---
title: "Custom PHPStan Rules to Improve Every Symfony project"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/custom-phpstan-rules-to-improve-every-symfony-project-fyden7bvv
source_url: https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/custom-phpstan-rules-to-improve-every-symfony-project
type: article
source: "Tomas Votruba"
published: 2025-03-03T18:51:25.556Z
updated: 2025-03-03T18:51:41.319Z
tags: ["php", "symfony"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 17
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Custom PHPStan Rules to Improve Every Symfony project

**[Tomas Votruba](https://daily.dev/sources/tomasvotruba)** · 6 min read · 17 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

To ensure long-term code quality in Symfony projects, implementing custom PHPStan rules can be highly effective. These rules help maintain a clean codebase by promoting practices like clear constructor injection, avoiding service locators, and preventing route prefixing. By following these rules, projects can remain robust and maintainable even after the original developers have left.

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