phpcs installed via composer - how to install cakephp? about cakephp-codesniffer HOT 6 CLOSED

You might be able to just install the pear package for cakephp-codesniffer with composer. I have not done it before, so it might not work. It depends on how phpcs finds other standards. I know that when installed via pear the directory structure has to be correct for everything to work.

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I was able to install the CakePHP sniffs by installing CakePHP_CodeSniffer via composer, and then symlink the sniff folder to CodeSniffer/Standards/CakePHP.

    "require": {
        "pear-pear.cakephp.org/CakePHP_CodeSniffer": "*"
    },
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "pear",
            "url": "http://pear.cakephp.org"
        }
    ]

The symlinking can be done via post-install-script and post-update-script.

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Would you be able to send us the post-install-script you used? I could add it to the repository and also start publishing a composer package.

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It's a bit long, hopefully you get it all.

    "post-install-cmd": [
        "if [ ! -h vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer/Standards/CakePHP ]; then ln -s vendor/pear-pear.cakephp.org/CakePHP_CodeSniffer/PHP/CodeSniffer/Standards/CakePHP/ vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer/Standards/CakePHP ; fi"
    ]

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Thanks 👍 We might need to do this in PHP code as bash + windows = nope.

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That's a good point. Perhaps using a custom install path would solve the issue? That way composer can install the package directly under squizlabs/php_codesniffer/CodeSniffer/Standards/CakePHP. There would still be some challenges left, however, since the sniffs aren't in the root of the repository.

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