PhpStorm Can not run PHP Code CodeSniffer

In case somebody stumbles on this looking for how to set up PhpStorm tools that are installed within WSL/WSL2, this JetBrains issue thread helped me.

Basically, you want to set your CLI interpreter to the version of PHP within your WSL OS (for me, Ubuntu) under Languages & Frameworks > PHP. Then, under Quality Tools, you want to create a new configuration (the plus sign on the top-left side of the pop-up window that appears after you press the "..." button), select your CLI interpreter, and configure it from there. Be sure to use forward slashes for the path (e.g. "/home/[...]") and make it relative to the interpreter's OS (i.e. no need to start the path with "\\$wsl[...]"). After saving, you can select that Interpreter next to Configuration (instead of "Local") for that tool.

You should put phpcs.bat and phpcs in your PHP folder - e.g. d:\program\php\phpcs. The CodeSniffer itself should reside in d:\program\php\PEAR\PHP\CodeSniffer - there will be a script autoload.php and a subfolder src.

Then in Settings -> Languages & Frameworks -> PHP -> Code Sniffer you specify the path to phpcs.bat and Validate it.

Then in Settings -> Editor -> Inspections you find the node PHP Code Sniffer validation and enable it. After enabling it you will be able to configure it - specifically choose the coding standard.

This is my phpcs

#!D:\PROGRAM\Inet\Design\php\php.exe
<?php
/**
 * PHP_CodeSniffer detects violations of a defined coding standard.
 *
 * @author    Greg Sherwood <[email protected]>
 * @copyright 2006-2015 Squiz Pty Ltd (ABN 77 084 670 600)
 * @license   https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt BSD Licence
 */

if (is_file(__DIR__.'/../autoload.php') === true) {
    include_once __DIR__.'/../autoload.php';
} else {
    include_once 'PHP/CodeSniffer/autoload.php';
}

$runner   = new PHP_CodeSniffer\Runner();
$exitCode = $runner->runPHPCS();
exit($exitCode); 

This is my phpcs.bat

@echo off
REM PHP_CodeSniffer detects violations of a defined coding standard.
REM 
REM @author    Greg Sherwood <[email protected]>
REM @copyright 2006-2015 Squiz Pty Ltd (ABN 77 084 670 600)
REM @license   https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt BSD Licence

if "%PHPBIN%" == "" set PHPBIN=D:\PROGRAM\Inet\Design\php\php.exe
if not exist "%PHPBIN%" if "%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%" neq "" goto USE_PEAR_PATH
GOTO RUN
:USE_PEAR_PATH
set PHPBIN=%PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN%
:RUN
"%PHPBIN%" "D:\PROGRAM\Inet\Design\php\phpcs" %* 

This is my PEAR_ENV.reg which I have imported into Windows Registry

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]
"PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR"="D:\\PROGRAM\\Inet\\Design\\php"
"PHP_PEAR_INSTALL_DIR"="D:\\PROGRAM\\Inet\\Design\\php\\pear"
"PHP_PEAR_DOC_DIR"="D:\\PROGRAM\\Inet\\Design\\php\\docs"
"PHP_PEAR_BIN_DIR"="D:\\PROGRAM\\Inet\\Design\\php"
"PHP_PEAR_DATA_DIR"="D:\\PROGRAM\\Inet\\Design\\php\\data"
"PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN"="D:\\PROGRAM\\Inet\\Design\\php\\php.exe"
"PHP_PEAR_TEST_DIR"="Z:\\Temp\\"

I know this is not a satisfying solution, but for me (on Windows 10, having installed CodeSniffer as global composer installation) it got resolved by restarting PhpStorm.

I'm using OpenServer with PHP 7.0-64x I only have composer and PHP in my Env. vars.

but before i tested it in console and everything was just fine phpcs version: 3.3.2 (latest for these days) smth like this:

C:\OpenServer\domains\phpWorkingWithFiles\vendor\bin>phpcs --standard=PSR2 C:\OpenServer\domains\phpWorkingWithFiles\classes\Recipe.php

or like this

C:\OpenServer\domains\phpWorkingWithFiles>vendor\bin\phpcs classes/ --colors

had the same error I had reran the Phpstorm and it started working

i had this problem too;then i remove phpcs which is in the same dir with phpcs.bat,and it worked.

We also had the same problem and there was no PHP installed.

To be able to load code sniffer you MUST have PHP installed (locally on your PC/Laptop)!

Try to run it with php cli to see the error text. In my case it was:

$ php /home/alex/apps/code-style/code-style/scripts/phpcs.php
PHP Fatal error:  require_once(): Failed opening required '/home/daniel/apps/code-style/code-style/scripts/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /home/daniel/apps/code-style/code-style/scripts/phpcs.php on line 3

(I forgot to run composer install command in project root).

For me restarting PC solved issue. Tried restarting PHPStorm and relogin from Windows user, but did not work

In my case adding PHP to Windows Environment path solved the issue.

Even though, I set the path of PHP in PHPStorm Settings -> Language & Frameworks-> PHP -> CLI Interpreter I still got this error, until I set it in Windows Environment Variables.

In my case error message was Can not run PHP_CodeSniffer when I tried to validate the path of phpcs.bat

I was getting the error Cannot run program "phpcs.phar": CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32-Application when I selected the phpcs.phar file in PHPStorm. My %PATH% included my PHP installation directory and I could run php from a command prompt.

The error from PHPStorm implied that it was trying to launch phpcs.phar as an executable, rather than passing it to PHP with php phpcs.phar. I fixed the issue by creating a phpcs.bat containing the following:

@php C:\absolute\path\to\phpcs.phar %1

I then selected my phpcs.bat in PHPStorm, instead of phpcs.phar. I was then able to validate and run the tool from within PHPStorm. The same approach worked for the other code quality tools.

Configure the interpreter and choose the PHP version that you want to use.

Next, navigate to Quality Tools and enable PHP CS Fixer with the correct PHP Interpreter.

I had the same problem on MacOs using MAMP with path pointing php to a custom batch file that switches the version depending on the local folder it is called from, so the default config was never going to work for me.

I edited the <path to project>/vendor/bin/phpcs and <path to project>/vendor/bin/phpcbf and swapped the top line of

#!/usr/bin/env php

with

#!/usr/bin/env <path to PHP file in MAMP>

Seems to validate after that