Laravel Coding Standards

A Composer package for implementing Laravel Pint coding standards across Laravel packages.

Overview

This package provides:

• A standardized pint.json configuration file with PSR-12 preset and custom rules
• Shell scripts to run Laravel Pint for code formatting and testing
• Automatic Laravel Pint dependency management through Composer

Installation

Via Composer (Recommended)

Install the package using Composer:

composer require synergitech/laravel-coding-standards --dev

This will automatically install Laravel Pint as a dependency and make the scripts available in your project.

Alternative Installation Methods

1. As a Git Submodule:

   git submodule add https://github.com/SynergiTech/laravel-coding-standards.git tools/coding-standards

2. Manual Installation: Copy the files directly to your project and install Laravel Pint separately:

   composer require laravel/pint --dev

Usage

Running Pint

Apply Code Formatting

To automatically fix coding standard issues:

./vendor/synergitech/laravel-coding-standards/pint

Or if installed as submodule/manually:

./tools/coding-standards/pint
# or
./pint

You can pass additional arguments to customise the behaviour:

./vendor/synergitech/laravel-coding-standards/pint --verbose
./vendor/synergitech/laravel-coding-standards/pint --dry-run
./vendor/synergitech/laravel-coding-standards/pint app/Models

Test Code Standards

To check for coding standard issues without making changes:

./vendor/synergitech/laravel-coding-standards/pint-test

Or if installed as submodule/manually:

./tools/coding-standards/pint-test
# or
./pint-test

You can pass additional arguments to customise the testing:

./vendor/synergitech/laravel-coding-standards/pint-test --verbose
./vendor/synergitech/laravel-coding-standards/pint-test app/Controllers

Adding Scripts to Your Composer.json

For easier access, you can add these scripts to your project's composer.json:

{
    "scripts": {
        "pint": "./vendor/synergitech/laravel-coding-standards/pint",
        "pint:test": "./vendor/synergitech/laravel-coding-standards/pint-test"
    }
}

Then run:

composer run pint        # Apply formatting
composer run pint:test   # Test standards

Configuration

The pint.json file includes:

• PSR-12 preset as the base standard
• Custom rules for enhanced code quality
• Exclusion of common directories (vendor, storage, bootstrap/cache)

Custom Rules Included

• Array syntax and indentation improvements
• Multiline comment alignment
• String concatenation with single space
• Strict type comparisons
• Ordered class elements and imports
• Modern PHP syntax preferences
• And many more quality-of-life improvements

For a full list of rules, see the pint.json configuration file.

Requirements

• PHP ^8.1
• Laravel Pint ^1.0 (automatically installed with this package)

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.