PHPArkitect is a command line tool for PHP projects that lets developers define architectural rules as executable PHP code.
It can check whether classes follow namespace boundaries, naming conventions, dependency rules, inheritance constraints, trait usage, type rules, DocBlock requirements, and attribute rules. The tool is intended to help teams keep an application’s architecture consistent during development and in CI/CD workflows.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Defines architectural constraints using readable PHP configuration files.
- Checks namespace boundaries, class dependencies, naming conventions, inheritance, traits, types, DocBlocks, and attributes.
- Supports Composer installation and use as a PHAR executable.
- Provides baseline support to ignore existing violations while detecting new problems.
- Offers text, JSON, and GitLab output formats for local use and CI pipelines.
- Includes a component architecture rule builder for defining layered dependency rules.
- Supports custom configuration files, autoloading, verbose output, and stopping on first failure.
Website: github.com/phparkitect/arkitect
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Developer: Pietro Campagnano, Patrick Luca Fazzi, Alessandro Minoccheri, and Michele Orselli
License: MIT License
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