Wrong include_path for Codesniffer

Question

This issue has been addressed before and I have tried to solutions offered and think I am doing something wrong. I am attempting to configure PHP Codesniffer on a Mac using Mountaion Lion. I don't think it matters, but I ma using XAMMP. I am getting the following error when I run phpcs.

Warning: include_once(PHP/CodeSniffer/CLI.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/bin/phpcs on line 31

Warning: include_once(): Failed opening 'PHP/CodeSniffer/CLI.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:') in /usr/bin/phpcs on line 31

Fatal error: Class 'PHP_CodeSniffer_CLI' not found in /usr/bin/phpcs on line 34

This error, based on all the searching, is because of an incorrect include_path in php.ini. As I understand, this path is supposed to be the directory where pear resides. When I run pear config-get php_dir it returns /usr/lib/php/pear I expected this. So I modified the php.ini file (this file is the only php.ini on the system, so it is not grabbing the setting from another file) to read:

include_path = ".:/usr/lib/php/pear/"

This looks right, but I keep getting the same error. I have removed the leading .: and that does not help...and it shouldn't work. I also removed the trailing / and same result. Note that phpcs is in the usr/bin directory. Below is the result of running pear config-show

Configuration (channel pear.php.net):
=====================================
Auto-discover new Channels     auto_discover    1
Default Channel                default_channel  pear.php.net
HTTP Proxy Server Address      http_proxy       <not set>
PEAR server [DEPRECATED]       master_server    pear.php.net
Default Channel Mirror         preferred_mirror pear.php.net
Remote Configuration File      remote_config    <not set>
PEAR executables directory     bin_dir          /usr/bin
PEAR documentation directory   doc_dir          /usr/lib/php/pear/docs
PHP extension directory        ext_dir          /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626
PEAR directory                 php_dir          /usr/lib/php/pear
PEAR Installer cache directory cache_dir        /private/tmp/pear/cache
PEAR configuration file        cfg_dir          /usr/lib/php/pear/cfg
directory
PEAR data directory            data_dir         /usr/lib/php/pear/data
PEAR Installer download        download_dir     /private/tmp/pear/download
directory
PHP CLI/CGI binary             php_bin          /usr/bin/php
php.ini location               php_ini          /private/etc/php.ini
--program-prefix passed to     php_prefix       <not set>
PHP's ./configure
--program-suffix passed to     php_suffix       <not set>
PHP's ./configure
PEAR Installer temp directory  temp_dir         /JimS/temp
PEAR test directory            test_dir         /usr/lib/php/pear/tests
PEAR www files directory       www_dir          /usr/lib/php/pear/www
Cache TimeToLive               cache_ttl        3600
Preferred Package State        preferred_state  stable
Unix file mask                 umask            22
Debug Log Level                verbose          1
PEAR password (for             password         <not set>
maintainers)
Signature Handling Program     sig_bin          /usr/local/bin/gpg
Signature Key Directory        sig_keydir       /private/etc/pearkeys
Signature Key Id               sig_keyid        <not set>
Package Signature Type         sig_type         gpg
PEAR username (for             username         <not set>
maintainers)
User Configuration File        Filename         /Users/JimS/.pearrc
System Configuration File      Filename         /private/etc/pear.conf

Any ideas? I am prone to typos, so that is always a possibility, so everything I put here is cut/paste.

Answer 1

There is an excellent article on how to get it up-and-running:

http://viastudio.com/configure-php-codesniffer-for-mac-os-x/

I followed the easy instructions and had it working in no time!

The secret is to fix the include path with these commands:

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Server/Web/Config/php

sudo touch /Library/Server/Web/Config/php/local.ini

echo 'include_path = ".:'`pear config-get php_dir`'"' | sudo tee -a /Library/Server/Web/Config/php/local.ini

Answer 2

On MacOS High Sierrra 10.3.2 it is 2 simple steps:

sudo cp /etc/php.ini.default /etc/php.ini
echo 'include_path = ".:'`pear config-get php_dir`'"' | sudo tee -a /etc/php.ini

The last line sets the include_path at the end of the /etc/php.ini file