ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Shard php" xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0 http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=" http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
    <description> My custom rule set that checks my code... </description>
    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml/NumberOfChildren">
        <priority>1</priority>
        <properties>
            <property name="minimum" value="50" />
        </properties>
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortVariable">
        <priority>3</priority>
        <properties>
            <property name="minimum" value="2" />
        </properties>
    </rule>

    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml" />
    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml" />
    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml">
        <exclude name="NumberOfChildren" />
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
        <exclude name="ShortVariable" />
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />
</ruleset>