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+README (English)
+--------------------------------
+
+This directory contains example of PHPCheckStyle configuration
+to use for quality assurance on PHP developpement.
+
+To run PHPCheckstyle in eclipse, you must:
+- install plugin PHP Tools integration http://www.phpsrc.org/eclipse/pti/
+- Unzip PHPCheckStyle archive into a directory.
+- Go in Eclipse - Window - Preferences - Dynamic Languages - Validator
+Choose External PHP Script,
+Set path ro run.php file for localhost
+Choose a PHP version, 
+Set parameter string with 
+  --src %f --config "phpstandard.cfg.xml" --format console
+Choose php as Filename extension 
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+<!-- somewhat inspired by java checkstyle -->
+<phpcheckstyle-configuration>
+
+	<!--  ****************  -->
+    <!--        Naming      -->
+    <!--  ****************  -->
+    
+    <!-- Check Constant Naming -->
+    <test name="constantNaming" regexp="/^[A-Z_][A-Z_]*[A-Z_]$/" level="ERROR"/>
+    
+     <!-- Check Variable Naming -->
+    <test name="variableNaming" regexp="/^[a-z_][a-zA-Z0-9]*$/" />
+    
+    <!-- Check Function Naming -->
+    <test name="functionNaming" regexp="/^[a-z]/" level="ERROR"/>
+    
+    <!-- Check Private Function Naming -->
+    <test name="privateFunctionNaming" regexp="/^_[a-z]/" level="ERROR"/>
+    
+    <!-- Checks the constuctor naming -->
+    <!-- old = old style (constructor = name of the class) -->
+    <!-- new = "__construct()" -->    
+    <test name="constructorNaming">
+        <property name="naming" value="old"/>
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check Class Naming -->
+    <test name="classNaming" regexp="/^[A-Z]/" level="ERROR"/>
+    
+    
+	<!--  ****************  -->
+    <!--      PHP Tags      -->
+    <!--  ****************  -->    
+    
+        
+    <!-- Test if a short php code open tag is used (<? instead of <?php ). -->
+    <test name="noShortPhpCodeTag"/>
+    
+    <!-- Test if a PHP closing file is present at the end of a file -->
+    <test name="noFileCloseTag"/>
+    
+    <!-- Test if a file finish with some inner HTML (OK for some view but could provoque "header already sent" error) -->
+    <test name="noFileFinishHTML" level="ERROR" />
+    
+    
+    <!--  ****************  -->
+    <!--      Comments      -->
+    <!--  ****************  -->    
+    
+	<!-- Check if some C style comments are used (#) -->    
+    <test name="noShellComments"/>
+    
+    <!-- Tests that every function and class is immediately preceded by a docblock. A property "excludePrivateMembers" can be set if you want to disable docblocks for private member functions. -->
+    <test name="docBlocks">
+        <property name="excludePrivateMembers" value="true"/>
+        <property name="testReturn" value="true"/>
+        <property name="testParam" value="true"/>
+        <property name="testThrow" value="true"/>
+    </test>
+    
+    <!--  ****************  -->
+    <!--    Indentation     -->
+    <!--  ****************  -->    
+             
+    <!-- Tests to make sure that a line does not contain the tab character. -->
+    <!-- <test name="noTabs"/>  -->
+    
+    <!-- Test to make sure that every control structure is included within a {} block, even if it is syntactically optional. -->
+    <test name="controlStructNeedCurly"/>
+    
+    <!-- Check the position of the open curly brace in a control structure (if) -->
+    <!-- sl = same line -->
+    <!-- nl = new line -->    
+    <test name="controlStructOpenCurly">
+        <property name="position" value="sl"/>
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check the position of the close curly brace  -->
+    <test name="controlCloseCurly" level="INFO">
+    </test>
+        
+    <!-- Check the position of the open curly brace after a function -->
+    <!-- sl = same line -->
+    <!-- nl = new line -->
+	<!--
+    <test name="funcDefinitionOpenCurly">
+        <property name="position" value="sl"/>
+    </test>
+    -->
+	
+	<!-- Check the position of the else -->
+	<!-- sl = same line -->
+    <!-- nl = new line -->
+    <test name="controlStructElse">
+	 	<property name="position" value="nl"/>
+	</test>
+    
+    
+    <!--  ****************  -->
+    <!--      Spaces        -->
+    <!--  ****************  --> 
+        
+    <!-- Tests that the control statements ("if", "else", "while", "for", etc.) 
+         are followed by a space before the opening parenthesis. 
+         PEAR standard stipulates this to distinguish it from function calls. 
+    -->
+   <test name="spaceAfterControlStmt"/>
+   
+    <!-- Check that there is no space after a function name in a function call -->
+    <!-- <test name="noSpaceAfterFunctionName" level="INFO"></test>  -->  
+	 
+    
+    <!-- Check for the (required) presence of a white space after some tokens (like ,) -->
+    <test name="checkWhiteSpaceAfter"> 
+    	<exception value="."/>  <!-- Exceptions to this rule -->
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check for the (required) presence of a white space before some tokens -->
+    <test name="checkWhiteSpaceBefore">
+    	<exception value="."/>  <!-- Exceptions to this rule -->
+    	<exception value=":"/>  <!-- Because of the switch/case --> 
+    </test> 
+    
+        
+    <!-- Check that there is no space before before some tokens  -->
+    <test name="noSpaceBeforeToken" level="INFO">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check that there is no space after some tokens -->
+    <test name="noSpaceAfterToken"  level="INFO">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!--  ****************  -->
+    <!--      Metrics       -->
+    <!--  ****************  --> 
+    
+    <!-- Check that the lenght of the line doesn't pass the max value -->
+    <test name="lineLength" level="INFO">
+        <property name="maxLineLength" value="160"/>
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Checks that the lenght (in lines) of a function doesn't pass the max value -->
+    <test name="functionLength" level="INFO">
+        <property name="maxLength" value="500"/>
+    </test>
+    
+    <!--  Checks for excessive parameters in a function declaration -->
+    <!-- <test name="functionMaxParameters">
+        <property name="maxParameters" value="4"/>
+    </test> -->
+    
+    <!-- Check Cyclomatic Complexity -->
+	<!-- see http://www.aivosto.com/project/help/pm-complexity.html -->
+ 	<test name="cyclomaticComplexity">
+        <!-- Level raising a warning -->
+        <property name="warningLevel" value="10"/>
+        <!-- Level raising an error -->
+        <property name="errorLevel" value="20"/>
+    </test>
+    
+    <!--  ****************  -->
+    <!--      Other         -->
+    <!--  ****************  --> 
+        
+    <!-- All arguments with default values should be at the end -->
+    <test name="defaultValuesOrder"/>
+                    
+    <!-- Check for prohibited functions -->
+    <!-- @see http://www.php.net/manual/en/indexes.php -->
+    <test name="checkProhibitedFunctions">
+    	<item value="echo"/>
+    	<item value="system"/>
+    	<item value="print_r"/>
+    	<item value="var_dump"/>
+    	<item value="dl"/>
+    	<item value="exec"/>
+    	<item value="passthru"/>
+    	<item value="delete"/>
+    	<item value="ereg_replace"/>
+    	<item value="ereg"/>
+    	<item value="eregi"/>
+    	<!-- <item value="copy"/>  -->
+    	<!-- <item value="fwrite"/>  -->
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check for prohibited tokens -->
+    <!-- @see http://www.php.net/manual/en/tokens.php -->
+    <test name="checkProhibitedTokens">
+    	<item value="T_BAD_CHARACTER"/>
+    	<item value="T_DECLARE"/>
+    	<item value="T_ENDDECLARE"/>
+    	<item value="T_ENDFOR"/>
+    	<item value="T_ENDFOREACH"/>
+    	<item value="T_ENDIF"/>
+    	<item value="T_ENDSWITCH"/>
+    	<item value="T_ENDWHILE"/>
+    	<item value="T_HALT_COMPILER"/>
+    	<item value="T_OLD_FUNCTION"/>
+    	<item value="T_PRINT"/>
+    	
+    	<!--  Same thing as the noShortPhpCodeTag rule -->
+    	<!-- <item value="T_OPEN_TAG_WITH_ECHO"/> -->
+    	
+    	<!-- <item value="T_INLINE_HTML"/> -->
+    	<!-- <item value="T_ECHO"/>  -->
+    	
+    	
+    </test>
+    
+     <!-- Check for silenced errors before function calls (@function) -->
+    <test name="checkSilencedError">
+    	<exception value="rename"/> <!-- Exceptions to this rule -->
+    	<exception value="mkdir"/>
+    	<exception value="chmod"/>
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check for encapsed variables inside a String ("$a") -->
+    <test name="encapsedVariablesInsideString">
+    </test>
+    
+     <!-- Avoid passing parameters by reference -->
+    <test name="avoidPassingReferences">
+    </test>
+        
+    <test name="showTODOs">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Use boolean operators (&&) instead of logical operators (AND) -->
+    <test name="useBooleanOperators">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check empty block like if ($a) {} -->
+    <test name="checkEmptyBlock">
+     	<!--  <exception value="catch"/>  -->
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check empty statement ( ;; ) -->
+    <test name="checkEmptyStatement">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check for the presence of heredoc -->
+    <test name="checkHeredoc">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Check for braces around code blocs (if, else, elseif, do, while, for, foreach) -->
+    <test name="needBraces">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Switch need a default value -->
+    <test name="switchNeedDefault">
+    </test>
+    
+     <!-- Switch case should have a break -->
+    <!--  <test name="switchCaseNeedBreak">
+    </test>  -->
+    
+    <!-- Switch default value should be at the end -->
+    <test name="switchDefaultOrder">
+    </test>
+    
+              
+    <!-- 
+    Avoid using unary operators (++) inside a control statement 
+    With the exception of for iterators, all variable incrementation or decrementation should occur in their own toplevel statement to increase readability.  
+    -->
+    <test name="checkUnaryOperator">
+   		<exception value="for"/>
+    </test>
+    
+    <!--
+    With inner assignments it is difficult to see all places where a variable is set.
+    With the exception of for iterators, all assignments should occur in their own toplevel statement to increase readability.  
+    -->
+    <test name="checkInnerAssignment">
+    	<exception value="for"/>
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Detect unused private functions (detecting unused public ones is more difficult) -->
+    <test name="checkUnusedPrivateFunctions">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Detect unused variables -->
+    <test name="checkUnusedVariables">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Detect unused function parameters -->
+    <test name="checkUnusedFunctionParameters">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!-- Only one class declaration per PHP file -->
+    <test name="oneClassPerFile">
+    </test>
+    
+    <!--  *******************  -->
+    <!--      Optimisation     -->
+    <!--  *******************  --> 
+    
+    <!-- Only one class declaration per PHP file -->
+    <test name="functionInsideLoop">
+    </test>
+    
+</phpcheckstyle-configuration>
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