File: phpmd.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ruleset name="My first PHPMD rule set" 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>
        My custom rule set that checks my code...
    </description>

	<!-- Import the entire unused code rule set -->
	<rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />

	<!-- Import the entire cyclomatic complexity rule -->
	<rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml/CyclomaticComplexity" />
</ruleset>