ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="A24Studio">

 <!--
    The name attribute of the ruleset tag is displayed
    when running PHP_CodeSniffer with the -v command line
    argument.
 -->
 <description>A24Studio Coding standards</description>

 <!--
    Start by including PSR standards
 -->
 <rule ref="PSR">
    <exclude name="Generic.Files.LineLength"/>
    <exclude name="Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent"/>
 </rule>
 
 <!--
    Add generic and pear standards we wish to reuse
 -->
 <rule ref="Generic.Commenting.Todo"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.NamingConventions.UpperCaseConstantName"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.PHP.LowerCaseConstant"/>
 
 <rule ref="PEAR.Classes.ClassDeclaration"/>
 
 <rule ref="PEAR.Functions.ValidDefaultValue"/>
 
 <rule ref="Squiz.Commenting.DocCommentAlignment"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.Functions.GlobalFunction"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.SuperfluousWhitespace"/>
 
 
<!--     Add custom sniffs -->
 
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.Commenting.FunctionComment"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.Commenting.FileComment"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.Commenting.InlineComment"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.Commenting.VariableComment"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.WhiteSpace.FunctionSpacing"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.WhiteSpace.ScopeClosingBrace"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.Commenting.FunctionCommentThrowTag"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.Classes.ClassImport"/>
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.Commenting.NamespaceComment"/>
 
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.Functions.FunctionCallSignature"/>
 
 <rule ref="A24StudioCS.Files.LineLength">
    <properties>
        <property name="lineLimit" value="80"/>
        <property name="absoluteLineLimit" value="120"/>
        <property name="ignoreTagLineLength" value="@expectedExceptionCode|@expectedException|@covers"/>
        <property name="ignoreStartsWithLineLength" value="use"/> <!-- Also an array. Can add more items -->
    </properties>
 </rule>
 
</ruleset>