README

This is a starter pack for a composer package. It includes a composer.json file with some basic settings and a README.md file with some basic information about the package. The boilerplate also includes phpunit and PHP_CodeSniffer for testing and code quality.

Included:

• PHPUnit
• PHP_CodeSniffer
• Additional PHPCS rules from 'slevomat'

More information:

• composer.json Is set to PSR-4 and autoloads the src folder
• Github Actions Is set to run phpunit and phpcs
• Gitingore for composer and vscode
• License Is set to MIT

Installation

• Using composer create-project:

composer create-project siktec/composer-starter-pack
# Edit composer.json and README.md to fit your needs
composer install
# Run tests
composer test
# Good to start coding

• Using git:

git clone https://github.com/siktec-lab/composer-starter-pack <project-name>

• Using Github template: Click on 'Use this template' and follow the instructions

Composer Scripts

• composer test Runs phpunit tests from the tests folder with the phpunit.xml config file
• composer test-coverage Runs phpunit tests from the tests folder with the phpunit.xml config file and generates a coverage report in the coverage folder
• composer testdox Same as composer test but with a more readable output and colors
• composer phpcs Runs phpcs with the config phpcs.xml
• composer phpcs-colors Same as composer phpcs but with colors
• composer phpcs-fix Runs phpcbf to fix code style
• composer phpcs-report Runs phpcs and saves the result in phpcs.result

$ composer run-script --list
scripts:
  php-version   Show php version
  test          Run phpunit tests configuration phpunit.xml
  test-coverage Run phpunit tests with coverage
  testdox       Run phpunit tests with testdox and colors
  phpcs         Run phpcs against /src
  phpcs-colors  Run phpcs with colors
  phpcs-fix     Run phpcbf against /src to check for fixes
  phpcs-report  Run phpcs and save result to phpcs.result

Cheat Sheet

• Installing / Updating / Removing packages:

    # Install all packages - composer install
    composer install

    # Install a package - composer require <package-name>
    composer require siktec/composer-starter-pack
    
    # Update a package - composer update <package-name>
    composer update siktec/composer-starter-pack
    composer update # Update all packages
    
    # Remove a package - composer remove <package-name>
    composer remove siktec/composer-starter-pack

• List / Checking whats installed:

    # List all installed packages - composer show
    composer show
    composer show | grep package-name # Search for a package

    # List all installed packages with details - composer show -a
    composer show -a

    # Get details about a package - composer show <package-name>
    composer show siktec/composer-starter-pack

• Running scripts:

    # List all scripts with descriptions:
    composer run-script --list

    # Run a script - composer run-script <script-name> or composer <script-name>
    composer run-script test
    composer test

    # Run a script with arguments - composer <script-name> -- <arguments>
    # the -- is needed to pass arguments to the script as composer will try to parse the arguments as composer options
    composer test -- --filter testFunctionName

• Run a composer script: composer run-script <script-name> or composer <script-name>
• Run a composer script with arguments: composer <script-name> -- <arguments>
• Run a composer script with arguments and options: composer <script-name> -- <arguments> --<options>