Repository Analysis

sebastianbergmann/phpunit

The PHP Unit Testing framework.

15.3 Moderate AI signal View on GitHub

Analysis Overview

This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of sebastianbergmann/phpunit, a PHP project with 20,047 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 229,088 lines of code across 3389 source files, recording 3520 pattern matches distributed across 3 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 15.3 places this repository in the Moderate AI signal band.

The scanner applied 160+ deterministic lexical heuristics, multi-line block detectors, abstract syntax tree depth profilers, and a cross-file Jaccard similarity matrix to construct a statistically normalised synthetic code estimate. All matches are individually weighted by severity coefficient and contextual multiplier before summation, and the resulting headline score is temporally discounted to account for the repository's development history relative to the commercial emergence of large language model coding tooling (November 2022 onward).

15.3
Adjusted Score
15.3
Raw Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-08-27
Last Push
20.0K
Stars
PHP
Language
229.1K
Lines of Code
3.4K
Files
3.5K
Pattern Hits
2026-08-29
Scan Date
0.00
HC Hit Rate

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Score
Primary synthetic code indicator. Raw score normalised per 1,000 lines of code and multiplied by the temporal discount factor. This is the definitive comparative metric — use it to rank repositories by AI authorship density.
Raw Score
The unmodified sum of all severity-weighted, context-multiplied pattern match scores before temporal discounting. Reflects the absolute signal strength independent of when the repository was last active.
Time Factor
The temporal discount multiplier (0–100%) applied to the raw score. Repositories last updated before ChatGPT's launch (Nov 2022) receive a 5% factor. Full signal is only assigned to repositories active in the post-adoption era (Jan 2024+).
Pattern Hits
Total count of individual pattern matches across all files and categories. A high hit count with a low score may indicate a very large codebase with isolated AI snippets; a low count with a high score indicates dense, concentrated AI signatures.
HC Hit Rate
High+Critical pattern hits per file, averaged across the repository. This orthogonal signal catches repositories where a few files are densely packed with high-severity AI tells — a strong indicator even when the normalised score appears moderate due to codebase size.
Lines of Code / Files
Total lines and files analysed. The scanner examines 94 file extensions. These denominators are used to normalise the score, enabling fair comparison between repositories of vastly different sizes.

Score History

This chart maps the temporal evolution of the adjusted synthetic code score across successive scan runs. An upward trajectory indicates ongoing incorporation of AI-generated code or expanding LLM-assisted scaffolding; a stable or declining trajectory may reflect active human refactoring, code removal, or the adoption of stricter authorship policies. The dashed secondary line (right axis) independently tracks total raw pattern hit count, which can diverge from the normalised score when codebase size changes significantly between scans.

Severity Breakdown

Classifies detected patterns by their diagnostic confidence and structural impact. CRITICAL patterns (coefficient 10) represent definitive synthetic signatures — hallucinated imports, explicit LLM attribution metadata — virtually never produced by human authors. HIGH (5) indicates strong structural tells such as cross-file repetition or cross-linguistic idioms. MEDIUM (2) covers recognisable conversational padding and AI-specific vocabulary. LOW (1) captures subtle indicators like tautological comments and generic boilerplate that require density to carry independent signal.

CRITICAL 0HIGH 0MEDIUM 0LOW 3520

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart decomposes the repository's raw synthetic code score by top-level directory, allowing you to pinpoint precisely which modules or components carry the highest AI authorship density. Directories with disproportionately high scores relative to their size warrant targeted manual review: concentrated AI signatures often trace back to mass-generated configuration layers, auto-ported test suites, LLM-scaffolded boilerplate classes, or entire subsystems authored under heavy copilot assistance. Use this view to prioritise your human code-review effort.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 3520 distinct pattern matches across 3 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a statistically significant AI authorship indicator. 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 diagnostic confidence level (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 weight because LLMs systematically over-annotate. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier as dense clusters constitute far stronger evidence of synthetic authorship than isolated hits.

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers3511 hits · 3507 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/TestSuiteFilterProcessorTest.php28 public function testRejectsTestIdFilterFileThatCannotBeRead(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/ShellExitCodeCalculatorTest.php40 public function testFailsOnPhpunitNoticeWhenRequested(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/ShellExitCodeCalculatorTest.php51 public function testDoesNotFailOnPhpunitNoticeWhenRequested(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/ShellExitCodeCalculatorTest.php76 private function testResultWithPhpunitNotice(): TestResultCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/TestRunnerTest.php30 public function testWrapsThrowableInRuntimeException(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/PhpHandlerTest.php36 public function testPHPConfigurationIsHandledCorrectly(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/PhpHandlerTest.php63 public function testHandlePHPConfigurationDoesNotOverwriteExistingEnvArrayVariables(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/PhpHandlerTest.php76 public function testHandlePHPConfigurationDoesNotOverwriteVariablesFromPutEnv(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/PhpHandlerTest.php97 public function testHandlePHPConfigurationDoesOverwriteVariablesFromPutEnvWhenForced(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/PhpHandlerTest.php110 public function testHandlePHPConfigurationDoesForceOverwrittenExistingEnvArrayVariables(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/PhpHandlerTest.php120 public function testIniSettingValueIsResolvedFromDefinedConstant(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/PhpHandlerTest.php133 public function testWarningIsTriggeredWhenIniSettingCannotBeSet(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/PhpHandlerTest.php149 public function testEnvironmentVariableWithValueThatIsNotScalarIsIgnored(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/PhpHandlerTest.php168 private function handleWithThrowAwayEventFacade(Php $php): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/SourceFilterTest.php642 public function testDeterminesWhetherFileIsIncluded(array $expectations, Source $source): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/SourceMapperTest.php528 public function testDeterminesWhetherFileIsIncluded(array $expected, Source $source): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/SourceMapperTest.php539 public function testDoesNotMapFilesInHiddenDirectories(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php326 public function testIncludePathsAreCarriedOverFromXmlConfiguration(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php335 public function testColorsCanBeEnabledFromXmlConfiguration(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php344 public function testThresholdsForHtmlCodeCoverageReportAreResetWhenTheyAreInconsistent(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php34 public function testNoLoggingShouldOnlyAffectXmlConfiguration(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php62 public function testBranchCoverageCanBeEnabledFromCli(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php77 public function testClassViewAndFileViewForHtmlCodeCoverageReportAreEnabledByDefault(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php89 public function testClassViewForHtmlCodeCoverageReportCanBeDisabledFromXmlConfiguration(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php101 public function testClassViewForHtmlCodeCoverageReportCanBeDisabledFromCli(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php115 public function testFileViewForHtmlCodeCoverageReportCanBeDisabledFromXmlConfiguration(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php127 public function testFileViewForHtmlCodeCoverageReportCanBeDisabledFromCli(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php141 public function testCoverageTargetingCanBeDisabledFromCli(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php154 public function testCoverageTargetingIsNotDisabledByDefault(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php165 public function testCoverageDriverIsCarriedOverFromXmlConfiguration(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php177 public function testNoCoverageShouldOnlyAffectXmlConfiguration(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php215 public function testLoggingConfigurationIsCarriedOverFromXmlConfiguration(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php238 public function testCodeCoverageReportsCanBeConfiguredFromCli(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php286 public function testMiscellaneousOptionsCanBeConfiguredFromCli(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php312 public function testInvalidRandomOrderSeedIsReplacedWithSmallestValidSeed(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php359 public function testCustomCssFileForHtmlCodeCoverageReportIsCarriedOverFromXmlConfiguration(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php369 public function testWarningIsTriggeredWhenIssueTriggerIdentificationIsDisabledButNeeded(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php384 public function testTestRunHistoryFileIsLocatedNextToTheScriptThatIsRunning(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php396 public function testTestRunHistoryFileIsLocatedInTheCurrentWorkingDirectoryWhenTheScriptThatIsRunningIsUnknown(): voCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php455 public function testFailOnDeprecationTriggerOptionsCanBeConfiguredUsingXmlConfigurationFile(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php479 public function testFailOnDeprecationTriggerOptionsCanBeConfiguredUsingCommandLineOptions(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/MergerTest.php554 private function mergeWithThrowAwayEventFacade(CliConfiguration $cliConfiguration, Configuration $xmlConfiguration):CODE
LOW…sts/unit/TextUI/Configuration/TestSuiteBuilderTest.php63 public function testLoadsEveryTestFileWhenNoTestFileSkipperIsUsed(): voidCODE
LOW…sts/unit/TextUI/Configuration/TestSuiteBuilderTest.php74 public function testDoesNotLoadATestFileThatCannotContributeATestToTheRun(): voidCODE
LOW…sts/unit/TextUI/Configuration/TestSuiteBuilderTest.php101 public function testDoesNotLoadATestFileThatIsNamedOnTheCommandLineNextToAnotherOneAndCannotContributeATestToTheRun(CODE
LOW…sts/unit/TextUI/Configuration/TestSuiteBuilderTest.php129 public function testLoadsATestFileThroughTheTestFileSkipperSoThatAFileThatCannotBeLoadedIsNotRemembered(): voidCODE
LOW…sts/unit/TextUI/Configuration/TestSuiteBuilderTest.php226 private function writeTestFileThatCannotBeLoaded(string $directory, string $name): stringCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php436 public function testReturnsDefaultValuesForCoverageHtmlReportThresholds(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php445 public function testReturnsDefaultValuesForCoverageHtmlReportViews(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php453 public function testReturnsDefaultValuesForCoverageHtmlReportColors(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php477 public function testReturnsDefaultValuesForTimeouts(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php486 public function testCoverageXmlIncludeSourceDefaultsToTrue(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php493 public function testIncludeGitInformationDefaultsToFalse(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php500 public function testReturnsConfiguredCoverageReports(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php562 public function testReturnsConfiguredDefaultTestSuite(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php570 public function testReturnsConfiguredPharExtensionDirectory(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php578 public function testReturnsConfiguredTimeouts(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php587 public function testReturnsValuesProvidedViaCommandLineArguments(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php32 public function testTestFilesFileThrowsWhenNotConfigured(): voidCODE
LOWtests/unit/TextUI/Configuration/ConfigurationTest.php43 public function testConfigurationFileThrowsWhenNotLoadedFromFile(): voidCODE
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Over-Commented Block8 hits · 8 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/unit/Metadata/MetadataCollectionTest.php21#[CoversClass(MetadataCollection::class)]COMMENT
LOWtests/unit/Metadata/MetadataCollectionTest.php41#[UsesClass(PostCondition::class)]COMMENT
LOWtests/unit/Metadata/Parser/AttributeParserTest.php81use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\WithEnvironmentVariable;COMMENT
LOWtests/unit/Metadata/Parser/AttributeParserTest.php101#[CoversClass(CoversMethod::class)]COMMENT
LOWtests/unit/Metadata/Parser/AttributeParserTest.php121#[CoversClass(InvalidAttribute::class)]COMMENT
LOWtests/unit/Metadata/Parser/AttributeParserTest.php141#[CoversClass(TestDoxFormatter::class)]COMMENT
LOWtests/_files/IniSettingNotChangeableAtRuntimeTest.php21 {COMMENT
LOWtests/_files/RequirementsTest.php81 {COMMENT
Fake / Example Data1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…_files/code-coverage-driver/phpunit-with-fake-data.xml5 cacheDirectory=".phpunit.cache.with-fake-data">CODE