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Create Weird Fun PHPStan Rules Like Nobody's Watching

There are 2 ways to use PHPStan. You can use native levels, and official extensions and raise the level from 0 to 8. This is a good start, but it often requires enormous work and brings must-have value. There is also a 2nd way: I wanted PHPStan **to be more fun and more tailored to the unique projects I work with**. That's why I made [symplify/phpstan-rules](https://github.com/symplify/phpstan-rules), a package that just crossed 6 200 000 downloads. It is one of the most used PHPStan extensions apart from official ones. I put all the fun and practical rules there, and often they prove to be useful to others too. But today I want you to move from end-user to **creator**.

I've checked other calls in codebase + database and made an astounding discovery: the user id is always an int! Now it's your turn to make however weird, stupid, simple, non-sense PHPStan rule you want. Writing custom PHPStan rules is one of the greatest assets when it comes to raising codebase value in time.

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