danbettles/php-project-template

v3.0.0 2026-01-02 18:56 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.3

Requires (Dev)

• danbettles/codesniffer-standard: ^3.0.0
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.1.33
• phpunit/phpunit: ^12.5.4
• squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^4.0.1

ISC

• Daniel Bettles

README

A most basic PHP project template with PHPUnit, PHPStan, and PHP_CodeSniffer ready to roll. The project will be ISC-licensed by default.

Additionally, the following Composer scripts are included to help you quickly get going.

• composer app:dev:test: runs the PHPUnit unit tests
• composer app:dev:analyse: runs PHPStan at level 11
• composer app:dev:lint: runs PHP_CodeSniffer
• composer app:dev:check-quality: runs the PHPUnit unit tests, PHPStan, and then PHP_CodeSniffer

Instructions

Run the following to create the skeleton of your new project.

composer create-project danbettles/php-project-template <dir-to-create>

Important

Replace <dir-to-create> with the actual path of the directory to create

In the new project:

• In composer.json:
  • Update name
  • If need be, update description
  • Check/update type
  • Update authors
• Except in phpcs.xml, replace "DanBettles"—match case, match whole word—with your vendor namespace
• Replace "PhpProjectTemplate"—match case, match whole word—with the namespace of your app
• Run composer update
• Update the year and name in LICENSE
• Rewrite this file
• Start building from tests/SomethingTest.php and src/Something.php