---
name: "phpcbf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "php-codesniffer"
version: "3.7.1-2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/phpcbf"
---

# phpcbf(1)

automatically fix errors found by PHPCS

## NAME

phpcbf - automatically fix errors found by PHPCS

## SYNOPSIS

**phpcbf** \[**-nwli**\] \[**-d** *key*\[ **=***value* \]\] \[**--ignore-annotations**\] \[**--bootstrap=** *bootstrap*\] \[**--standard=** *standard*\] \[**--sniffs=** *sniffs*\] \[**--exclude=** *sniffs*\] \[**--suffix=** *suffix*\] \[**--severity=** *severity*\] \[**--error-severity=** *severity*\] \[**--warning-severity=** *severity*\] \[**--tab-width=** *tabWidth*\] \[**--encoding=** *encoding*\] \[**--parallel=** *processes*\] \[**--basepath=** *basepath*\] \[**--extensions=** *extensions*\] \[**--ignore=** *patterns*\] \[**--stdin-path=** *stdinPath*\] \[**--file-list=** *fileList*\] \[**--filter=** *filter*\] *file* ...

## DESCRIPTION

**phpcbf** (or PHP Code Beautifier and Fixer) is a PHP script to automatically fix as many sniff violations as possible.

## PARAMETERS

*basepath*

-

  A path to strip from the front of file paths inside reports

*bootstrap*

-

  A comma separated list of files to run before processing starts

*encoding*

-

  The encoding of the files being fixed (default is iso-8859-1)

*extensions*

-

  A comma separated list of file extensions to fix. The type of the file can be specified using: ext/type; e.g., module/php,es/js

*file*

-

  One or more files and/or directories to fix

*fileList*

-

  A file containing a list of files and/or directories to check (one per line)

*filter*

-

  Use either the "gitmodified" or "gitstaged" filter, or specify the path to a custom filter class

*patterns*

-

  A comma separated list of patterns to ignore files and directories

*processes*

-

  How many files should be fixed simultaneously (default is 1)

*severity*

-

  The minimum severity required to fix an error or warning

*sniffs*

-

  A comma separated list of sniff codes to include or exclude from fixing (all sniffs must be part of the specified standard)

*standard*

-

  The name or path of the coding standard to use

*stdinPath*

-

  If processing STDIN, the file path that STDIN will be processed as

*suffix*

-

  Write modified files to a filename using this suffix ("diff" and "patch" are not used in this mode)

*tabWidth*

-

  The number of spaces each tab represents

## OPTION

**-n**

-

  Do not fix warnings (shortcut for **--warning-severity=0**)

**-w**

-

  Fix both warnings and errors (on by default)

**-l**

-

  Local directory only, no recursion

**-p**

-

  Show progress of the run

**-q**

-

  Quiet mode; disables progress and verbose output

**-v**

-

  Print processed files

**-vv**

-

  Print ruleset and token output

**-vvv**

-

  Print sniff processing information

**-i**

-

  Show a list of installed coding standards

**-d**

-

  Set the *key* php.ini value to *value* or **true** if *value* is omitted

**--help**

-

  Print the help message

**--version**

-

  Print version information

**--ignore-annotations**

-

  Ignore all phpcs: annotations in code comments

## SEE ALSO

[**phpcs**(1)](/phpcs/1.md)