korbeil/phpstan-generic-rules

Generic rules extensions for PHPStan

v2.1.0 2025-10-13 13:25 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.4
• nikic/php-parser: ^5.0
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.0

Requires (Dev)

• symfony/var-dumper: ^4.3

MIT

README

Rules list

Debug rules

• You should not have var_dump, exit or die function calls
• If you have symfony/var-dumper, you should not have dump or die function calls

MbString rules

• You should use multibyte string function when it exists

Installation

We assume that PHPStan is already installed in your project.

To use this extension, require it in Composer:

composer require --dev korbeil/phpstan-generic-rules

If you also install phpstan/extension-installer then you're all set!

Manual installation

If you don't want to use phpstan/extension-installer, include phpstan-strict-rules.neon in your project's PHPStan config:

includes:
    - vendor/korbeil/phpstan-generic-rules/extension.neon

Advanced usage

You can configure this library with parameters:

parameters:
    generic_rules:
        never_empty_rule: true # To enable the never empty rule
        debug_rule: false  # To disable the debug rule
        mb_string_rules: false  # To disable the mb_string rule