ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="CakePHP">
 <description>CakePHP coding standard</description>

 <exclude-pattern>\.git</exclude-pattern>
 <exclude-pattern>*/Config/*.ini.php</exclude-pattern>
 <exclude-pattern>/*/tmp/</exclude-pattern>

 <rule ref="Squiz.Arrays.ArrayBracketSpacing"/>
 <!-- Require short array syntax -->
 <rule ref="Generic.Arrays.DisallowLongArraySyntax"/>
 
 <rule ref="Squiz.Classes.LowercaseClassKeywords"/>

 <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.ForLoopShouldBeWhileLoop"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.ForLoopWithTestFunctionCall"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.JumbledIncrementer"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnconditionalIfStatement"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnnecessaryFinalModifier"/>

 <rule ref="Squiz.Commenting.DocCommentAlignment"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.Commenting.Todo"/>

 <rule ref="PEAR.ControlStructures.ControlSignature"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.ControlStructures.ForEachLoopDeclaration"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.ControlStructures.LowercaseDeclaration"/>
 <rule ref="PSR2.ControlStructures.ControlStructureSpacing"/>

 <rule ref="Zend.Files.ClosingTag"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.Files.LineEndings"/>

 <rule ref="Generic.Formatting.DisallowMultipleStatements"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.Formatting.NoSpaceAfterCast"/>

 <rule ref="Squiz.Functions.FunctionDeclaration"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchie"/>
 <rule ref="PEAR.Functions.ValidDefaultValue"/>

 <rule ref="PSR2.Namespaces.NamespaceDeclaration"/>
 <rule ref="PSR2.Namespaces.UseDeclaration"/>

 <!--
 Disabled and replaced with local copy. See http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19957
 <rule ref="Generic.NamingConventions.UpperCaseConstantName"/>
 -->
 <rule ref="PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidClassName"/>

 <rule ref="Squiz.Operators.ValidLogicalOperators"/>

 <rule ref="Generic.PHP.DeprecatedFunctions"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.PHP.DisallowSizeFunctionsInLoops"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.PHP.Eval"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.PHP.ForbiddenFunctions"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.PHP.NonExecutableCode"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.PHP.LowerCaseConstant"/>

 <rule ref="Squiz.Scope.MemberVarScope"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.Scope.MethodScope"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.Scope.StaticThisUsage"/>

 <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.CastSpacing"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.WhiteSpace.DisallowSpaceIndent"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.LanguageConstructSpacing"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.LogicalOperatorSpacing"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.SemicolonSpacing"/>
 <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.SuperfluousWhitespace"/>

 <!-- Relax commenting rules for test cases -->
 <rule ref="CakePHP.Commenting.FunctionComment">

 <!-- 2.x dir structure -->
  <exclude-pattern>*/Test/Case/*</exclude-pattern>
  <exclude-pattern>*/Test/test_app/*</exclude-pattern>

 <!-- 3.x dir structure -->
  <exclude-pattern>*/tests/TestCase/*</exclude-pattern>
  <exclude-pattern>*/tests/test_app/*</exclude-pattern>
 </rule>

 <!-- All rules in ./Sniffs are included automatically -->
</ruleset>