Storing results of phpcs fixer into a file

Question

Is there any option to store the output of the phpcs fixer results into a file ?

I tried the below

phpcs --standard='Symfony' -a 'path' --report-file='~/Users/uname/Desktop/PHPcs'

But it gives an error:

ERROR: The specified report file path "~/Users/uname/Desktop/PHPcs" points to a non-existent directory

Run "phpcs --help" for usage information

Try to use full path, for example : `C:\Users\uname\Desktop\PHPcs` the windows way — teeyo, Oct 12 '17 at 08:25
Did you tried to specify full path to directory?Are you sure that this directory exists? — Dmitriy Buteiko, Oct 12 '17 at 08:25
try to remove the quotes, see if that helps with shell expansion — Calimero, Oct 12 '17 at 08:26
@DmitriyButeiko this removed the error.But still the file shows as zero bytes and i have changed the permission of the file to read write all everyone. — Jignesh Rawal, Oct 12 '17 at 08:31
Try to create the directory first, as well as playing with different formats and/or provoque an error, in order to have some output. Example: `mkdir -p ~/Users/uname/Desktop/PHPcs && phpcs --standard='Symfony' -a 'path' --report=junit --report-file='~/Users/uname/Desktop/PHPcs/junit.xml'` — Gonzalo, Jan 04 '22 at 03:02

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '19 at 07:54

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Nice question! As Tomáš Votruba said using > can do the trick for you.

Example of the command

phpcs [your command] > log.txt

The file will get created in the directory you are while running the command.

answered May 09 '19 at 07:54

Naser Nikzad

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '17 at 08:40

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Ok got the issue sorted.

When you do the below

phpcs --standard='Symfony' -a app/path --report="~\Users\uname\Desktop\PHPcs\PHPGOG.txt"

You dont have to create your own folder

PHPCS fixer will generate the report in the same path [at the place of your code ] for which you are running the phpcs fixer.

answered Oct 12 '17 at 08:40

Jignesh Rawal

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You can also use common bash command for such use cases: `phpcs ... > output.txt` – Tomas Votruba Oct 19 '17 at 15:10
`--report-file="~\Users\uname\Desktop\PHPcs\PHPGOG.txt" ? That worked for me – Dominic Pixie Jun 05 '19 at 12:52

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