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Rule visibility_required

Classes, constants, properties, and methods MUST have visibility declared, and keyword modifiers MUST be in the following order: inheritance modifier (abstract or final), visibility modifier (public, protected, or private), set-visibility modifier (public(set), protected(set), or private(set)), scope modifier (static), mutation modifier (readonly), type declaration, name.

Warning

This rule is deprecated and will be removed in the next major version

You should use modifier_keywords instead.

Configuration

elements

The structural elements to fix.

Allowed values: a subset of ['const', 'method', 'property']

Default value: ['const', 'method', 'property']

Examples

Example #1

Default configuration.

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 abstract class ClassName
 {
-    const SAMPLE = 1;
+    public const SAMPLE = 1;

-    var $a;
+    public $a;

     protected string $foo;

-    static protected int $beep;
+    protected static int $beep;

-    static public final function bar() {}
+    final public static function bar() {}

-    protected abstract function zim();
+    abstract protected function zim();

-    function zex() {}
+    public function zex() {}
 }

Example #2

Default configuration.

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 abstract class ClassName
 {
-    const SAMPLE = 1;
+    public const SAMPLE = 1;

-    var $a;
+    public $a;

-    readonly protected string $foo;
+    protected readonly string $foo;

-    static protected int $beep;
+    protected static int $beep;

-    static public final function bar() {}
+    final public static function bar() {}

-    protected abstract function zim();
+    abstract protected function zim();

-    function zex() {}
+    public function zex() {}
 }

 readonly final class ValueObject
 {
     // ...
 }

Example #3

Default configuration.

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 abstract class ClassName
 {
-    const SAMPLE = 1;
+    public const SAMPLE = 1;

-    var $a;
+    public $a;

-    protected abstract string $bar { get => "a"; set; }
+    abstract protected string $bar { get => "a"; set; }

-    readonly final protected string $foo;
+    final protected readonly string $foo;

-    static protected final int $beep;
+    final protected static int $beep;

-    static public final function bar() {}
+    final public static function bar() {}

-    protected abstract function zim();
+    abstract protected function zim();

-    function zex() {}
+    public function zex() {}
 }

 readonly final class ValueObject
 {
     // ...
 }

Example #4

With configuration: ['elements' => ['const']].

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 class Sample
 {
-    const SAMPLE = 1;
+    public const SAMPLE = 1;
 }

References

• Fixer class: PhpCsFixer\Fixer\ClassNotation\VisibilityRequiredFixer

• Test class: PhpCsFixer\Tests\Fixer\ClassNotation\VisibilityRequiredFixerTest

The test class defines officially supported behaviour. Each test case is a part of our backward compatibility promise.