PSR Coding Style Knowledge (PSR-1, PSR-12)

Quick Reference

PSR-1: Basic Coding Standard

1. Files

<?php

<?=

2. Namespaces and Classes

StudlyCaps

UPPER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES

camelCase

3. Side Effects Detection

// BAD: Mixing declarations and side effects
<?php
namespace App;

ini_set('display_errors', '1');  // Side effect!

class Logger { }

// GOOD: Separate files
// bootstrap.php
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// Logger.php
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App;

final readonly class Logger { }

PSR-12: Extended Coding Style

1. General

\n

2. Files

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Vendor\Package;

use Vendor\Package\{ClassA as A, ClassB, ClassC as C};
use Vendor\Package\SomeNamespace\ClassD as D;

use function Vendor\Package\{functionA, functionB, functionC};
use const Vendor\Package\{ConstantA, ConstantB, ConstantC};

final readonly class ClassName extends ParentClass implements
    InterfaceA,
    InterfaceB,
    InterfaceC
{
    // class body
}

3. Keywords and Types

true

false

null

int

string

bool

bool

int

boolean

integer

4. Classes, Properties, Methods

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Domain\Entity;

use App\Domain\ValueObject\Email;
use App\Domain\ValueObject\UserId;

final readonly class User
{
    public function __construct(
        private UserId $id,
        private Email $email,
        private string $name,
        private bool $isActive = true,
    ) {
    }

    public function getId(): UserId
    {
        return $this->id;
    }

    public function activate(): self
    {
        return new self(
            $this->id,
            $this->email,
            $this->name,
            true,
        );
    }
}

5. Control Structures

<?php

// if-elseif-else
if ($expr1) {
    // if body
} elseif ($expr2) {
    // elseif body
} else {
    // else body
}

// switch
switch ($expr) {
    case 0:
        echo 'First case';
        break;
    case 1:
        echo 'Second case';
        // no break - intentional fall-through
    default:
        echo 'Default case';
        break;
}

// match (PHP 8.0+)
$result = match ($expr) {
    0 => 'First',
    1, 2 => 'Second or third',
    default => 'Other',
};

// while
while ($expr) {
    // body
}

// for
for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
    // body
}

// foreach
foreach ($iterable as $key => $value) {
    // body
}

// try-catch-finally
try {
    // try body
} catch (FirstThrowableType $e) {
    // catch body
} catch (OtherThrowableType | AnotherThrowableType $e) {
    // multi-catch body
} finally {
    // finally body
}

6. Operators

<?php

// Binary operators: space before and after
$sum = $a + $b;
$concat = $string1 . $string2;
$result = $condition ? $valueIfTrue : $valueIfFalse;

// Unary operators: no space
$i++;
--$j;
$negated = !$bool;

// Type casting: no space after cast
$intValue = (int) $floatValue;
$stringValue = (string) $intValue;

7. Closures and Arrow Functions

<?php

// Closure
$closure = function (int $arg1, int $arg2) use ($var1, $var2): int {
    return $arg1 + $arg2 + $var1 + $var2;
};

// Long argument list
$longClosure = function (
    int $argument1,
    string $argument2,
    bool $argument3,
) use (
    $staticVar1,
    $staticVar2,
): bool {
    // body
};

// Arrow function (PHP 7.4+)
$multiply = fn(int $a, int $b): int => $a * $b;

8. Anonymous Classes

<?php

$instance = new class extends ParentClass implements SomeInterface {
    use SomeTrait;

    public function __construct(
        private readonly int $value,
    ) {
    }
};

Detection Patterns

PSR-1 Violations

# Side effects in class files (functions like echo, print, header, etc.)
grep -rn "^[[:space:]]*\(echo\|print\|header\|session_start\|ini_set\)" --include="*.php" src/

# Non-StudlyCaps class names
grep -rn "^class [a-z]" --include="*.php" src/
grep -rn "^class [A-Z][a-z]*_" --include="*.php" src/

# Non-camelCase method names
grep -rn "function [A-Z]" --include="*.php" src/
grep -rn "function [a-z]*_[a-z]" --include="*.php" src/

PSR-12 Violations

# Tab characters instead of spaces
grep -rn $'\t' --include="*.php" src/

# Trailing whitespace
grep -rn "[[:space:]]$" --include="*.php" src/

# Long keywords (boolean instead of bool)
grep -rn "boolean\|integer" --include="*.php" src/

# Missing space after keywords
grep -rn "\(if\|for\|foreach\|while\|switch\|catch\)(" --include="*.php" src/

# Opening brace on wrong line for classes
grep -rn "^class.*{$" --include="*.php" src/

PHP_CodeSniffer Configuration

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="PSR-12">
    <description>PSR-12 coding standard</description>
    <rule ref="PSR12"/>

    <file>src</file>
    <file>tests</file>

    <exclude-pattern>vendor/*</exclude-pattern>

    <arg name="colors"/>
    <arg value="sp"/>
</ruleset>

PHP-CS-Fixer Configuration

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

use PhpCsFixer\Config;
use PhpCsFixer\Finder;

$finder = Finder::create()
    ->in([
        __DIR__ . '/src',
        __DIR__ . '/tests',
    ])
    ->name('*.php');

return (new Config())
    ->setRiskyAllowed(true)
    ->setRules([
        '@PSR12' => true,
        '@PHP84Migration' => true,
        'declare_strict_types' => true,
        'final_class' => true,
        'class_attributes_separation' => [
            'elements' => ['method' => 'one'],
        ],
        'ordered_imports' => [
            'sort_algorithm' => 'alpha',
            'imports_order' => ['class', 'function', 'const'],
        ],
        'no_unused_imports' => true,
        'trailing_comma_in_multiline' => [
            'elements' => ['arguments', 'arrays', 'parameters'],
        ],
    ])
    ->setFinder($finder);

Antipatterns

Integration with DDD

Domain Layer

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Domain\User\ValueObject;

// PSR-12 compliant Value Object
final readonly class Email
{
    private function __construct(
        private string $value,
    ) {
    }

    public static function fromString(string $email): self
    {
        if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
            throw new InvalidEmailException($email);
        }

        return new self($email);
    }

    public function toString(): string
    {
        return $this->value;
    }
}

Application Layer

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Application\User\UseCase;

use App\Application\User\Command\CreateUserCommand;
use App\Domain\User\Entity\User;
use App\Domain\User\Repository\UserRepositoryInterface;

// PSR-12 compliant Use Case
final readonly class CreateUserHandler
{
    public function __construct(
        private UserRepositoryInterface $userRepository,
    ) {
    }

    public function __invoke(CreateUserCommand $command): void
    {
        $user = User::create(
            $command->email,
            $command->name,
        );

        $this->userRepository->save($user);
    }
}

See Also

• references/psr-1-basic.md

  - Full PSR-1 specification

• references/psr-12-extended.md

  - Full PSR-12 specification

• references/detection-patterns.md

  - Comprehensive detection patterns

• references/antipatterns.md

  - Common violations with fixes

• assets/report-template.md

  - Compliance report template