staabm · emmanuel-averty · Dec 17, 2025
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -6,14 +6,17 @@ Inspired by [parker-codes/todo-by](https://github.com/parker-codes/todo_by).
 
 ## Examples
 
-The main idea is, that comments within the source code will be turned into PHPStan errors when a condition is satisfied, e.g. a date reached, a version met, a issue tracker ticket is closed.
+The main idea is, that comments within the source code will be turned into PHPStan errors when a condition is satisfied, e.g. a date reached, a keyword, a version met, a issue tracker ticket is closed.
 
 ```php
 <?php
 
 // TODO: 2023-12-14 This comment turns into a PHPStan error as of 14th december 2023
 function doFoo() { /* ... */ }
 
+// TODO: asap Don’t let these these line in next commit
+function legacyFunc() { /* ... */ }
+
 // TODO https://github.com/staabm/phpstan-todo-by/issues/91 fix me when this GitHub issue is closed
 class FooClass {}
 
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ When a text is given after the date, this text will be picked up for the PHPStan
 
 **Out of the box** comments can expire by different constraints:
 - by date with format of `YYYY-MM-DD` matched against the [reference-time](https://github.com/staabm/phpstan-todo-by#reference-time)
+- by a keyword matched against a [list](https://github.com/staabm/phpstan-todo-by#keywords)
 - by a full github issue url
 - by a semantic version constraint matched against a Composer dependency (via `composer.lock`)
 
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ see examples of different comment variants which are supported:
  *   more comment data
  */
 
+// TODO: keyword fix it before commit
 // TODO: <1.0.0 This has to be in the first major release
 // TODO >123.4: Must fix this or bump the version
 
@@ -124,6 +129,15 @@ parameters:
 
 `TODOBY_REF_TIME="now+7days" vendor/bin/phpstan analyze`
 
+### Keywords
+
+A keyword list can be defined to create a PHPStan error each time one of these keywords is met after todo.
+
+```neon
+parameters:
+    todo_by:
+        keywords: ["asap", "now"]
+```
 
 ### Reference version
 

diff --git a/extension.neon b/extension.neon
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ parametersSchema:
     todo_by: structure([
         nonIgnorable: bool()
         referenceTime: string()
+        keywords: listOf(string())
         referenceVersion: string()
         singleGitRepo: bool()
         virtualPackages: arrayOf(string(), string())
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ parameters:
         # any strtotime() compatible string
         referenceTime: "now"
 
+        # list of keywords to create an error if one is met after todo
+        keywords: []
+
         # "nextMajor", "nextMinor", "nextPatch" or a version string like "1.2.3"
         referenceVersion: "nextMajor"
 
@@ -120,6 +124,12 @@ services:
         arguments:
             - %todo_by.referenceTime%
 
+    -
+        class: staabm\PHPStanTodoBy\TodoByKeywordRule
+        tags: [phpstan.rules.rule]
+        arguments:
+            - %todo_by.keywords%
+
     -
         class: staabm\PHPStanTodoBy\TodoByTicketRule
 

diff --git a/src/TodoByKeywordRule.php b/src/TodoByKeywordRule.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace staabm\PHPStanTodoBy;
+
+use PhpParser\Node;
+use PHPStan\Analyser\Scope;
+use PHPStan\Rules\Rule;
+use staabm\PHPStanTodoBy\utils\CommentMatcher;
+use staabm\PHPStanTodoBy\utils\ExpiredCommentErrorBuilder;
+
+use function trim;
+
+/**
+ * @implements Rule<Node>
+ */
+final class TodoByKeywordRule implements Rule
+{
+    private const ERROR_IDENTIFIER = 'keyword';
+
+    private array $keywords;
+
+    private const PATTERN = <<<'REGEXP'
+        {
+            @?(?:TODO|FIXME|XXX) # possible @ prefix
+            @?[a-zA-Z0-9_-]* # optional username
+            \s*[:-]?\s* # optional colon or hyphen
+            \s+ # separator
+            (?P<keyword>(?:%s)) # keyword
+            \s*[:-]?\s* # optional colon or hyphen
+            (?P<comment>(?:(?!\*+/).)*) # rest of line as comment text, excluding block end
+        }ix
+        REGEXP;
+
+    private ExpiredCommentErrorBuilder $errorBuilder;
+
+    /**
+     * @param list<non-empty-string> $keywords
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        array $keywords,
+        ExpiredCommentErrorBuilder $errorBuilder
+    ) {
+        $this->keywords = $keywords;
+        $this->errorBuilder = $errorBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public function getNodeType(): string
+    {
+        return Node::class;
+    }
+
+    public function processNode(Node $node, Scope $scope): array
+    {
+        if ([] === $this->keywords) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        $it = CommentMatcher::matchComments($node, sprintf(self::PATTERN, implode('|', $this->keywords)));
+
+        $errors = [];
+        foreach ($it as $comment => $matches) {
+            /** @var array<int, array<array{0: string, 1: int}>> $matches */
+            foreach ($matches as $match) {
+                $keyword = $match['keyword'][0];
+                $todoText = trim($match['comment'][0]);
+
+                // Have a keyword at the start of the message.
+                // If there is further text, append it.
+                if ('' !== $todoText) {
+                    $errorMessage = "Should be processed ({$keyword}): ". rtrim($todoText, '.') .'.';
+                } else {
+                    $errorMessage = "Comment should be processed ({$keyword}).";
+                }
+
+                $errors[] = $this->errorBuilder->buildError(
+                    $comment->getText(),
+                    $comment->getStartLine(),
+                    $errorMessage,
+                    self::ERROR_IDENTIFIER,
+                    null,
+                    $match[0][1]
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $errors;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/TodoByKeywordRuleTest.php b/tests/TodoByKeywordRuleTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace staabm\PHPStanTodoBy\Tests;
+
+use PHPStan\Rules\Rule;
+use PHPStan\Testing\RuleTestCase;
+use staabm\PHPStanTodoBy\TodoByKeywordRule;
+use staabm\PHPStanTodoBy\utils\ExpiredCommentErrorBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * @extends RuleTestCase<TodoByKeywordRule>
+ * @internal
+ */
+final class TodoByKeywordRuleTest extends RuleTestCase
+{
+    private array $keywords;
+
+    protected function getRule(): Rule
+    {
+        return new TodoByKeywordRule(
+            $this->keywords,
+            new ExpiredCommentErrorBuilder(true),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testRule(): void
+    {
+        $this->keywords = [
+            'keyword1',
+            'keyword2',
+        ];
+
+        $this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/keyword.php'], [
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): comment1.',
+                9,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword2): comment2.',
+                10,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (kEywORd1): comment3.',
+                11,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): comment4.',
+                12,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): comment5.',
+                13,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): comment6.',
+                14,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): comment7.',
+                15,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): commentX.',
+                20,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Comment should be processed (keyword1).',
+                22,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): class comment.',
+                30,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): class comment.',
+                31,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): method comment.',
+                35,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): in method comment1.',
+                37,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): in method comment2.',
+                39,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): Convert to standard Drupal $content code.',
+                44,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): Decide to fix all the broken instances of class as a string.',
+                47,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): fix it.',
+                49,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): fix it.',
+                50,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): fix it.',
+                51,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): fix it.',
+                52,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): fix it.',
+                54,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): fix it.',
+                55,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Should be processed (keyword1): classic multi line comment.',
+                60,
+            ],
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function testNoKeywordRule(): void
+    {
+        $this->keywords = [];
+
+        $this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/keyword.php'], []);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/data/keyword.php b/tests/data/keyword.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Keyword;
+
+function doFoo():void {
+
+}
+
+// TODO: keyword1 comment1
+// TODO: keyword2 comment2
+// TODO: kEywORd1 comment3
+// TODO keyword1 comment4
+//TODO: keyword1 comment5
+//TODO keyword1 comment6
+//TODO    keyword1 comment7
+
+// just a comment
+class X {}
+
+//TODO: keyword1 commentX
+
+// TODO: keyword1
+function doFooBar():void {
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * other text
+ *
+ * @todo keyword1 class comment
+ * @TODO keyword1 - class comment
+ *   more comment data
+ */
+class Z {
+    // TODO: keyword1 method comment
+    public function XY():void {
+        // TODO: keyword1 in method comment1
+        $x = 1;
+        // TODO keyword1: in method comment2
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @todo keyword1 - Convert to standard Drupal $content code.
+ */
+
+// @todo keyword1 Decide to fix all the broken instances of class as a string
+
+// @todo: keyword1 fix it
+// @todo keyword1: fix it
+// todo - keyword1 fix it
+// todo keyword1 - fix it
+
+// TODO@lars keyword1 - fix it
+// TODO@lars: keyword1 - fix it
+
+/*
+ * other text
+ *
+ * @todo keyword1 classic multi line comment
+ *   more comment data
+ */