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Rule phpdoc_align

All items of the given PHPDoc tags must be either left-aligned or (by default) aligned vertically.

Configuration

align

How comments should be aligned.

Allowed values: 'left' and 'vertical'

Default value: 'vertical'

spacing

Spacing between tag, hint, comment, signature, etc. You can set same spacing for all tags using a positive integer or different spacings for different tags using an associative array of positive integers ['tagA' => spacingForA, 'tagB' => spacingForB]. If you want to define default spacing to more than 1 space use _default key in config array, e.g.: ['tagA' => spacingForA, 'tagB' => spacingForB, '_default' => spacingForAllOthers].

Allowed types: int and int[]

Default value: 1

tags

The tags that should be aligned. Allowed values are tags with name ('param', 'property', 'property-read', 'property-write', 'phpstan-param', 'phpstan-property', 'phpstan-property-read', 'phpstan-property-write', 'phpstan-assert', 'phpstan-assert-if-true', 'phpstan-assert-if-false', 'psalm-param', 'psalm-param-out', 'psalm-property', 'psalm-property-read', 'psalm-property-write', 'psalm-assert', 'psalm-assert-if-true', 'psalm-assert-if-false'), tags with method signature ('method', 'phpstan-method', 'psalm-method') and any custom tag with description (e.g. @tag <desc>).

Allowed types: array

Default value: ['method', 'param', 'property', 'return', 'throws', 'type', 'var']

Examples

Example #1

Default configuration.

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 /**
- * @param  EngineInterface $templating
- * @param string      $format
- * @param  int  $code       an HTTP response status code
- * @param    bool         $debug
- * @param  mixed    &$reference     a parameter passed by reference
+ * @param EngineInterface $templating
+ * @param string          $format
+ * @param int             $code       an HTTP response status code
+ * @param bool            $debug
+ * @param mixed           &$reference a parameter passed by reference
  *
  * @return Foo description foo
  *
- * @throws Foo            description foo
+ * @throws Foo description foo
  *             description foo
  *
  */

Example #2

With configuration: ['align' => 'vertical'].

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 /**
- * @param  EngineInterface $templating
- * @param string      $format
- * @param  int  $code       an HTTP response status code
- * @param    bool         $debug
- * @param  mixed    &$reference     a parameter passed by reference
+ * @param EngineInterface $templating
+ * @param string          $format
+ * @param int             $code       an HTTP response status code
+ * @param bool            $debug
+ * @param mixed           &$reference a parameter passed by reference
  *
  * @return Foo description foo
  *
- * @throws Foo            description foo
+ * @throws Foo description foo
  *             description foo
  *
  */

Example #3

With configuration: ['align' => 'left'].

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 /**
- * @param  EngineInterface $templating
- * @param string      $format
- * @param  int  $code       an HTTP response status code
- * @param    bool         $debug
- * @param  mixed    &$reference     a parameter passed by reference
+ * @param EngineInterface $templating
+ * @param string $format
+ * @param int $code an HTTP response status code
+ * @param bool $debug
+ * @param mixed &$reference a parameter passed by reference
  *
  * @return Foo description foo
  *
- * @throws Foo            description foo
+ * @throws Foo description foo
  *             description foo
  *
  */

Example #4

With configuration: ['align' => 'left', 'spacing' => 2].

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 /**
- * @param  EngineInterface $templating
- * @param string      $format
- * @param  int  $code       an HTTP response status code
- * @param    bool         $debug
- * @param  mixed    &$reference     a parameter passed by reference
+ * @param  EngineInterface  $templating
+ * @param  string  $format
+ * @param  int  $code  an HTTP response status code
+ * @param  bool  $debug
+ * @param  mixed  &$reference  a parameter passed by reference
  *
- * @return Foo description foo
+ * @return  Foo  description foo
  *
- * @throws Foo            description foo
- *             description foo
+ * @throws  Foo  description foo
+ *               description foo
  *
  */

Example #5

With configuration: ['align' => 'left', 'spacing' => ['param' => 2]].

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
 /**
- * @param  EngineInterface $templating
- * @param string      $format
- * @param  int  $code       an HTTP response status code
- * @param    bool         $debug
- * @param  mixed    &$reference     a parameter passed by reference
+ * @param  EngineInterface  $templating
+ * @param  string  $format
+ * @param  int  $code  an HTTP response status code
+ * @param  bool  $debug
+ * @param  mixed  &$reference  a parameter passed by reference
  *
  * @return Foo description foo
  *
- * @throws Foo            description foo
+ * @throws Foo description foo
  *             description foo
  *
  */

Rule sets

The rule is part of the following rule sets:

• @PhpCsFixer

• @Symfony

References

• Fixer class: PhpCsFixer\Fixer\Phpdoc\PhpdocAlignFixer

• Test class: PhpCsFixer\Tests\Fixer\Phpdoc\PhpdocAlignFixerTest

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