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phpmd: Scan a file or directory for problems using comma-separated rulesets.

phpmd

$ phpmd ${filename_or_directory} ${xml|text|html} ${rulesets}

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The command you provided is for running PHP Mess Detector (PHPMD), a tool used for finding potential problems, coding issues, and inconsistencies in PHP code. The command has the following components:

phpmd: This is the command to run the PHPMD tool.
${filename_or_directory}: This parameter specifies the file or directory that you want to analyze using PHPMD. You can provide a specific PHP file or a directory containing multiple PHP files.
${xml|text|html}: This parameter determines the format of the analysis report generated by PHPMD. You can choose either xml, text, or html format for the report.
${rulesets}: This parameter specifies the set of rules or rule sets that PHPMD will use during analysis. Rulesets define the coding standards or specific rules that PHPMD will check against. Multiple rulesets can be provided by separating them with commas.

To use this command, you need to replace ${filename_or_directory} with the actual file or directory you want to analyze, ${xml|text|html} with the desired report format, and ${rulesets} with the rulesets you want PHPMD to use. For example, if you want to analyze a PHP file called example.php using the codesize and unusedcode rulesets and generate an HTML report, you would run the command as follows:

phpmd example.php html codesize,unusedcode

This will run PHPMD on example.php, generate an HTML report, and check against the rulesets codesize and unusedcode.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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