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+<?php
+/**
+ * Class WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Checks\PHP_CodeSniffer_Check
+ *
+ * @package plugin-check
+ */
+
+namespace WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Checks;
+
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Check;
+use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Checker\Check_Result;
+use Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Check for running one or more PHP CodeSniffer sniffs.
+ *
+ * @since n.e.x.t
+ */
+abstract class Abstract_PHP_CodeSniffer_Check implements Check {
+
+	/**
+	 * List of allowed PHPCS arguments.
+	 *
+	 * @since n.e.x.t
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $allowed_args = array(
+		'standard'   => true,
+		'extensions' => true,
+		'sniffs'     => true,
+		'exclude'    => true,
+	);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an associative array of arguments to pass to PHPCS.
+	 *
+	 * @since n.e.x.t
+	 *
+	 * @return array {
+	 *    An associative array of PHPCS CLI arguments. Can include one or more of the following options.
+	 *
+	 *    @type string $standard   The name or path to the coding standard to check against.
+	 *    @type string $extensions A comma separated list of file extensions to check against.
+	 *    @type string $sniffs     A comma separated list of sniff codes to include from checks.
+	 *    @type string $exclude    A comma separated list of sniff codes to exclude from checks.
+	 * }
+	 */
+	abstract public function get_args();
+
+	/**
+	 * Amends the given result by running the check on the associated plugin.
+	 *
+	 * @since n.e.x.t
+	 *
+	 * @param Check_Result $result The check result to amend, including the plugin context to check.
+	 *
+	 * @throws Exception Thrown when the check fails with a critical error (unrelated to any errors detected as part of
+	 *                   the check).
+	 */
+	public function run( Check_Result $result ) {
+		// Include the PHPCS autoloader.
+		$autoloader = WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_PLUGIN_DIR_PATH . '/vendor/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/autoload.php';
+
+		if ( file_exists( $autoloader ) ) {
+			include_once $autoloader;
+		}
+
+		// Backup the original command line arguments.
+		$orig_cmd_args = $_SERVER['argv'];
+
+		// Create the default arguments for PHPCS.
+		$defaults = array(
+			'',
+			$result->plugin()->path( '' ),
+			'--report=Json',
+			'--report-width=9999',
+		);
+
+		// Set the check arguments for PHPCS.
+		$_SERVER['argv'] = $this->parse_argv( $this->get_args(), $defaults );
+
+		// Run PHPCS.
+		try {
+			ob_start();
+			$runner = new \PHP_CodeSniffer\Runner();
+			$runner->runPHPCS();
+			$reports = ob_get_clean();
+		} catch ( Exception $e ) {
+			$_SERVER['argv'] = $orig_cmd_args;
+			throw $e;
+		}
+
+		// Parse the reports into data to add to the overall $result.
+		$reports = json_decode( trim( $reports ), true );
+
+		if ( empty( $reports['files'] ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		foreach ( $reports['files'] as $file_name => $file_results ) {
+			if ( empty( $file_results['messages'] ) ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			foreach ( $file_results['messages'] as $file_message ) {
+				$result->add_message(
+					strtoupper( $file_message['type'] ) === 'ERROR',
+					$file_message['message'],
+					array(
+						'code'   => $file_message['source'],
+						'file'   => $file_name,
+						'line'   => $file_message['line'],
+						'column' => $file_message['column'],
+					)
+				);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parse the command arguments.
+	 *
+	 * @since n.e.x.t
+	 *
+	 * @param array $argv     An array of arguments to pass.
+	 * @param array $defaults An array of default arguments.
+	 * @return array An indexed array of PHPCS CLI arguments.
+	 */
+	private function parse_argv( $argv, $defaults ) {
+		// Only accept allowed PHPCS arguments from check arguments array.
+		$check_args = array_intersect_key( $argv, $this->allowed_args );
+
+		// Format check arguments for PHPCS.
+		foreach ( $check_args as $key => $value ) {
+			$defaults[] = "--{$key}=$value";
+		}
+
+		return $defaults;
+	}
+}