ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Sample">
 <description>A sample coding standard</description>

 <!-- Include all sniffs in the PEAR standard -->
 <rule ref="Zend">
   <exclude name="Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceBsdAllman.BraceOnSameLine"/>
   <exclude name="Zend.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName.NotCamelCaps"/>
   <exclude name="PEAR.Classes.ClassDeclaration.OpenBraceNewLine"/>
 </rule>

 <!-- Include some specific sniffs -->
 <rule ref="Generic.ControlStructures.InlineControlStructure"/>
 <rule ref="Generic.Functions.FunctionCallArgumentSpacing"/>

 <!-- Change the settings of the Line Length sniff -->
 <rule ref="Generic.Files.LineLength">
  <properties>
   <property name="lineLimit" value="120"/>
   <property name="absoluteLineLimit" value="0"/>
  </properties>
 </rule>

  <!-- Change both Line Length messages -->
 <rule ref="Generic.Files.LineLength.MaxExceeded">
  <message>Line longer than the max of %s; has %s chars</message>
 </rule>
 <rule ref="Generic.Files.LineLength.TooLong">
  <message>Line longer than %s chars; has %s chars</message>
 </rule>

 <!-- Disable internal message for missing code and short open tags -->
 <rule ref="Internal.NoCodeFound">
  <severity>0</severity>
 </rule>
</ruleset>