assistance with coding to PSR-1 and PSR-2 standard about language-php

[Ingramz]

@chrisjimallen @andela-gjames check out linter and linter-phpcs packages.

[LukeMauldin]

I agree this would be very helpful.

[probablycorey]

This is beyond the scope of the language-php package, it is primarily concerned with snippets and syntax highlighting. But this is a great idea for a package. It looks like there might already be two packages that do something like this https://atom.io/packages/php-beautifier and https://atom.io/packages/php-checkstyle.

[LukeMauldin]

I must admit that I am new to the Atom editor, but other editors that I have used in the past (VIM, Emacs) have intelligent language Auto-indenting functionality. In both editors, I could chose PSR-2 coding style, Zend, etc... and when I executed the function to reindent the file, the editor applied my indentation settings. As far as I know, this functionality was included in the language modules/modes for those editors. Is Atom different? Do the Atom language packages not include indenting specifications for the language?

[jokeyrhyme]

@LukeMauldin I think the plugin ecosystem for Atom is still in the process of settling. Some plugins aim to be single-purpose. Some plugins end up duplicating lots of functionality because the upstream Atom system doesn't provide certain built-in frameworks (e.g. general purpose refactoring).

I think, long-term, we'll probably arrive at having one or two high-quality plugins for each language that don't overlap much and will usually be used together.

@probablycorey thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into them. :)

[probablycorey]

@jokeyrhyme summed up the current state of Atom pretty well! The Atom language packages don't have an indenting specification right now, so it is easier to create a second package that handles formatting/refactoring. In the future we may fold these abilities into the language package itself.

[sslgeorge]

This is 2016, is there an Atom package that helps you fix PHP code to PSR standards

[chrisjimallen]

@andela-gjames awesome, that would be super helpful if you added a link to it.