PHP Mess Detector VS PHPStan

PHPMD - PHP Mess Detector: PHPMD is a spin-off project of PHP Depend and aims to be a PHP equivalent of the well known Java tool PMD. PHPMD can be seen as an user friendly frontend application for the raw metrics stream measured by PHP Depend.

PHPMD Mess Detector: PHP Mess Detector PHP Mess Detector identifies potential problems and "code smells" in PHP code. It detects complex code, unused variables, duplicated code blocks, and other issues that may indicate poor code quality. It helps developers refactor and clean up their codebase. Documentation: To explore PHP Mess Detector and understand its usage, refer to the official repository: PHP Mess Detector Repository

While you're at it, also include code-style checkers like phpcs, phpmd and/or php-cs-fixer

Mess detector

PHP Mess Detector is a multi-faceted static analysis PHP Tool based on PHP Depend. The kind of problems detected by PHPMD are divided into 5 main categories:

PHPMD

I was tired of PHP's type system. Even with PHPStan and Psalm, there's no substitute for real compile-time guarantees. But I'm also practical - I don't want to pay for a VPS, maintain a server, manage security updates, configure databases, set up backups, and babysit infrastructure when shared hosting costs < $10/month and handles all of that for me.

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I'll assume you meant Mago instead of Mayo.

Why do you feel the need to personally discredit me instead of sticking to constructive arguments?

And where did I say Mago wasn't a static analysis tool?

I'm glad you wrote psaml. However I and most of the PHP community use https://phpstan.org instead, as you may know.

At the time I made this choice on technical grounds. Then PHPStan found a way to stay profitable with PHPStan Pro while psaml stagnated, which cemented my decision. Recently, vimeo being acquired by Bending Spoons doesn't help either since psalm still lives in https://github.com/vimeo/psalm

Static Analysis Tools: Use tools like Psalm, PHPStan, or PHPCodesniffer to maintain high code quality.

It internally uses PHPStan, one of the most respected tools for static analysis in PHP.

PHPStan for static analysis

Ensuring clean, maintainable code is vital in any Laravel project. While PHPStan is an excellent static analysis tool for identifying code issues, the raw JSON output it generates isn’t always human-friendly. That’s where a custom reporting script comes in handy.

Dev-friendly tools with Laravel Debugbar, PHPStan for static analysis and Pint for consistent code formatting

PHPStan: composer require --dev phpstan/phpstan

To do so simply install the runtime/frankenphp-symfony composer package. Then we install the bare minimum for a kick ass developer experience, a linter using Code Sniffer, phpstan as code quality audit tool, Rector to ease and automate code maintenance, some useful Symfony components and package and of course the Doctrine ORM. Here the composer.json file located at the symfony folder root.