phpmd.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Neverbland's Never Mess!"
    xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
    xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
>
    <description>Sanity friendly PHPMD ruleset.</description>

    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml" />
    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml" />
    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml" />
    
    <!-- Exclude $id and $i from the short variables rule -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortVariable">
        <properties>
            <property name="exceptions" value="id,i,qb,em" />
        </properties>
    </rule>
    
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
        <!-- configured above -->
        <exclude name="ShortVariable" />
        <!-- allow getters for bool properties -->
        <exclude name="BooleanGetMethodName" />
    </rule>

    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml">
        <!-- It's sometimes hard to avoid unused parameters, especially when overwriting a method -->
        <exclude name="UnusedFormalParameter" />
    </rule>

</ruleset>