How to get lines of code in PHP with PHPLoc via CLI or using Docker
This video shows how to get the lines of code in a PHP application by using PHPLoc from the command line or using Docker. PHPLoc is a command line application to generate a small but useful report. Adam Culp will show how to use it from a Docker Container using a Docker Image he created. PHPLoc demonstrated on the Concrete5 CMS codebase.
Key Topics:
- Why find the lines of code
- PHPLoc is an application to find the lines of code in PHP
- Different methods to use PHPLoc
- How to use a Docker image to run PHPLoc
- Comments as a code smell
Associated Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_smell – Code smells explained
https://www.docker.com/get-started – The place for developers to start with Docker
https://hub.docker.com/r/adamculp/php-code-quality – link to the image used to build the Docker container used in this video
https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phploc – location of the PHPLoc tool
https://www.concrete5.org/ – Concrete5 CMS code I’m using in this video