My own PHP CS Fixer setup: A practical example

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In my previous article, PHP CS Fixer: A Complete Guide to Installation, Usage, and Integration, I covered the fundamentals of PHP CS Fixer, including installation, usage, IDE integration, and GitLab CI/CD setup. Now, I want to share my personal PHP CS Fixer configuration, which ensures clean and consistent code across my private Symfony project.

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PHP CS Fixer: A Complete guide to Installation, Usage, and Integration

My PHP CS Fixer Configuration

Here’s the .php-cs-fixer.php configuration file I use in my Symfony projects:

<?php

$finder = PhpCsFixer\Finder::create()->in([
    __DIR__ . '/src',
    __DIR__ . '/tests',
    __DIR__ . '/migrations'
]);

return (new PhpCsFixer\Config())
    ->setParallelConfig(PhpCsFixer\Runner\Parallel\ParallelConfigFactory::detect())
    ->setRules([
        '@Symfony' => true,
        '@PSR12' => true,
        'array_indentation' => true,
        'array_syntax' => ['syntax' => 'short'],
        'combine_consecutive_unsets' => true,
        'single_quote' => true…