How do i add phpcs to my global path?

I struggled with all these answers and I think it may be confusing to someone who is new to composer on Windows 10

This gives you better understanding of paths and Windows Environment Variables settings. However, it also includes installing php7 and integration with cakephp which you might want to skip and focus on (Composer and phpcs)

I found the fix at https://www.bravo-kernel.com/2017/03/installing-php7-composer-and-codesniffer-on-windows10-for-vscode/

And it had everything I needed to get phpcs working perfectly.

PROCEEDURE:

1. Download Composer for Windows 10 Here

2. Install Composer on Windows 10

3. Open Command Prompt(cmd.exe) and type "composer" and hit the enter key (Just search the windows start for "cmd")

    Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.1165]
    (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
   
    C:\Users\systemuser>composer
   

If composer is properly installed you will get a response with something like this

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     / /   / __ \/ __ `__ \/ __ \/ __ \/ ___/ _ \/ ___/
    / /___/ /_/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ (__  )  __/ /
    \____/\____/_/ /_/ /_/ .___/\____/____/\___/_/
                /_/
    Composer version 2.1.5 2021-07-23 10:35:47

    Usage:
    command [options] [arguments]

    Options:
      -h, --help                     Display this help message
      -q, --quiet                    Do not output any message
      -V, --version                  Display this application version
      --ansi                     Force ANSI output
  --no-ansi                  Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction           Do not ask any interactive question
  --profile                  Display timing and memory usage information
  --no-plugins               Whether to disable plugins.
   -d, --working-dir=WORKING-DIR  If specified, use the given directory as 
    working directory.
    --no-cache                 Prevent use of the cache
   -v|vv|vvv, --verbose           Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for 
    normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

    Available commands:
    (It continues)

1. If you do not intend to change the default directory you can now install phpcs otherwise you can use instructions from the link above to set a new executable path. The default composer directory is

    C:/Users/systemuser/AppData/Roaming/Composer
   

Now in Command prompt add the following command (Global installation):

    composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer

Here is what it will look like:

    C:\Users\systemuser>composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer
    Changed current directory to C:/Users/systemuser/AppData/Roaming/Composer
    Using version ^3.6 for squizlabs/php_codesniffer
    ./composer.json has been updated
    Running composer update squizlabs/php_codesniffer
    Loading composer repositories with package information
    Updating dependencies
    Nothing to modify in lock file
    Writing lock file
    Installing dependencies from lock file (including require-dev)
    Nothing to install, update or remove
    Generating autoload files

    C:\Users\systemuser>

Note: Nothing installed because I already installed phpcs. Also you can see that composer switched to the default directory, if this doesn't happen you need to navigate to the appropriate directory with "cd newpath" before installing phpcs:

    C:\Users\systemuser>cd AppData\Roaming\Composer

The result is:

    C:\Users\systemuser\AppData\Roaming\Composer>

You have completed the installation so verify the app path by navigating the path

Now you can copy the link to the phpcs file and paste in VSCode (If you changed your composer bin path then you need to copy the appropriate directory). It should look like this

    C:\Users\sytemuser\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin\phpcs

Now phpcs should work fine after installing the extension!

How to install phpcs in Visual Studio Code on Windows 10 also remove the error phpcs: Unable to locate phpcs. Please add phpcs to your global path or use composer dependency manager to install it in your project locally.

Install Composer

1. Step 1 - Download it.
2. Install it, the instructions are on the download page.
3. Make it globally accessible in your PATH.
4. In your System Environment Variables make sure Composer is in your PATH.
5. i.e. C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin;

PHP

Download PHP 7 and save to C:\php7

PEAR

Using Git Bash:

cd C:
cd php7/pear
#Download the go-pear using CURL
curl -OL http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar

Now open Windows Command Prompt as an Administrator

#Run PEAR
php go-pear.phar

As it states at the end of the install instruction, install Reg edits.

PHP Codesniffer

pear install PHP_CodeSniffer

PHPCS

Close all Command Prompts and open a new one with Admin Rights

composer global require "squizlabs/php_codesniffer=*"
phpcs --version

Visual Studio Code

Restart your Visual Studio Code and you should now not get the error: phpcs: Unable to locate phpcs. Please add phpcs to your global path or use composer dependency manager to install it in your project locally. Find a PHP file and incorrectly format it and it should now alert you.

Notes

Issue: The language server needs at least PHP 7 installed. Version found: Fix: Add C:\php7 to System Environment PATH File->Preferences->Settings->Add "php.validate.executablePath": "C:\\php7\\php.exe" Issue: The openssl extension is required for SSL/TLS protection but is not available. If you can not enable the openssl extension, you can disable this error, at your own risk, by setting the 'disable-tls' option to true. Fix: Open php.ini

Change
;extension=php_openssl.dll
#TO
extension=php_openssl.dll
#AND CHANGE
;extension_dir = "ext"
#TO
extension_dir = "ext"

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