phpcs.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="MainWP Dashboard" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/master/phpcs.xsd">

	<description>The Coding standard for the MainWP Dashboard.</description>

	<file>.</file>

	<arg value="sp"/>
	<arg name="extensions" value="php"/>
	<arg name="basepath" value="."/>
	<arg name="parallel" value="8"/>

	<exclude-pattern>*/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>*/bin/*</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>*/.github/*</exclude-pattern>
	<exclude-pattern>*/tests/*</exclude-pattern>
	
	<rule ref="WordPress">
		<exclude name="WordPress.Files.FileName"/>
		<exclude name="WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName"/>
		<exclude name="WordPress.CodeAnalysis.AssignmentInCondition.FoundInWhileCondition"/>
		
		<!-- Disable Nonce verification due to large number of false positives. -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.Security.NonceVerification"/>
		
		<!-- Disable Escaping output check due to large number of false positives. -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput"/>
		
		<!-- Disable Strict comparison check. Not applicable in the mojority of cases. -->
		<exclude name="WordPress.PHP.StrictComparisons"/>
                
                <!-- Disable Strict comparison in array check. Not applicable in the mojority of cases. -->               
                <exclude name="WordPress.PHP.StrictInArray"/>
		
		<!-- Disable Misuse of WP internationalization function check. -->               
                <exclude name="WordPress.WP.I18n"/>                
	</rule>
	
	<!-- Enforce PSR1 compatible namespaces. -->
	<rule ref="PSR1.Classes.ClassDeclaration"/>

	<rule ref="WordPress.Arrays.MultipleStatementAlignment">
		<properties>
			<property name="alignMultilineItems" value="!=100"/>
			<property name="exact" value="false" phpcs-only="true"/>
		</properties>
	</rule>

	<rule ref="PSR2.Methods.FunctionClosingBrace"/>

	<!-- Check code for cross-version PHP compatibility. -->
	<config name="testVersion" value="5.4-"/>
	<rule ref="PHPCompatibility">
		<!-- Exclude PHP constants back-filled by PHPCS. -->
		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.Constants.NewConstants.t_finallyFound"/>
		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.Constants.NewConstants.t_yieldFound"/>
		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.Constants.NewConstants.t_ellipsisFound"/>
		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.Constants.NewConstants.t_powFound"/>
		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.Constants.NewConstants.t_pow_equalFound"/>
		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.Constants.NewConstants.t_spaceshipFound"/>
		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.Constants.NewConstants.t_coalesceFound"/>
		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.Constants.NewConstants.t_coalesce_equalFound"/>
		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.Constants.NewConstants.t_yield_fromFound"/>
	</rule>

	<rule ref="WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DeprecatedWhitelistCommentFound">
		<!-- False positive for whitelist comment recognition, but no use fixing this now
			 as the WPCS native whitelist comments are deprecated anyhow. -->
		<exclude-pattern>/WordPress/AbstractClassRestrictionsSniff\.php$</exclude-pattern>
	</rule>

</ruleset>