# Upstream Issues Since WPCS employs many sniffs that are part of PHPCS, sometimes an issue will be caused by a bug in PHPCS and not in WPCS itself. Before reporting a bug, you should check what sniff an error is coming from. Running `phpcs` with the `-s` flag, which will show the names of the sniffs with each error. If the error message in question doesn't come from a sniff whose name starts with `WordPress`, the issue is probably a bug in PHPCS itself, and should be [reported there](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues). # Branches Ongoing development will be done in the `develop` with merges done into `master` once considered stable. To contribute an improvement to this project, fork the repo and open a pull request to the `develop` branch. Alternatively, if you have push access to this repo, create a feature branch prefixed by `feature/` and then open an intra-repo PR from that branch to `develop`. Once a commit is made to `develop`, a PR should be opened from `develop` into `master` and named "Next release". This PR will then serve provide a second round of Travis CI checks (especially for any hotfixes pushed directly to the `develop` branch), and provide collaborators with a forum to discuss the upcoming stable release. # Considerations when writing sniffs ## Public properties When writing sniffs, always remember that any `public` sniff property can be overruled via a custom ruleset by the end-user. Only make a property `public` if that is the intended behaviour. When you introduce new `public` sniff properties, or your sniff extends a class from which you inherit a `public` property, please don't forget to update the [public properties wiki page](https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards/wiki/Customizable-sniff-properties) with the relevant details once your PR has been merged into the `develop` branch. ## Whitelist comments Sometimes, a sniff will flag code which upon further inspection by a human turns out to be OK. If the sniff you are writing is susceptible to this, please consider adding the ability to [whitelist lines of code](https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards/wiki/Whitelisting-code-which-flags-errors). To this end, the `WordPress_Sniff::has_whitelist_comment()` method was introduced. Example usage: ```php class WordPress_Sniffs_CSRF_NonceVerificationSniff extends WordPress_Sniff { public function process_token( $stackPtr ) { // Check something. if ( $this->has_whitelist_comment( 'CSRF', $stackPtr ) ) { return; } $this->phpcsFile->addError( ... ); } } ``` When you introduce a new whitelist comment, please don't forget to update the [whitelisting code wiki page](https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards/wiki/Whitelisting-code-which-flags-errors) with the relevant details once your PR has been merged into the `develop` branch. # Unit Testing TL;DR If you have installed `phpcs` and the WordPress-Coding-Standards as [noted in the README](https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards#how-to-use-this), then you can navigate to the directory where the `phpcs` repo is checked out and do: ```sh composer install vendor/bin/phpunit --filter WordPress tests/AllTests.php ``` Expected output: [](https://asciinema.org/a/98078) You can ignore any skipped tests as these are for `PHP_CodeSniffer` external tools. The reason why we need to checkout from `PHP_CodeSniffer` git repo to run the tests is because PEAR installation is intended for ready-to-use not for development. At some point `WordPress-Coding-Standards` might be submitted to `PHP_CodeSniffer` repo and using their existing convention for unit tests will eventually help them to test the code before merging in. ## Unit Testing conventions If you see inside the `WordPress/Tests`, the structure mimics the `WordPress/Sniffs`. For example, the `WordPress/Sniffs/Arrays/ArrayDeclarationSniff.php` sniff has unit test class defined in `WordPress/Tests/Arrays/ArrayDeclarationUnitTest.php` that check `WordPress/Tests/Arrays/ArrayDeclarationUnitTest.inc` file. See the file naming convention? Lets take a look what inside `ArrayDeclarationUnitTest.php`: ```php ... class WordPress_Tests_Arrays_ArrayDeclarationUnitTest extends AbstractSniffUnitTest { public function getErrorList() { return array( 3 => 1, 7 => 1, 9 => 1, 16 => 1, 31 => 2, ); }//end getErrorList() } ... ``` Also note the class name convention. The method `getErrorList` MUST return an array of line numbers indicating errors (when running `phpcs`) found in `WordPress/Tests/Arrays/ArrayDeclarationUnitTest.inc`. If you run: ```sh $ cd /path-to-cloned/phpcs $ ./scripts/phpcs --standard=Wordpress -s CodeSniffer/Standards/WordPress/Tests/Arrays/ArrayDeclarationUnitTest.inc ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOUND 8 ERROR(S) AND 2 WARNING(S) AFFECTING 6 LINE(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 | ERROR | Array keyword should be lower case; expected "array" but found | | "Array" (WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration) 7 | ERROR | There must be no space between the Array keyword and the | | opening parenthesis (WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration) 9 | ERROR | Empty array declaration must have no space between the | | parentheses (WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration) 12 | WARNING | No space after opening parenthesis of array is bad style | | (WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration) 12 | WARNING | No space before closing parenthesis of array is bad style | | (WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration) 16 | ERROR | Each line in an array declaration must end in a comma | | (WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration) 31 | ERROR | Expected 1 space between "'type'" and double arrow; 0 found | | (WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration) 31 | ERROR | Expected 1 space between double arrow and "'post'"; 0 found | | (WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration) 31 | ERROR | Expected 1 space before "=>"; 0 found | | (WordPress.WhiteSpace.OperatorSpacing) 31 | ERROR | Expected 1 space after "=>"; 0 found | | (WordPress.WhiteSpace.OperatorSpacing) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .... ``` You'll see the line number and number of ERRORs we need to return in `getErrorList` method. In line #31 there are two ERRORs belong to `WordPress.WhiteSpace.OperatorSpacing` sniff and it MUST not included in `ArrayDeclarationUnitTest` (that's why we only return 2 errros for line #31). Also there's `getWarningList` method in unit test class that returns an array of line numbers indicating WARNINGs. ## Sniff Code Standards The sniffs for WPCS should be written such that they pass the `WordPress-Core` code standards.