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About 40 super-strict rules we found useful in ShipMonk. We tend to have PHPStan set up as strict as possible, but that still was not strict enough for us. This set of rules should fill the missing gaps we found.

If you find some rules opinionated, you can easily disable them.

Installation:

composer require --dev shipmonk/phpstan-rules

Use official extension-installer or enable all rules manually by:

# phpstan.neon
includes:
    - vendor/shipmonk/phpstan-rules/rules.neon

Configuration:

You can easily disable or reconfigure any rule, for example:

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        enforceReadonlyPublicProperty:
            enabled: false
        forbidUnsafeArrayKey:
            reportMixed: false

Or you can disable all rules and enable only those you want:

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        enableAllRules: false

        allowComparingOnlyComparableTypes:
            enabled: true

When you try to configure any default array, PHPStan config is merged by default, so if you want to enforce only your values and not to include our defaults, use exclamation mark:

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        forbidCast:
            enabled: true
            blacklist!: ['(unset)'] # force the blacklist to be only (unset)

Few rules are enabled, but do nothing unless configured, those are marked with *.

Rules:

allowComparingOnlyComparableTypes

Denies using comparison operators >,<,<=,>=,<=> over anything other than int|string|float|DateTimeInterface or same size tuples containing comparable types. Null is not allowed.
Mixing different types in those operators is also forbidden, only exception is comparing floats with integers
Mainly targets to accidental comparisons of objects, enums or arrays which is valid in PHP, but very tricky

function example1(Money $fee1, Money $fee2) {
    if ($fee1 > $fee2) {} // comparing objects is denied
}

new DateTime() > '2040-01-02'; // comparing different types is denied
200 > '1e2'; // comparing different types is denied

backedEnumGenerics *

Ensures that every BackedEnum child defines generic type
This rule makes sense only when BackedEnum was hacked to be generic by stub as described in this article
- This rule does nothing if BackedEnum is not set to be generic, which is a default setup. Use following config to really start using it:

parameters:
    stubFiles:
        - BackedEnum.php.stub # see article or BackedEnumGenericsRuleTest
    ignoreErrors:
        - '#^Enum .*? has @implements tag, but does not implement any interface.$#'

enum MyEnum: string { // missing @implements tag
    case MyCase = 'case1';
}

classSuffixNaming *

Allows you to enforce class name suffix for subclasses of configured superclass
Checks nothing by default, configure it by passing superclass => suffix mapping
Passed superclass is not expected to have such suffix, only subclasses are
You can use interface as superclass

    shipmonkRules:
        classSuffixNaming:
            superclassToSuffixMapping!:
                \Exception: Exception
                \PHPStan\Rules\Rule: Rule
                \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase: Test
                \Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command: Command

enforceClosureParamNativeTypehint

Enforces usage of native typehints for closure & arrow function parameters
Does nothing on PHP 7.4 and below as native mixed is not available there
Can be configured by allowMissingTypeWhenInferred: true to allow missing typehint when it can be inferred from the context

/**
 * @param list<Entity> $entities
 * @return list<Uuid>
 */
public function getIds(array $entities): array {
    return array_map(
        function ($entity) { // missing native typehint; not reported with allowMissingTypeWhenInferred: true
            return $entity->id;
        },
        $entities
    );
}

enforceEnumMatchRule

Enforces usage of match ($enum) instead of exhaustive conditions like if ($enum === Enum::One) elseif ($enum === Enum::Two)
This rule aims to "fix" a bit problematic behaviour of PHPStan (introduced at 1.10.0 and fixed in 1.10.34). It understands enum cases very well and forces you to adjust following code:

enum MyEnum {
    case Foo;
    case Bar;
}

if ($enum === MyEnum::Foo) {
    // ...
} elseif ($enum === MyEnum::Bar) { // always true reported by phpstan (for versions 1.10.0 - 1.10.34)
    // ...
} else {
    throw new LogicException('Unknown case'); // phpstan knows it cannot happen
}

Which someone might fix as:

if ($enum === MyEnum::Foo) {
    // ...
} elseif ($enum === MyEnum::Bar) {
    // ...
}

Or even worse as:

if ($enum === MyEnum::Foo) {
    // ...
} else {
    // ...
}

We believe that this leads to more error-prone code since adding new enum case may not fail in tests. Very good approach within similar cases is to use match construct so that (ideally with forbidMatchDefaultArmForEnums enabled) phpstan fails once new case is added. PHPStan even adds tip about match in those cases since 1.10.11. For those reasons, this rule detects any always-true/false enum comparisons and forces you to rewrite it to match ($enum).

Since PHPStan 1.10.34, the behaviour is much better as it does not report error on the last elseif in case that it is followed by else with thrown exception. Such case raises exception in your tests if you add new enum case, but it is still silent in PHPStan. This leaves space for error being deployed to production. So we still believe this rule makes sense even in latest PHPStan.

enforceIteratorToArrayPreserveKeys

Enforces presence of second parameter in iterator_to_array call ($preserve_keys) as the default value true is generally dangerous (risk of data loss / failure)
You can use both true and false there, but doing so is intentional choice now

$fn = function () {
    yield new stdClass => 1;
};

iterator_to_array($fn()); // denied, would fail

enforceListReturn

Enforces usage of list<T> when list is always returned from a class method or function
When only single return with empty array is present in the method, it is not considered as list
Does nothing when list types are disabled in PHPStan
Consider enabling also reportAnyTypeWideningInVarTag in native PHPStan as it mostly affects lists

/**
 * @return array<string>
 */
public function returnList(): array // error, return phpdoc is generic array, but list is always returned
{
    return ['item'];
}

enforceNativeReturnTypehint

Enforces usage of native return typehints if supported by your PHP version
If PHPDoc is present, it deduces needed typehint from that, if not, deduction is performed based on real types returned
Applies to class methods, closures and functions
Is disabled, if you have PHPStan set up with treatPhpDocTypesAsCertain: false
Limitations:
- Does not suggest parent typehint
- Ignores trait methods

class NoNativeReturnTypehint {
    /**
     * @return list<string>
     */
    public function returnList() // error, missing array typehint
    {
        return ['item'];
    }
}

enforceReadonlyPublicProperty

Ensures immutability of all public properties by enforcing readonly modifier
No modifier needed for readonly classes in PHP 8.2
Does nothing if PHP version does not support readonly properties (PHP 8.0 and below)

class EnforceReadonlyPublicPropertyRule {
    public int $foo; // fails, no readonly modifier
    public readonly int $bar;
}

forbidArithmeticOperationOnNonNumber

Disallows using arithmetic operators with non-numeric types (only float and int is allowed)
You can allow numeric-string by using allowNumericString: true configuration
Modulo operator (%) allows only integers as it emits deprecation otherwise
Plus operator is allowed for merging arrays

function add(string $a, string $b) {
    return $a + $b; // denied, non-numeric types are allowed
}

forbidCast

Deny casting you configure
Possible values to use:
- (array) - denied by default
- (object) - denied by default
- (unset) - denied by default
- (bool)
- (int)
- (string)
- (float) - forbids using also (double) and (real)

$empty = (array) null; // denied cast
$notEmpty = (array) 0; // denied cast

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        forbidCast:
            blacklist!: ['(array)', '(object)', '(unset)']

forbidCheckedExceptionInCallable

Denies throwing checked exception in callables (Closures, Arrow functions and First class callables) as those cannot be tracked as checked by PHPStan analysis, because it is unknown when the callable is about to be called
It is allowed to throw checked exceptions in immediately called callables (e.g. params marked by @param-immediately-invoked-callable, see docs)
It allows configuration of functions/methods, where the callable is handling all thrown exceptions and it is safe to throw anything from there; this basically makes such calls ignored by this rule
It ignores implicitly thrown Throwable
Learn more in 🇨🇿 talk about checked exceptions in general (🇺🇸 slides)

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        forbidCheckedExceptionInCallable:
            allowedCheckedExceptionCallables:
                'Symfony\Component\Console\Question::setValidator': 0 # symfony automatically converts all thrown exceptions to error output, so it is safe to throw anything here

We recommend using following config for checked exceptions:
- Also, bleedingEdge enables proper analysis of dead types in multi-catch, so we recommend enabling even that

parameters:
    exceptions:
        check:
            missingCheckedExceptionInThrows: true # enforce checked exceptions to be stated in @throws
            tooWideThrowType: true # report invalid @throws (exceptions that are not actually thrown in annotated method)
        implicitThrows: false # no @throws means nothing is thrown (otherwise Throwable is thrown)
        checkedExceptionClasses:
            - YourApp\TopLevelRuntimeException # track only your exceptions (children of some, typically RuntimeException)

class TransactionManager {
    /**
     * @param-immediately-invoked-callable $callback
     */
    public function transactional(callable $callback): void {
        // ...
        $callback();
        // ...
    }
}

class UserEditFacade
{
    /**
     * @throws UserNotFoundException
     */
    public function updateUserEmail(UserId $userId, Email $email): void
    {
        $this->transactionManager->transactional(function () use ($userId, $email) {
            $user = $this->userRepository->get($userId); // can throw checked UserNotFoundException
            $user->updateEmail($email);
        })
    }

    public function getUpdateEmailCallback(UserId $userId, Email $email): callable
    {
        return function () use ($userId, $email) {
            $user = $this->userRepository->get($userId); // this usage is denied, it throws checked exception, but you don't know when, thus it cannot be tracked by phpstan
            $user->updateEmail($email);
        };
    }
}

forbidCheckedExceptionInYieldingMethod

Denies throwing checked exception within yielding methods as those exceptions are not throw upon method call, but when generator gets iterated.
This behaviour cannot be easily reflected within PHPStan exception analysis and may cause false negatives.
Make sure you have enabled checked exceptions, otherwise, this rule does nothing

class Provider {
    /** @throws CheckedException */
    public static function generate(): iterable
    {
        yield 1;
        throw new CheckedException(); // denied, gets thrown once iterated
    }
}

forbidCustomFunctions *

Allows you to easily deny some approaches within your codebase by denying classes, methods and functions
Configuration syntax is array where key is method name and value is reason used in error message
Works even with interfaces, constructors and some dynamic class/method names like $fn = 'sleep'; $fn();

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        forbidCustomFunctions:
            list:
                'Namespace\SomeClass::*': 'Please use different class' # deny all methods by using * (including constructor)
                'Namespace\AnotherClass::someMethod': 'Please use anotherMethod' # deny single method
                'var_dump': 'Please remove debug code' # deny function

new SomeClass(); // Class SomeClass is forbidden. Please use different class
(new AnotherClass())->someMethod(); // Method AnotherClass::someMethod() is forbidden. Please use anotherMethod

forbidEnumInFunctionArguments

Guards passing native enums to native functions where it fails / produces warning or does unexpected behaviour
Most of the array manipulation functions does not work with enums as they do implicit __toString conversion inside, but that is not possible to do with enums
See test for all functions and their problems

enum MyEnum: string {
    case MyCase = 'case1';
}

implode('', [MyEnum::MyCase]); // denied, would fail on implicit toString conversion

forbidFetchOnMixed

Denies constant/property fetch on unknown type.
Any property fetch assumes the caller is an object with such property and therefore, the typehint/phpdoc should be fixed.
Similar to forbidMethodCallOnMixed
Makes sense only on PHPStan level 8 or below, gets autodisabled on level 9

function example($unknown) {
    $unknown->property; // cannot fetch property on mixed
}

forbidIdenticalClassComparison

Denies comparing configured classes by === or !==
Default configuration contains only DateTimeInterface
You may want to add more classes from your codebase or vendor

function isEqual(DateTimeImmutable $a, DateTimeImmutable $b): bool {
    return $a === $b;  // comparing denied classes
}

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        forbidIdenticalClassComparison:
            blacklist!:
                - DateTimeInterface
                - Brick\Money\MoneyContainer
                - Brick\Math\BigNumber
                - Ramsey\Uuid\UuidInterface

forbidIncrementDecrementOnNonInteger

Denies using $i++, $i--, ++$i, --$i with any non-integer
PHP itself is leading towards stricter behaviour here and soft-deprecated some non-integer usages in 8.3, see RFC

$value = '2e0';
$value++; // would be float(3), denied

forbidMatchDefaultArmForEnums

Denies using default arm in match() construct when native enum is passed as subject
This rules makes sense only as a complement of native phpstan rule that guards that all enum cases are handled in match arms
As a result, you are forced to add new arm when new enum case is added. That brings up all the places in your codebase that needs new handling.

match ($enum) {
    MyEnum::Case: 1;
    default: 2; // default arm forbidden
}

forbidMethodCallOnMixed

Denies calling methods on unknown type.
Any method call assumes the caller is an object with such method and therefore, the typehint/phpdoc should be fixed.
Similar to forbidFetchOnMixed
Makes sense only on PHPStan level 8 or below, gets autodisabled on level 9

function example($unknown) {
    $unknown->call(); // cannot call method on mixed
}

forbidNotNormalizedType

Reports PhpDoc or native type that is not normalized, which can be:
- when child and parent appears in its union or intersection
- when same type appears multiple times in its union or intersection
- when DNF is not used
  - configurable by checkDisjunctiveNormalForm
- supports:
  - parameter typehints & @param phpdoc
  - return typehint & @return phpdoc
  - property typehint & @var phpdoc
  - inline @var phpdoc
  - @throws phpdoc
  - multi-catch statements
Main motivation here is that PHPStan normalizes all types before analysis, so it is better to see it in codebase the same way PHPStan does

/**
 * @return mixed|false   // denied, this is still just mixed
 */
public function getAttribute(string $name)
{
    return $this->attributes[$name] ?? false;
}

forbidNullInAssignOperations

Denies using assign operators if null is involved on right side
You can configure which operators are ignored, by default only ??= is excluded

function getCost(int $cost, ?int $surcharge): int {
    $cost += $surcharge;  // denied, adding possibly-null value
    return $cost;
}

forbidNullInBinaryOperations

Denies using binary operators if null is involved on either side
You can configure which operators are ignored. Default ignore is excluding only ===, !==, ??
Following custom setup is recommended when using latest phpstan-strict-rules and allowComparingOnlyComparableTypes is enabled

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        forbidNullInBinaryOperations:
            blacklist!: [
                '**', '!=', '==', '+', 'and', 'or', '&&', '||', '%', '-', '/', '*', # checked by phpstan-strict-rules
                '>', '>=', '<', '<=', '<=>', # checked by AllowComparingOnlyComparableTypesRule
                '===', '!==', '??' # valid with null involved
            ]

function getFullName(?string $firstName, string $lastName): string {
    return $firstName . ' ' . $lastName; // denied, null involved in binary operation
}

forbidNullInInterpolatedString

Disallows using nullable expressions within double-quoted strings
This should probably comply with setup of concat operator (.) in forbidNullInBinaryOperations so if you blacklisted it there, you might want to disable this rule

public function output(?string $name) {
    echo "Hello $name!"; // denied, possibly null value
}

forbidPhpDocNullabilityMismatchWithNativeTypehint

Disallows having nullable native typehint while using non-nullable phpdoc
Checks @return and @param over methods and @var over properties
PHPStan itself allows using subtype of native type in phpdoc, but resolves overall type as union of those types making such phpdoc actually invalid

/**
 * @param string $param
 */
public function sayHello(?string $param) {} // invalid phpdoc not containing null

forbidProtectedEnumMethod

Disallows protected method within enums as those are not extendable anyway
Ignore method declared in traits as those might be reused in regular classes

enum MyEnum {
    protected function isOpen(): bool {} // protected enum method denied
}

forbidReturnValueInYieldingMethod

Disallows returning values in yielding methods unless marked to return Generator as the value is accessible only via Generator::getReturn
To prevent misuse, this rule can be configured to even stricter mode where it reports such returns regardless of return type declared

class Get {
    public static function oneTwoThree(): iterable { // marked as iterable, caller cannot access the return value by Generator::getReturn
        yield 1;
        yield 2;
        return 3;
    }
}

iterator_to_array(Get::oneTwoThree()); // [1, 2] - see https://3v4l.org/Leu9j

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        forbidReturnValueInYieldingMethod:
            reportRegardlessOfReturnType: true # optional stricter mode, defaults to false

forbidUnsafeArrayKey

Denies non-int non-string array keys
PHP casts null, float and bool to some nearest int/string
- You should rather do that intentionally and explicitly
- Those types are the main difference to default PHPStan behaviour which allows using them as array keys
You can exclude reporting mixed keys via reportMixed configuration
You can exclude reporting isset($array[$invalid]) and $array[$invalid] ?? null via reportInsideIsset configuration

$taxRates = [ // denied, float key gets casted to int (causing $taxRates to contain one item)
    1.15 => 'reduced',
    1.21 => 'standard',
];

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        forbidUnsafeArrayKey:
            reportMixed: false # defaults to true
            reportInsideIsset: false # defaults to true

forbidVariableTypeOverwriting

Restricts variable assignment to those that does not change its type
- Array append $array[] = 1; not yet supported
Null and mixed are not taken into account, advanced phpstan types like non-empty-X are trimmed before comparison
Rule allows type generalization and type narrowing (parent <-> child)

function example(OrderId $id) {
    $id = $id->getStringValue(); // denied, type changed from object to string
}

forbidUnsetClassField

Denies calling unset over class field as it causes un-initialization, see https://3v4l.org/V8uuP
Null assignment should be used instead

function example(MyClass $class) {
    unset($class->field); // denied
}

forbidUselessNullableReturn

Denies marking closure/function/method return type as nullable when null is never returned
Recommended to be used together with uselessPrivatePropertyDefaultValue

public function example(int $foo): ?int { // null never returned
    if ($foo < 0) {
        return 0;
    }
    return $foo;
}

forbidUnusedException

Reports forgotten exception throw (created or returned from function, but not used in any way)

function validate(): void {
    new Exception(); // forgotten throw
}

forbidUnusedMatchResult

Reports forgotten usage of match result
Any match with at least one arm returning a value is checked

match ($foo) { // unused match result
    case 'foo' => 1;
}

requirePreviousExceptionPass

Detects forgotten exception pass-as-previous when re-throwing
Checks if caught exception can be passed as argument to the call (including constructor call) in throw node inside the catch block
You may encounter false-positives in some edge-cases, where you do not want to pass exception as previous, feel free to ignore those

try {
    // some code
} catch (RuntimeException $e) {
    throw new LogicException('Cannot happen'); // $e not passed as previous
}

If you want to be even stricter, you can set up reportEvenIfExceptionIsNotAcceptableByRethrownOne to true and the rule will start reporting even cases where the thrown exception does not have parameter matching the caught exception
- Defaults to true
- That will force you to add the parameter to be able to pass it as previous
- Usable only if you do not throw exceptions from libraries, which is a good practice anyway

parameters:
    shipmonkRules:
        requirePreviousExceptionPass:
            reportEvenIfExceptionIsNotAcceptableByRethrownOne: true

class MyException extends RuntimeException {
    public function __construct() {
        parent::__construct('My error');
    }
}

try {
    // some code
} catch (RuntimeException $e) {
    throw new MyException(); // reported even though MyException cannot accept it yet
}

uselessPrivatePropertyDefaultValue:

Detects useless default value of a private property that is always initialized in constructor.
Cannot handle conditions or private method calls within constructor.
When enabled, return statements in constructors are denied to avoid false positives
Recommended to be used with forbidUselessNullableReturn

class Example
{
    private ?int $field = null; // useless default value

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->field = 1;
    }
}

Native PHPStan extra strictness

Some strict behaviour in PHPStan is not enabled by default, consider enabling extra strictness even there:

includes:
    - phar://phpstan.phar/conf/config.levelmax.neon
    - phar://phpstan.phar/conf/bleedingEdge.neon      # https://phpstan.org/blog/what-is-bleeding-edge
    - vendor/phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules/rules.neon  # https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules
parameters:
    checkImplicitMixed: true                                  # https://phpstan.org/config-reference#checkimplicitmixed
    checkBenevolentUnionTypes: true                           # https://phpstan.org/config-reference#checkbenevolentuniontypes
    checkUninitializedProperties: true                        # https://phpstan.org/config-reference#checkuninitializedproperties
    checkMissingCallableSignature: true                       # https://phpstan.org/config-reference#vague-typehints
    checkTooWideReturnTypesInProtectedAndPublicMethods: true  # https://phpstan.org/config-reference#checktoowidereturntypesinprotectedandpublicmethods
    reportAnyTypeWideningInVarTag: true                       # https://phpstan.org/config-reference#reportanytypewideninginvartag
    reportPossiblyNonexistentConstantArrayOffset: true        # https://phpstan.org/config-reference#reportpossiblynonexistentconstantarrayoffset
    reportPossiblyNonexistentGeneralArrayOffset: true         # https://phpstan.org/config-reference#reportpossiblynonexistentgeneralarrayoffset

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