Laravel Pint
Automatic code style enforcement — consistent PHP on every project.
Code style is about consistency: consistent indentation, spacing, naming conventions, and structure. When multiple developers work on the same codebase, or when the same developer returns to code written months ago, consistency makes code dramatically easier to read and reason about.
Laravel Pint is an automated tool that enforces PHP code style. Rather than manually formatting code or relying on developers to remember the rules, Pint fixes style issues automatically. Run it before a commit and the code is formatted correctly — every time.
It follows the PSR-12 standard (the widely-adopted PHP coding conventions) plus Laravel-specific rules that the broader community has converged on.
Every file, every function, every variable follows the same conventions — regardless of which developer wrote it or when. No cognitive overhead from inconsistent formatting.
Code style debates waste time. Pint decides. The team writes code; Pint makes it consistent. No more pull request comments about indentation.
When code is consistently formatted, diffs show actual logic changes — not formatting noise. Reviewing changes is faster and more meaningful.
Pint runs in our CI pipeline. Code that doesn't meet style standards doesn't merge until it does.