[FIXED] How to Ignore Line Length PHP_CodeSniffer

Issue

I have been using PHP_CodeSniffer with jenkins, my build.xml was configured for phpcs as below

<target name="phpcs">
    <exec executable="phpcs">
        <arg line="--report=checkstyle --report-file=${basedir}/build/logs/checkstyle.xml --standard=Zend ${source}"/>
    </exec>
</target> 

And I would like to ignore the following warning

FOUND 0 ERROR(S) AND 1 WARNING(S) AFFECTING 1 LINE(S)
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 117 | WARNING | Line exceeds 80 characters; contains 85 characters
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How could I ignore the line length warning?

Solution

You could create your own standard. The Zend one is quite simple (this is at /usr/share/php/PHP/CodeSniffer/Standards/Zend/ruleset.xml in my Debian install after installing it with PEAR). Create another one based on it, but ignore the line-length bit:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Custom">
 <description>Zend, but without linelength check.</description>
 <rule ref="Zend">
  <exclude name="Generic.Files.LineLength"/>
 </rule>
</ruleset>

And set --standard=/path/to/your/ruleset.xml.

Optionally, if you just want to up the char count before this is triggered, redefine the rule:

 <!-- Lines can be N chars long (warnings), errors at M chars -->
 <rule ref="Generic.Files.LineLength">
  <properties>
   <property name="lineLimit" value="N"/>
   <property name="absoluteLineLimit" value="M"/>
  </properties>
 </rule>

Answered By - Wrikken

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (PHPFixing Volunteer)