phpmd_custom_ruleset.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="Custom Standard"
         xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0
                     http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd"
         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="
                     http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset_xml_schema.xsd">
    <description>
        Custom Standard
    </description>

    <!-- Import the entire unused code rule set -->
    <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml">
        <exclude name="CouplingBetweenObjects" />
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/cleancode.xml">
        <exclude name="StaticAccess" />
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml" >
        <exclude name="TooManyFields" />
        <exclude name="ExcessiveParameterList" />
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
        <exclude name="LongVariable" />
    </rule>
    <rule ref="rulesets/controversial.xml" />
    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />
</ruleset>