PHPStan Plugin

PHPStan Plugin is an extension for the popular static analysis tool PHPStan. Its suppose to be a plug & play extension, no need for any complex setup or configuration.

Instead of having to manually install PHPStan and run it on your project everytime you make a change, this extension runs PHPStan behind the scenes automatically. It outputs the errors and displays them in your file. It also display a statusbar with a summary. This in theory, should result in faster workflows.

This is NOT an official extension from PHPStan, its more of a passion/learning project made by me because I was bored ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Features

• Runs PHPStan analysis in the background providing errors and diganostics.

Why Though?

You might be wondering why use this at all? one can use other extensions that behave like actual language analyzers / lsps. Providing not only errors but also autocompletion and documentation.

Well, you are probably right, this is a very niche extension and made solely for learning purposes.

Moreover, I found it later that are already extensions that do the same thing and maybe even better. Check them out!

• SanderRonde Extension
• Swordev Extension

Requirements

• PHP minimum version 7.2.0 is required and need to be avaialble globally to run PHPStan.
  • Check out PHP Install for help downloading php.
  • This document may be out of date. Check the official PHPStan Documentation.

Extension Settings

• php-stan.binary: PHPStan binary approach that gets executed. Only Phar files are supported for now, later on composer support will be added.

• php-stan.level: PHPStan Analysis Level. This is the level used for analysis. Possible value are from 0-9 inclusive. By default its set to 5.

• php-stan.analysisOn: Determines the trigger for running the analysis, By default its set to onSave but it can be changed to onChange or manual.

• php-stan.analysisScope: Determines the files that are analysed with each trigger, By default its set to directory but it can be changed to file or workspace.

Known Issues

This extension is still a work in progress, errors may and will occur.

• PHPStan errors will always appear in the beginning of the line that contains the error, regardless of where the actual error is. As a result, error messages are not always accurate.

Release Notes

V 0.8.7

• Initial release of PHPStanExtension.

Possible Enhancements ?

• Composer & Extensions Support.
• Setting to specify php binary.
• Maybe add additional commands, clear cache, clear analysis, analyse path, ..
• Possible and specific configurations for phpStan itself?
• Add unit tests.

LICENCE

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE