Sample PHPCS config - http://edorian.github.io/php-coding-standard-generator/#phpcs

gistfile1.txt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ruleset name="BAD GAZELLE">
<description>Created with the PHP Coding Standard Generator. http://edorian.github.com/php-coding-standard-generator/
</description>
<arg name="tab-width" value="2"/>
<rule ref="Generic.Classes.DuplicateClassName"/>
<rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement"/>
<rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.JumbledIncrementer"/>
<rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnconditionalIfStatement"/>
<rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnnecessaryFinalModifier"/>
<rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnusedFunctionParameter"/>
<rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UselessOverridingMethod"/>
<rule ref="Generic.Files.ByteOrderMark"/>
<rule ref="Generic.Files.LineLength">
    <properties>
        <property name="lineLimit" value="81"/>
        <property name="absoluteLineLimit" value="121"/>
    </properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="Generic.Formatting.DisallowMultipleStatements"/>
<rule ref="Generic.Formatting.MultipleStatementAlignment">
    <properties>
        <property name="maxPadding" value="1001"/>
    </properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="Generic.Formatting.NoSpaceAfterCast"/>
<rule ref="Generic.Functions.CallTimePassByReference"/>
<rule ref="Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceBsdAllman"/>
<rule ref="Generic.Metrics.CyclomaticComplexity">
    <properties>
        <property name="complexity" value="11"/>
        <property name="absoluteComplexity" value="21"/>
    </properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="Generic.Metrics.NestingLevel">
    <properties>
        <property name="nestingLevel" value="6"/>
        <property name="absoluteNestingLevel" value="5"/>
    </properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="Generic.NamingConventions.UpperCaseConstantName"/>
<rule ref="Generic.PHP.DeprecatedFunctions"/>
<rule ref="Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag"/>
<rule ref="Generic.PHP.ForbiddenFunctions"/>
<rule ref="Generic.PHP.LowerCaseConstant"/>
<rule ref="Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors"/>
<rule ref="Generic.Strings.UnnecessaryStringConcat"/>
<rule ref="Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent">
    <properties>
        <property name="indent" value="2"/>
    </properties>
</rule>
<!-- <rule ref="Generic.WhiteSpace.DisallowSpaceIndent"/> -->
<rule ref="MySource.PHP.EvalObjectFactory"/>
<rule ref="MySource.PHP.ReturnFunctionValue"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.Classes.ClassDeclaration">
    <properties>
        <property name="indent" value="2"/>
    </properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="PEAR.Commenting.ClassComment"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.Commenting.FunctionComment"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.Commenting.InlineComment"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.ControlStructures.ControlSignature"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.ControlStructures.MultiLineCondition"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.Files.IncludingFile"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.Formatting.MultiLineAssignment"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.Functions.FunctionCallSignature">
    <properties>
        <property name="indent" value="2"/>
    </properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="PEAR.Functions.ValidDefaultValue"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidClassName"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName"/>
<rule ref="PEAR.WhiteSpace.ObjectOperatorIndent">
    <properties>
        <property name="indent" value="2"/>
    </properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="PEAR.WhiteSpace.ScopeClosingBrace">
    <properties>
        <property name="indent" value="2"/>
    </properties>
</rule>
<rule ref="PEAR.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent"/>
</ruleset>