Provides functionality that helps writing PHP code that has runtime-specific execution paths
This report summarizes scanner evidence for sebastianbergmann/environment, a PHP project with 6,764 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 2,823 lines of code across 22 source files, recording 39 pattern matches distributed across 1 syntactic category. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 15.7 (Elevated pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.
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Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 39 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 0 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 39 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 39 finding(s).
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The scanner identified 39 distinct pattern matches across 1 syntactic category. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.
Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | tests/ConsoleTest.php | 29 | public function testIsInteractiveReturnsFalseForPipeResource(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/ConsoleTest.php | 51 | public function testIsInteractiveReturnsFalseForRegularFileResource(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/ConsoleTest.php | 66 | public function testGetNumberOfColumnsDoesNotProduceStderrWarningsInNonTtyEnvironment(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 36 | public function testCannotCollectCodeCoverageWhenNeitherXdebugNorPcovAreAvailable(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 45 | public function testCanCollectCodeCoverageWhenXdebugCanCollectCoverage(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 54 | public function testCanCollectCodeCoverageWhenPcovCanCollectCoverage(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 63 | public function testCanCollectCodeCoverageWhenRunningOnPhpdbg(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 110 | public function testNameAndVersionCanBeRetrieved(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 115 | public function testGetNameReturnsPhpdbgWhenRunningOnPhpdbg(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 122 | public function testGetNameReturnsPhpdbgWhenRunningOnPhp(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 129 | public function testNameAndCodeCoverageDriverCanBeRetrieved(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 134 | public function testGetVersionReturnsPhpVersionWhenRunningPhp(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 139 | public function testGetVendorUrlReturnsPhpDotNetWhenRunningPhp(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 144 | public function testSettingsChangedViaCliDFlagAreDetected(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 159 | public function testGetCurrentSettingsReturnsEmptyDiffIfNoValuesArePassed(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 164 | public function testGetCurrentSettingsWillSkipSettingsThatIsNotSet(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 169 | public function testGetCurrentSettingsReturnsValuesVerbatim(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 343 | private function markTestSkippedWhenPcovIsLoaded(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 350 | private function markTestSkippedWhenPcovIsNotLoaded(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 357 | private function markTestSkippedWhenXdebugIsLoaded(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 364 | private function markTestSkippedWhenXdebugCanCollectCoverage(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 394 | private function markTestSkippedWhenXdebugIsNotLoaded(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 401 | private function markTestSkippedWhenRunningOnPhpdbg(): void | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 410 | private function markTestSkippedWhenNotRunningOnPhpdbg(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 77 | public function testRawBinaryCanBeRetrieved(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 82 | public function testIsPhpReturnsTrueWhenRunningOnPhp(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 186 | public function testGetCurrentSettingsSkipsValuesThatEqualTheCompiledInDefaultWhenNoIniFileIsLoaded(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 200 | public function testGetCurrentSettingsReportsEmptyValueThatDiffersFromTheCompiledInDefault(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 215 | public function testGetCurrentSettingsLeavesAloneEmptyValueAbsentFromIniFilesAndCompiledInDefaults(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 235 | public function testCompiledInDefaultsAreCachedAcrossInstances(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 261 | public function testCompiledInDefaultsReflectSettingsOverriddenByTheCliSapi(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 286 | public function testGetCurrentSettingsReportsBuiltInDefaultValuesThatDifferFromTheDefaultsOfTheCliSapi(): void | CODE |
| LOW | tests/RuntimeTest.php | 381 | private function markTestSkippedWhenXdebugCannotCollectCoverage(): void | CODE |
| LOW | src/Runtime.php | 124 | public function performsJustInTimeCompilation(): bool | CODE |
| LOW | src/Runtime.php | 172 | public function getNameWithVersionAndCodeCoverageDriver(): string | CODE |
| LOW | src/Runtime.php | 332 | public function getSettingsNotChangeableAtRuntime(): array | CODE |
| LOW | src/Runtime.php | 486 | private static function compiledDefaultsViaChildProcess(): array | CODE |
| LOW | src/Console.php | 155 | private function getNumberOfColumnsInteractive(): int | CODE |
| LOW | src/Console.php | 189 | private function getNumberOfColumnsWindows(): int | CODE |