diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/tovi/plugins/formatting.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/tovi/plugins/formatting.lua
index f8a0dec..2f6974e 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/tovi/plugins/formatting.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/tovi/plugins/formatting.lua
@@ -39,5 +39,9 @@ return {
 				timeout_ms = 500,
 			})
 		end)
+
+        conform.formatters.phpcbf = {
+            prepend_args = { "--standard=~/.config/phpcs.xml" }
+        }
 	end,
 }
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/tovi/plugins/linting.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/tovi/plugins/linting.lua
index 1561e6e..2b5e8fc 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/tovi/plugins/linting.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/tovi/plugins/linting.lua
@@ -4,10 +4,56 @@ return {
 	config = function()
 		local lint = require("lint")
 
+        local severities = {
+            ERROR = vim.diagnostic.severity.ERROR,
+            WARNING = vim.diagnostic.severity.WARN,
+        }
+
         lint.linters.ecs = {
             cmd = "ecs",
         }
 
+        lint.linters.phpcs = {
+            cmd = 'phpcs',
+            stdin = true,
+            args = {
+                '-q',
+                '--report=json',
+                '--standard=~/.config/phpcs.xml',
+                '-', -- need `-` at the end for stdin support
+            },
+            ignore_exitcode = true,
+            parser = function(output, _)
+                if vim.trim(output) == '' or output == nil then
+                    return {}
+                end
+
+                if not vim.startswith(output,'{') then
+                    vim.notify(output)
+                    return {}
+                end
+
+                local decoded = vim.json.decode(output)
+                local diagnostics = {}
+                local messages = decoded['files']['STDIN']['messages']
+
+                for _, msg in ipairs(messages or {}) do
+                    table.insert(diagnostics, {
+                        lnum = msg.line - 1,
+                        end_lnum = msg.line - 1,
+                        col = msg.column - 1,
+                        end_col = msg.column - 1,
+                        message = msg.message,
+                        code = msg.source,
+                        source = 'phpcs',
+                        severity = assert(severities[msg.type], 'missing mapping for severity ' .. msg.type),
+                    })
+                end
+
+                return diagnostics
+            end
+        }
+
 		lint.linters_by_ft = {
 			javascript = { "eslint" },
 			typescript = { "eslint" },
diff --git a/.config/phpcs.xml b/.config/phpcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2f70e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/phpcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset>
+    <file>app</file>
+    <file>config</file>
+    <file>public</file>
+    <file>resources</file>
+    <file>routes</file>
+    <file>tests</file>
+
+    <exclude-pattern>*/database/*</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/cache/*</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/*.js</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/*.css</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/*.xml</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/*.blade.php</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/autoload.php</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/storage/*</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/docs/*</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
+    <exclude-pattern>*/migrations/*</exclude-pattern>
+
+    <arg name="report" value="full"/>
+    <arg name="colors"/>
+    <arg value="p"/>
+    <arg value="n"/>
+
+    <ini name="memory_limit" value="512M"/>
+
+    <rule ref="PSR12">
+        <exclude name="PSR12.ControlStructures.ControlStructureSpacing.SpacingAfterOpenBrace"/>
+        <exclude name="Generic.Files.LineLength"/>
+    </rule>
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 76f50eb..5cda07b 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -224,3 +224,5 @@ export FNM_LOGLEVEL="info"
 export FNM_NODE_DIST_MIRROR="https://nodejs.org/dist"
 export FNM_ARCH="x64"
 rehash
+
+export PHPCS_STANDARD=~/.config/phpcs.xml