phpmd.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="My first PHPMD rule set"
        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>
    My custom rule set that checks my code...
    </description>

    <!-- Import the entire unused code rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml" />
    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml" />
    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml" />
    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml" />
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
        <exclude name="LongVariable" />
        <exclude name="ShortVariable" />
    </rule>

    <!-- Could not get this to work. Just going to ignore rule above -->
    <!-- <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/LongVariable">
        <properties>
            <property name="maximum" value="30" />
        </properties>
    </rule> -->

    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml">
        <exclude name="UnusedFormalParameter" />
    </rule>
</ruleset>