Exakat is a static analysis tool for PHP designed to improve code quality and ensure best practices in PHP projects. Like Psalm, it focuses on analyzing PHP code, but it offers unique features and analyses to help developers identify issues and make their applications more efficient and secure.
Here are some of Exakat’s main features:
- Code Quality and Best Practices: Exakat analyzes code based on recommended PHP best practices and ensures it adheres to modern standards.
- Security Analysis: The tool identifies potential security vulnerabilities in the code, such as SQL injections, cross-site scripting (XSS), or other weaknesses.
- Compatibility Checks: Exakat checks if the PHP code is compatible with different PHP versions, which is especially useful when upgrading to a newer PHP version.
- Dead Code Detection: It detects unused variables, methods, or classes that can be removed to make the code cleaner and easier to maintain.
- Documentation Analysis: It verifies whether the code is well-documented and if the documentation matches the actual code.
- Reporting: Exakat generates detailed reports on code health, including metrics on code quality, security vulnerabilities, and areas for improvement.
Exakat can be used as a standalone tool or integrated into a Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline to ensure code is continuously checked for quality and security. It's a versatile tool for PHP developers who want to maintain high standards for their code.
