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phpcs: Unable to locate phpcs. Invalid version string encountered!
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install phpcs via composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer
open vscode
installed phpcs extention
config it
exepath /Users/usernama/.composer/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/bin/phpcs
show that
phpcs: Unable to locate phpcs. Invalid version string encountered!
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I have solved it via install PHP CodeSniffe on my system
https://www.jianshu.com/p/8c16b1f247ed
In my case, I’m getting this error because of a PHP deprecation notice that is output when
phpcs --versionis run. The regex expects the output of that command to start withPHP_CodeSniffer version, followed by the version number, but the deprecation notice is printed before that, causing the version to not be matched.