diff --git a/.ci/phpmd.sh b/.ci/phpmd.sh
index 0cbadc94c6..3af9cb49f8 100644
--- a/.ci/phpmd.sh
+++ b/.ci/phpmd.sh
@@ -22,16 +22,28 @@
 
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+OUTPUT_FORMAT=text
+
+if [[ $GITHUB_ACTIONS = "true" ]]
+then
+    OUTPUT_FORMAT=github
+fi
+
 
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR/phpmd
 composer update --quiet
 ./vendor/bin/phpmd \
-  $SCRIPT_DIR/../app text phpmd.xml \
+  $SCRIPT_DIR/../app,$SCRIPT_DIR/../database,$SCRIPT_DIR/../routes,$SCRIPT_DIR/../config \
+   $OUTPUT_FORMAT phpmd.xml \
   --exclude $SCRIPT_DIR/../app/resources/** \
   --exclude $SCRIPT_DIR/../app/frontend/** \
   --exclude $SCRIPT_DIR/../app/public/** \
-  --exclude $SCRIPT_DIR/../app/vendor/** \
+  --exclude $SCRIPT_DIR/../app/vendor/**
+
+EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 cd $SCRIPT_DIR/..
 
+# for the time being, exit 0
+#exit $EXIT_CODE
 exit 0
diff --git a/.ci/phpmd/composer.lock b/.ci/phpmd/composer.lock
index 88f4ba6d7f..7e88937fa9 100644
--- a/.ci/phpmd/composer.lock
+++ b/.ci/phpmd/composer.lock
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@
     "packages-dev": [
         {
             "name": "composer/pcre",
-            "version": "3.1.0",
+            "version": "3.1.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/composer/pcre.git",
-                "reference": "4bff79ddd77851fe3cdd11616ed3f92841ba5bd2"
+                "reference": "00104306927c7a0919b4ced2aaa6782c1e61a3c9"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/composer/pcre/zipball/4bff79ddd77851fe3cdd11616ed3f92841ba5bd2",
-                "reference": "4bff79ddd77851fe3cdd11616ed3f92841ba5bd2",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/composer/pcre/zipball/00104306927c7a0919b4ced2aaa6782c1e61a3c9",
+                "reference": "00104306927c7a0919b4ced2aaa6782c1e61a3c9",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/composer/pcre/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/composer/pcre/tree/3.1.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/composer/pcre/tree/3.1.1"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2022-11-17T09:50:14+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-10-11T07:11:09+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "composer/xdebug-handler",
@@ -146,16 +146,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "pdepend/pdepend",
-            "version": "2.14.0",
+            "version": "2.15.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/pdepend/pdepend.git",
-                "reference": "1121d4b04af06e33e9659bac3a6741b91cab1de1"
+                "reference": "d12f25bcdfb7754bea458a4a5cb159d55e9950d0"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pdepend/pdepend/zipball/1121d4b04af06e33e9659bac3a6741b91cab1de1",
-                "reference": "1121d4b04af06e33e9659bac3a6741b91cab1de1",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pdepend/pdepend/zipball/d12f25bcdfb7754bea458a4a5cb159d55e9950d0",
+                "reference": "d12f25bcdfb7754bea458a4a5cb159d55e9950d0",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/pdepend/pdepend/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/pdepend/pdepend/tree/2.14.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/pdepend/pdepend/tree/2.15.1"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -205,26 +205,26 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2023-05-26T13:15:18+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-09-28T12:00:56+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpmd/phpmd",
-            "version": "2.13.0",
+            "version": "2.14.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd.git",
-                "reference": "dad0228156856b3ad959992f9748514fa943f3e3"
+                "reference": "442fc2c34edcd5198b442d8647c7f0aec3afabe8"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmd/phpmd/zipball/dad0228156856b3ad959992f9748514fa943f3e3",
-                "reference": "dad0228156856b3ad959992f9748514fa943f3e3",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmd/phpmd/zipball/442fc2c34edcd5198b442d8647c7f0aec3afabe8",
+                "reference": "442fc2c34edcd5198b442d8647c7f0aec3afabe8",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "composer/xdebug-handler": "^1.0 || ^2.0 || ^3.0",
                 "ext-xml": "*",
-                "pdepend/pdepend": "^2.12.1",
+                "pdepend/pdepend": "^2.15.1",
                 "php": ">=5.3.9"
             },
             "require-dev": {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
                 "gregwar/rst": "^1.0",
                 "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6.8",
                 "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.36 || ^5.7.27",
-                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.0"
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.9.2 || ^3.7.2"
             },
             "bin": [
                 "src/bin/phpmd"
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@
             "description": "PHPMD is a spin-off project of PHP Depend and aims to be a PHP equivalent of the well known Java tool PMD.",
             "homepage": "https://phpmd.org/",
             "keywords": [
+                "dev",
                 "mess detection",
                 "mess detector",
                 "pdepend",
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@
             "support": {
                 "irc": "irc://irc.freenode.org/phpmd",
                 "issues": "https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd/tree/2.13.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd/tree/2.14.1"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2022-09-10T08:44:15+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-09-28T13:07:44+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "psr/container",
@@ -395,16 +396,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/config",
-            "version": "v6.3.0",
+            "version": "v6.3.2",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/config.git",
-                "reference": "a5e00dec161b08c946a2c16eed02adbeedf827ae"
+                "reference": "b47ca238b03e7b0d7880ffd1cf06e8d637ca1467"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/config/zipball/a5e00dec161b08c946a2c16eed02adbeedf827ae",
-                "reference": "a5e00dec161b08c946a2c16eed02adbeedf827ae",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/config/zipball/b47ca238b03e7b0d7880ffd1cf06e8d637ca1467",
+                "reference": "b47ca238b03e7b0d7880ffd1cf06e8d637ca1467",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@
             "description": "Helps you find, load, combine, autofill and validate configuration values of any kind",
             "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/config/tree/v6.3.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/config/tree/v6.3.2"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -466,20 +467,20 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2023-04-25T10:46:17+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-07-19T20:22:16+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/dependency-injection",
-            "version": "v6.3.1",
+            "version": "v6.3.5",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/dependency-injection.git",
-                "reference": "7abf242af21f196b65f20ab00ff251fdf3889b8d"
+                "reference": "2ed62b3bf98346e1f45529a7b6be2196739bb993"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/dependency-injection/zipball/7abf242af21f196b65f20ab00ff251fdf3889b8d",
-                "reference": "7abf242af21f196b65f20ab00ff251fdf3889b8d",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/dependency-injection/zipball/2ed62b3bf98346e1f45529a7b6be2196739bb993",
+                "reference": "2ed62b3bf98346e1f45529a7b6be2196739bb993",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -531,7 +532,7 @@
             "description": "Allows you to standardize and centralize the way objects are constructed in your application",
             "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/dependency-injection/tree/v6.3.1"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/dependency-injection/tree/v6.3.5"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2023-06-24T11:51:27+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-09-25T16:46:40+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/deprecation-contracts",
@@ -681,16 +682,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/polyfill-ctype",
-            "version": "v1.27.0",
+            "version": "v1.28.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-ctype.git",
-                "reference": "5bbc823adecdae860bb64756d639ecfec17b050a"
+                "reference": "ea208ce43cbb04af6867b4fdddb1bdbf84cc28cb"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/polyfill-ctype/zipball/5bbc823adecdae860bb64756d639ecfec17b050a",
-                "reference": "5bbc823adecdae860bb64756d639ecfec17b050a",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/polyfill-ctype/zipball/ea208ce43cbb04af6867b4fdddb1bdbf84cc28cb",
+                "reference": "ea208ce43cbb04af6867b4fdddb1bdbf84cc28cb",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -705,7 +706,7 @@
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
                 "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-main": "1.27-dev"
+                    "dev-main": "1.28-dev"
                 },
                 "thanks": {
                     "name": "symfony/polyfill",
@@ -743,7 +744,7 @@
                 "portable"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-ctype/tree/v1.27.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-ctype/tree/v1.28.0"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -759,20 +760,20 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2022-11-03T14:55:06+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-01-26T09:26:14+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/polyfill-mbstring",
-            "version": "v1.27.0",
+            "version": "v1.28.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-mbstring.git",
-                "reference": "8ad114f6b39e2c98a8b0e3bd907732c207c2b534"
+                "reference": "42292d99c55abe617799667f454222c54c60e229"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/polyfill-mbstring/zipball/8ad114f6b39e2c98a8b0e3bd907732c207c2b534",
-                "reference": "8ad114f6b39e2c98a8b0e3bd907732c207c2b534",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/polyfill-mbstring/zipball/42292d99c55abe617799667f454222c54c60e229",
+                "reference": "42292d99c55abe617799667f454222c54c60e229",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -787,7 +788,7 @@
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
                 "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-main": "1.27-dev"
+                    "dev-main": "1.28-dev"
                 },
                 "thanks": {
                     "name": "symfony/polyfill",
@@ -826,7 +827,7 @@
                 "shim"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-mbstring/tree/v1.27.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/polyfill-mbstring/tree/v1.28.0"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -842,7 +843,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2022-11-03T14:55:06+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-07-28T09:04:16+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/service-contracts",
@@ -928,16 +929,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/var-exporter",
-            "version": "v6.3.0",
+            "version": "v6.3.6",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/var-exporter.git",
-                "reference": "db5416d04269f2827d8c54331ba4cfa42620d350"
+                "reference": "374d289c13cb989027274c86206ddc63b16a2441"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/var-exporter/zipball/db5416d04269f2827d8c54331ba4cfa42620d350",
-                "reference": "db5416d04269f2827d8c54331ba4cfa42620d350",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/var-exporter/zipball/374d289c13cb989027274c86206ddc63b16a2441",
+                "reference": "374d289c13cb989027274c86206ddc63b16a2441",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -982,7 +983,7 @@
                 "serialize"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/var-exporter/tree/v6.3.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/var-exporter/tree/v6.3.6"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -998,7 +999,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2023-04-21T08:48:44+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-10-13T09:16:49+00:00"
         }
     ],
     "aliases": [],
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
index 3d7dbee255..1b01749d34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: PHPStan
         run: .ci/phpstan.sh
 
+      - name: PHPMD
+        run: .ci/phpmd.sh
+
       - name: "Create database file"
         run: touch storage/database/database.sqlite