PHPStan Installation and Setup

Installation Steps

1. Install PHPStan and Larastan via Composer:

   composer require --dev phpstan/phpstan larastan/larastan

Configuration Steps

1. Create phpstan.neon file in project root:
   • Location: phpstan.neon or phpstan.dist.neon (root directory)

   includes:
       - ./vendor/larastan/larastan/extension.neon
   
   parameters:
       level: 5
       paths:
           - app

2. Run PHPStan analysis:

   ./vendor/bin/phpstan analyse

3. Add to composer.json scripts section:
   • Location: composer.json (scripts section)

   "scripts": {
       "analyse": "./vendor/bin/phpstan analyse"
   }

4. Verify configuration is committed to version control
   • Check: phpstan.neon should be in repository