codesize.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 all but StaticAccess from cleancode rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml">
        <exclude name="BooleanArgumentFlag" />
        <exclude name="ElseExpression" />
        <exclude name="StaticAccess" />
    </rule>
    <!-- Set properties for ShortVariable from cleancode rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml/StaticAccess">
        <properties>
            <property name="exceptions">
                <value>
                    \Firebase\JWT\JWT,
                    \Prophecy\Argument
                </value>
            </property>
        </properties>
    </rule>

    <!-- Import the entire codesize rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml">
        <exclude name="TooManyPublicMethods" />
    </rule>

    <!-- Import the entire controversial rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml">
        <exclude name="CamelCaseClassName" />
        <exclude name="CamelCaseMethodName" />
        <exclude name="CamelCaseParameterName" />
        <exclude name="CamelCasePropertyName" />
        <exclude name="CamelCaseVariableName" />
    </rule>

    <!-- Import the entire design rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml">
        <exclude name="DevelopmentCodeFragment" />
    </rule>

    <!-- Import the entire unusedcode rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />

    <!-- Import all but ShortVariable from naming rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
        <exclude name="ShortVariable" />
    </rule>
    <!-- Set properties for ShortVariable from naming rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortVariable">
        <properties>
            <property name="exceptions" value="db,id" />
        </properties>
    </rule>

</ruleset>