53to54 is a collection of sniffs for PHP_CodeSniffer that check an PHP 5.3 application for PHP 5.4 compatibility.

This project is currently under development

Features

• Check for removed, deprecated or changed function, methods, constants etc. including stuff from removed or changed extensions
• Scan for usage of added, changed or removed parameters
• Search for removed ini-directives
• Namespace-aware scan for class, interface, constant definitions that would collide with new ones
• Check for invalid break/continue statements
• Check for call time pass by reference

Detailed feature list.

Requirements

• PHP_CodeSniffer 1.3.6+

Installation

Make sure you’ve PHP_CodeSniffer installed. After that you can either put this standard into the PHP_CodeSniffer Standards directory located in your PEAR directory: (pear/PHP/CodeSniffer/Standards) or place the standard somewhere else and use it as standalone standard.

Composer

You cann add the standard to your vendors directory by adding the dependency to your projects composer.json:

"require": {
    "foobugs-standards": "php53to54",
}

After an update with composer update, you’re able to include the standard via the full path using the --standard parameter:

vendor/bin/phpcs --standard="`pwd`/vendor/foobugs-standards/php53to54" <targetDir>

Download

Download the zip master from github and extract it in the PHP_CodeSniffer Standards directory.

Git-Clone-Install

This script will go to your PHP_CodeSniffer Standards directory and place a clone of php53to54 Standard inside of it:

cd `pear config-get php_dir`/PHP/CodeSniffer/Standards
git clone git@github.com:foobugs-standards/php53to54.git

Usage

Installed standard

If you have this standard copied or cloned into the PHP_CodeSniffer Standards directory the standard should be listed when calling:

phpcs -i

If php53to54 is listed there you’re ready to use this standard on any directory:

phpcs --standard=php53to54 <source-path>

External standard

If you did not put the Standard into PHP_CodeSniffers Standard directory you can specify the external location of the standard. Note that the path to the standard must be a full qualified path:

phpcs --standard=/Users/frank/Downloads/php53to54 <source-path>

You can find more options and arguments (f.i. ignoring files, extensions, memory limit) in the official PHP_CodeSniffer Manual.

Participate!

You can participate in this project by forking the Repository and push changes back to the project. Feel free to post issues or whishes in the issue section.