.php_md.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ruleset name="Mess Detector Rules"
         xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">

    <description>Mess Detector Rules</description>
    <!-- Import All rules-->
    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml"/>
    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml"/>
    <rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml">
        <exclude name="StaticAccess" />
        <exclude name="MissingImport" />
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml"/>
    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml"/>
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml"/>

    <!-- Alter some of them -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/CyclomaticComplexity">
        <properties>
            <property name="reportLevel" value="15"/>
        </properties>
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortVariable">
        <properties>
            <property name="minimum" value="3"/>
            <property name="exceptions" value="id,io"/>
        </properties>
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortMethodName">
        <properties>
            <property name="minimum" value="3"/>
            <property name="exceptions" value="up"/>
        </properties>
    </rule>
</ruleset>