Configure PHP-cs-fixer indentation for 2 spaces rather than 4?

Question

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I'm using php-cs-fixer, and I have a unique requirement on indentations - I need two spaces rather than four. Is there a way to change this setting?

Note that I'm using atom-beautifier to run php-cs-fixer, so any solution should ideally be workable from there.

Ingeborg

Please provide some examples of what you have tried. Will help community not repeat your efforts. – Allister

The only thing I've tried on this is shutting off the indentation check on php-cs-fixer by adding -indentation in the "Fixers" field in Beatify's Atom settings, which seems to have no impact in Atom's usage of the tool. – Ingeborg

Answer 1

You can set the PHP-CS-Fixer config file path and set the setIndent() value as defined at PHP-CS-Fixer's documentation website.

See image for Atom package settings

Set the .php_cs with something like this. Note the ->setIndent(" ") with two spaces instead of a \t character.

<?php

/*
 * This file is part of PHP CS Fixer.
 * (c) Fabien Potencier <[email protected]>
 *     Dariusz Rumiński <[email protected]>
 * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
 * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
 */

$header = <<<'EOF'
This file is part of PHP CS Fixer.
(c) Fabien Potencier <[email protected]>
    Dariusz Rumiński <[email protected]>
This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
with this source code in the file LICENSE.
EOF;

return PhpCsFixer\Config::create()
  /* ... other settings */
  ->setIndent("  ")
  /* ... other settings */

I am using php-cs-fixer plugin version 4.1.0 here.

Maculate

Thanks for your answer! I note that <?php return PhpCsFixer\Config::create() ->setIndent(" "); is enough to change the indentation, though your example also shows how to combine it with other settings. – Folketing

@Zachary I saved the config file you posted above into a file named .php_cs in the root folder of my project so that atom-beautify for php will use those rules, but now atom-beautify does not even do anything for my php files again. No more formatting! Removing the file restores atom-beautify formatting though, but I want it to use the file so I can specify my coding style. What do I do? – Laplace

@OlowookereEmmanuel, only change the required line(s). Specifically the setIndent(" ") line. – Maculate

For those (like me) who'd prefer not to keep track of white space count: <?php return PhpCsFixer\Config::create()->setIndent(str_pad('', 2)); – Stinko