Yii Framework PHP CodeSniffer Coding Standard (official repo)

You can read about Yii standard here: https://github.com/yiisoft/yii/wiki/Core-framework-code-style

How to install

Install PEAR:

 http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.getting.php

Install PHP_CodeSniffer:
```
 pear install PHP_CodeSniffer
```

Install Yii Coding Standard:

 git clone git://github.com/Ardem/yii-coding-standard.git Yii
 sudo ln -sv /path/to/yii-coding-standard/Yii $(pear config-get php_dir)/PHP/CodeSniffer/Standards

If you want, you can set Yii as coding standard by default:
```
 phpcs --config-set default_standard Yii
```

How to make a simple test

Checking a file (if yii-coding-standard is your standard by default)
```
 phpcs path/to/file.php
```
Checking a file (if yii-coding-standard is NOT your standard by default)
```
 phpcs --standard=Yii /path/to/file.php
```
Checking a directory (if yii-coding-standard is your standard by default)
```
 phpcs /path/to/directory
```
Checking a directory (if yii-coding-standard is NOT your standard by default)
```
 phpcs --standard=Yii /path/to/directory
```

How to use CS in IDE

NetBeans:

 http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/40282/phpmd-php-codesniffer-plugin
 
 --ignore="*/install/*,*/templates/*,modules/yupe/*,modules/zendsearch/*,config/*"

PHPStorm

 http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/webhelp/using-php-code-sniffer-tool.html

Zend Studio

 http://files.zend.com/help/Zend-Studio/content/working_with_php_codesniffer.htm

How to make a standard coding in the team

Use pre-commit hooks, which will make a code standard check for every commit.

For Git

 http://git-scm.com/book/en/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks

For SVN

 http://pear.php.net/manual/ru/package.php.php-codesniffer.svn-pre-commit.php

Yii-coding-standard and Composer

For using "yii-coding-standard" with Composer, include a dependency for "ardem/yii-coding-standard" in your composer.json file: