diff --git a/lang/en/local_moodlecheck.php b/lang/en/local_moodlecheck.php
index 76bb615..a0f2082 100644
--- a/lang/en/local_moodlecheck.php
+++ b/lang/en/local_moodlecheck.php
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
$string['error_emptynophpfile'] = 'The file is empty or doesn\'t contain PHP code. Skipped.';
-$string['rule_variablesdocumented'] = 'All variables are documented';
-$string['error_variablesdocumented'] = 'Variable {$a->variable} is not documented';
$string['rule_constsdocumented'] = 'All constants are documented';
$string['error_constsdocumented'] = 'Constant {$a->object} is not documented';
$string['rule_definesdocumented'] = 'All define statements are documented';
@@ -74,9 +72,6 @@
$string['error_functionarguments'] = 'Phpdocs for function {$a->function} has incomplete parameters list';
$string['rule_functionarguments'] = 'Phpdocs for functions properly define all parameters';
-$string['error_variableshasvar'] = 'Phpdocs for variable {$a->variable} does not contain @var or incorrect';
-$string['rule_variableshasvar'] = 'Phpdocs for variables contain @var with variable type and name';
-
$string['error_definedoccorrect'] = 'Phpdocs for define statement must start with constant name and dash: {$a->object}';
$string['rule_definedoccorrect'] = 'Check syntax for define statement';
diff --git a/rules/phpdocs_basic.php b/rules/phpdocs_basic.php
index adec5e8..366a0a3 100644
--- a/rules/phpdocs_basic.php
+++ b/rules/phpdocs_basic.php
@@ -24,14 +24,12 @@
defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die;
-local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('variablesdocumented')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_variablesdocumented');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('constsdocumented')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_constsdocumented');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('definesdocumented')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_definesdocumented');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('noinlinephpdocs')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_noinlinephpdocs');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('phpdocsfistline')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_phpdocsfistline');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('functiondescription')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_functiondescription');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('functionarguments')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_functionarguments');
-local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('variableshasvar')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_variableshasvar');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('definedoccorrect')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_definedoccorrect');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('filehascopyright')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_filehascopyright');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('filehaslicense')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_filehaslicense');
@@ -44,22 +42,6 @@
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('phpdocsuncurlyinlinetag')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_phpdocsuncurlyinlinetag');
local_moodlecheck_registry::add_rule('phpdoccontentsinlinetag')->set_callback('local_moodlecheck_phpdoccontentsinlinetag');
-/**
- * Checks if all variables have phpdocs blocks
- *
- * @param local_moodlecheck_file $file
- * @return array of found errors
- */
-function local_moodlecheck_variablesdocumented(local_moodlecheck_file $file) {
- $errors = [];
- foreach ($file->get_variables() as $variable) {
- if ($variable->phpdocs === false) {
- $errors[] = ['variable' => $variable->fullname, 'line' => $file->get_line_number($variable->tid)];
- }
- }
- return $errors;
-}
-
/**
* Checks if all constants have phpdocs blocks
*
@@ -416,27 +398,6 @@ function($type) {
return implode('|', $types);
}
-/**
- * Checks that all variables have proper \var token in phpdoc block
- *
- * @param local_moodlecheck_file $file
- * @return array of found errors
- */
-function local_moodlecheck_variableshasvar(local_moodlecheck_file $file) {
- $errors = [];
- foreach ($file->get_variables() as $variable) {
- if ($variable->phpdocs !== false) {
- $documentedvars = $variable->phpdocs->get_params('var', 2);
- if (!count($documentedvars) || $documentedvars[0][0] == 'type') {
- $errors[] = [
- 'line' => $variable->phpdocs->get_line_number($file, '@var'),
- 'variable' => $variable->fullname, ];
- }
- }
- }
- return $errors;
-}
-
/**
* Checks that all define statement have constant name in phpdoc block
*
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/phpdoc_properties.php b/tests/fixtures/phpdoc_properties.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b3cb02..0000000
--- a/tests/fixtures/phpdoc_properties.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-.
-
-defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
-
-/**
- * A dummy class for tests of rules involving properties.
- */
-class dummy_with_properties {
- var $undocumented1;
- var ?string $undocumented2;
- private $undocumented3;
- private ?string $undocumented4;
- const UNDOCUMENTED_CONSTANT1 = 0;
- public const UNDOCUMENTED_CONSTANT2 = 0;
-
- /**
- * @const A wrongly documented constant.
- */
- const WRONGLY_DOCUMENTED_CONSTANT = 0;
-
- /**
- * @var mixed $documented1 I'm just a dummy!
- */
- var $documented1;
- /**
- * @var mixed $documented2 I'm just a dummy!
- */
- var ?string $documented2;
- /**
- * @var mixed $documented3 I'm just a dummy!
- */
- private $documented3;
- /**
- * @var ?string $documented4 I'm just a dummy!
- */
- private ?string $documented4;
-
- /**
- * @var A correctly documented constant.
- */
- const CORRECTLY_DOCUMENTED_CONSTANT = 0;
-}
diff --git a/tests/moodlecheck_rules_test.php b/tests/moodlecheck_rules_test.php
index 26fc2a7..f1029aa 100644
--- a/tests/moodlecheck_rules_test.php
+++ b/tests/moodlecheck_rules_test.php
@@ -402,57 +402,6 @@ public function test_constsdocumented_ignore_uses(): void {
$this->assertSame(0, $found->length);
}
- /**
- * Verify that `variablesdocumented` correctly detects PHPdoc on different kinds of properties.
- *
- * @covers ::local_moodlecheck_variablesdocumented
- * @covers \local_moodlecheck_file::get_variables
- */
- public function test_variables_and_constants_documented(): void {
- $file = __DIR__ . "/fixtures/phpdoc_properties.php";
-
- global $PAGE;
- $output = $PAGE->get_renderer('local_moodlecheck');
- $path = new local_moodlecheck_path($file, null);
- $result = $output->display_path($path, 'xml');
-
- // Convert results to XML Object.
- $xmlresult = new \DOMDocument();
- $xmlresult->loadXML($result);
-
- $xpath = new \DOMXpath($xmlresult);
-
- // Verify that the undocumented variables are reported.
-
- $found = $xpath->query('//file/error[@source="variablesdocumented"]');
- // TODO: Change to DOMNodeList::count() when php71 support is gone.
- $this->assertSame(4, $found->length);
-
- // The PHPdocs of the other properties should be detected correctly.
- $this->assertStringContainsString('$undocumented1', $found->item(0)->getAttribute("message"));
- $this->assertStringContainsString('$undocumented2', $found->item(1)->getAttribute("message"));
- $this->assertStringContainsString('$undocumented3', $found->item(2)->getAttribute("message"));
- $this->assertStringContainsString('$undocumented4', $found->item(3)->getAttribute("message"));
-
- // Verify that the undocumented constants are reported.
-
- $found = $xpath->query('//file/error[@source="constsdocumented"]');
- // TODO: Change to DOMNodeList::count() when php71 support is gone.
- $this->assertSame(2, $found->length);
-
- // The PHPdocs of the other properties should be detected correctly.
- $this->assertStringContainsString('UNDOCUMENTED_CONSTANT1', $found->item(0)->getAttribute("message"));
- $this->assertStringContainsString('UNDOCUMENTED_CONSTANT2', $found->item(1)->getAttribute("message"));
-
- // Verify that the @const tag is reported as invalid.
-
- $found = $xpath->query('//file/error[@source="phpdocsinvalidtag"]');
- // TODO: Change to DOMNodeList::count() when php71 support is gone.
- $this->assertSame(1, $found->length);
-
- $this->assertStringContainsString('Invalid phpdocs tag @const used', $found->item(0)->getAttribute("message"));
- }
-
/**
* Verify that the text format shown information about the severity of the problem (error vs warning)
*