Re-Configure Code Sniffer for Drupal

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Intent

This document contains instructions for re-configuring PHP_CodeSniffer in the brewStack local development environment after running brew upgrade in Homebrew upgrades PHP.

Steps

1. Update Pear and use it to re-download the PHP_CodeSniffer package:

    $ sudo pear update-channels
    $ sudo pear install PHP_CodeSniffer
   

2. Create a new symlink from the newly-upgraded version of PHP to wherever you downloaded Drupal Coder.

    $ ln -sv /path/to/coder/coder_sniffer/Drupal $(pear config-get php_dir)/PHP/CodeSniffer/Standards/Drupal
   

3. You should now be able to run the following from a shell prompt:

    $ phpcs --standard=Drupal /path/to/code/you/want/to/sniff