Performant static analyzer for PHP, which is extremely easy to use. It helps you catch common mistakes in your PHP code. It helps you improve your PHP code.

Example

Usage

name: "Phanalist GitHub action."
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - "main"
jobs:
  install-phanalist:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      # required for all workflows
      security-events: write
      # only required for workflows in private repositories
      actions: read
      contents: read
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: denzyldick/[email protected]
        with:
          src: /app

Rules

The following rules are available:

Code	Name	Default options
E0000	Example rule
E0001	Opening tag position
E0002	Empty catch
E0003	Method modifiers
E0004	Uppercase constants
E0005	Capitalized class name
E0006	Property modifiers
E0007	Method parameters count	check_constructor: true, max_parameters: 5
E0008	Return type signature
E0009	Cyclomatic complexity	max_complexity: 10
E0010	Npath complexity	max_complexity: 200
E0012	Service compatibility with Shared Memory Model	include_namespaces: ["App\Service\"], exclude_namespaces: [], reset_interfaces: ["ResetInterface"]

Adding a new rule is a simple task, and this tutorial explains how to do it.

Articles

Read a series of chapters on https://dev.to/denzyldick to understand the project's internals. It is a great, easy-to-read introduction to this project.

1. Write your static analyzer for PHP.
2. How I made it impossible to write spaghetti code.
3. Detecting spaghetti code in AST of a PHP source code.
4. Getting Symfony app ready for Swoole, RoadRunner, and FrankenPHP (no AI involved).