3.7.2

• Newer versions of Composer will now suggest installing PHPCS using require-dev instead of require
  • Thanks to Gary Jones (@GaryJones) for the patch
• A custom Out Of Memory error will now be shown if PHPCS or PHPCBF run out of memory during a run
  • Error message provides actionable information about how to fix the problem and ensures the error is not silent
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) and Alain Schlesser (@schlessera) for the patch
• Generic.PHP.LowerCaseType sniff now correctly examines types inside arrow functions
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Squiz.Formatting.OperatorBracket no longer reports false positives in match() structures
• Fixed bug #3616 : Squiz.PHP.DisallowComparisonAssignment false positive for PHP 8 match expression
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3618 : Generic.WhiteSpace.ArbitraryParenthesesSpacing false positive for return new parent()
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3632 : Short list not tokenized correctly in control structures without braces
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3639 : Tokenizer not applying tab replacement to heredoc/nowdoc closers
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3640 : Generic.WhiteSpace.DisallowTabIndent not reporting errors for PHP 7.3 flexible heredoc/nowdoc syntax
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3645 : PHPCS can show 0 exit code when running in parallel even if child process has fatal error
  • Thanks to Alex Panshin (@enl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3653 : False positives for match() in OperatorSpacingSniff
  • Thanks to Jaroslav Hanslík (@kukulich) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3666 : PEAR.Functions.FunctionCallSignature incorrect indent fix when checking mixed HTML/PHP files
• Fixed bug #3668 : PSR12.Classes.ClassInstantiation.MissingParentheses false positive when instantiating parent classes
  • Similar issues also fixed in Generic.Functions.FunctionCallArgumentSpacing and Squiz.Formatting.OperatorBracket
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3672 : Incorrect ScopeIndent.IncorrectExact report for match inside array literal
• Fixed bug #3694 : Generic.WhiteSpace.SpreadOperatorSpacingAfter does not ignore spread operator in PHP 8.1 first class callables
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch

3.7.1

• Fixed bug #3609: Methods/constants with name empty/isset/unset are always reported as error
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch

3.7.0

PHP 8.1 Language Feature Support

PHP_CodeSniffer has run correctly under PHP 8.1 since PHP 8 support was added, but it has not supported new 8.1 language features until this release. Version 3.7.0 adds support for the following PHP 8.1 language features:

• Enums
• Explicit octal notation
• Readonly properties
• Intersection types
• The never type

Note: Standards and sniffs included with PHP_CodeSniffer have been updated to support these language features, but external standards and sniffs may need updating before they are able to detect them correctly.

Changelog

• Added support for PHP 8.1 explicit octal notation
  • This new syntax has been backfilled for PHP versions less than 8.1
  • Thanks to Mark Baker (@MarkBaker) for the patch
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for additional fixes
• Added support for PHP 8.1 enums
  • This new syntax has been backfilled for PHP versions less than 8.1
  • Includes a new T_ENUM_CASE token to represent the case statements inside an enum
  • Thanks to Jaroslav Hanslík (@kukulich) for the patch
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for additional core and sniff support
• Added support for the PHP 8.1 readonly token
  • Tokenzing of the readonly keyword has been backfilled for PHP versions less than 8.1
  • Thanks to Jaroslav Hanslík (@kukulich) for the patch
• Added support for PHP 8.1 intersection types
  • Includes a new T_TYPE_INTERSECTION token to represent the ampersand character inside intersection types
  • Thanks to Jaroslav Hanslík (@kukulich) for the patch
• File::getMethodParameters now supports the new PHP 8.1 readonly token
  • When constructor property promotion is used, a new property_readonly array index is included in the return value
    • This is a boolean value indicating if the property is readonly
  • If the readonly token is detected, a new readonly_token array index is included in the return value
    • This contains the token index of the readonly keyword
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Support for new PHP 8.1 readonly keyword has been added to the following sniffs:
  • Generic.PHP.LowerCaseKeyword
  • PSR2.Classes.PropertyDeclaration
  • Squiz.Commenting.BlockComment
  • Squiz.Commenting.DocCommentAlignment
  • Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment
  • Squiz.WhiteSpace.ScopeKeywordSpacing
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patches
• The parallel feature is now more efficient and runs faster in some situations due to improved process management
  • Thanks to Sergei Morozov (@morozov) for the patch
• The list of installed coding standards now has consistent ordering across all platforms
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Generic.PHP.UpperCaseConstant and Generic.PHP.LowerCaseConstant now ignore type declarations
  • These sniffs now only report errors for true/false/null when used as values
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Generic.PHP.LowerCaseType now supports the PHP 8.1 never type
  • Thanks to Jaroslav Hanslík (@kukulich) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3502 : A match statement within an array produces Squiz.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration.NoKeySpecified
• Fixed bug #3503 : Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment.ThrowsNoFullStop false positive when one line @throw
• Fixed bug #3505 : The nullsafe operator is not counted in Generic.Metrics.CyclomaticComplexity
  • Thanks to Mark Baker (@MarkBaker) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3526 : PSR12.Properties.ConstantVisibility false positive when using public final const syntax
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3530 : Line indented incorrectly false positive when using match-expression inside switch case
• Fixed bug #3534 : Name of typed enum tokenized as T_GOTO_LABEL
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3546 : Tokenizer/PHP: bug fix - parent/static keywords in class instantiations
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3550 : False positive from PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration.TerminatingComment when using trailing comment
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3575: Squiz.Scope.MethodScope misses visibility keyword on previous line
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3604: Tokenizer/PHP: bug fix for double quoted strings using ${
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch

3.6.2

• Processing large code bases that use tab indenting inside comments and strings will now be faster
  • Thanks to Thiemo Kreuz (@thiemowmde) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3388 : phpcs does not work when run from WSL drives
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) and Graham Wharton (@gwharton) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3422 : Squiz.WhiteSpace.ScopeClosingBrace fixer removes HTML content when fixing closing brace alignment
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3437 : PSR12 does not forbid blank lines at the start of the class body
  • Added new PSR12.Classes.OpeningBraceSpace sniff to enforce this
• Fixed bug #3440 : Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing false positives when attributes used without docblock
  • Thanks to Vadim Borodavko (@javer) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3448 : PHP 8.1 deprecation notice while generating running time value
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) and Andy Postnikov (@andypost) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3456 : PSR12.Classes.ClassInstantiation.MissingParentheses false positive using attributes on anonymous class
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3460 : Generic.Formatting.MultipleStatementAlignment false positive on closure with parameters
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer (@jrfnl) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3468 : do/while loops are double-counted in Generic.Metrics.CyclomaticComplexity
  • Thanks to Mark Baker (@MarkBaker) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3469 : Ternary Operator and Null Coalescing Operator are not counted in Generic.Metrics.CyclomaticComplexity
  • Thanks to Mark Baker (@MarkBaker) for the patch
• Fixed bug #3472 : PHP 8 match() expression is not counted in Generic.Metrics.CyclomaticComplexity
  • Thanks to Mark Baker (@MarkBaker) for the patch

3.6.1

• PHPCS annotations can now be specified using hash-style comments
  • Previously, only slash-style and block-style comments could be used to do things like disable errors
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed an issue where some sniffs would not run on PHP files that only used the short echo tag
  • The following sniffs were affected:
    • Generic.Files.ExecutableFile
    • Generic.Files.LowercasedFilename
    • Generic.Files.LineEndings
    • Generic.Files.EndFileNewline
    • Generic.Files.EndFileNoNewline
    • Generic.PHP.ClosingPHPTag
    • Generic.PHP.Syntax
    • Generic.VersionControl.GitMergeConflict
    • Generic.WhiteSpace.DisallowSpaceIndent
    • Generic.WhiteSpace.DisallowTabIndent
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• The new PHP 8.1 tokenisation for ampersands has been reverted to use the existing PHP_CodeSniffer method
  • The PHP 8.1 tokens T_AMPERSAND_FOLLOWED_BY_VAR_OR_VARARG and T_AMPERSAND_NOT_FOLLOWED_BY_VAR_OR_VARARG are unsued
  • Ampersands continue to be tokenized as T_BITWISE_AND for all PHP versions
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer and Anna Filina for the patch
• File::getMethodParameters() no longer incorrectly returns argument attributes in the type hint array index
  • A new has_attributes array index is available and set to TRUE if the argument has attributes defined
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Generic.NamingConventions.ConstructorName no longer throws deprecation notices on PHP 8.1
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Squiz.Commenting.BlockComment now correctly applies rules for block comments after a short echo tag
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed false positives when using attributes in the following sniffs:
  • PEAR.Commenting.FunctionComment
  • Squiz.Commenting.InlineComment
  • Squiz.Commenting.BlockComment
  • Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment
  • Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3294 : Bug in attribute tokenization when content contains PHP end token or attribute closer on new line
  • Thanks to Alessandro Chitolina for the patch
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the tests
• Fixed bug #3296 : PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration takes phpcs:ignore as content of case body
• Fixed bug #3297 : PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration.TerminatingComment does not handle try/finally blocks
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3302 : PHP 8.0 | Tokenizer/PHP: bugfix for union types using namespace operator
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3303 : findStartOfStatement() doesn't work with T_OPEN_TAG_WITH_ECHO
• Fixed bug #3316 : Arrow function not tokenized correctly when using null in union type
• Fixed bug #3317 : Problem with how phpcs handles ignored files when running in parallel
  • Thanks to Emil Andersson for the patch
• Fixed bug #3324 : PHPCS hangs processing some nested arrow functions inside a function call
• Fixed bug #3326 : Generic.Formatting.MultipleStatementAlignment error with const DEFAULT
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3333 : Squiz.Objects.ObjectInstantiation: null coalesce operators are not recognized as assignment
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3340 : Ensure interface and trait names are always tokenized as T_STRING
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3342 : PSR12/Squiz/PEAR standards all error on promoted properties with docblocks
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3345 : IF statement with no braces and double catch turned into syntax error by auto-fixer
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3352 : PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration can remove comments on the same line as the case statement while fixing
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3357 : Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceBsdAllman removes return type when additional lines are present
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3362 : Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent false positive for arrow functions inside arrays
• Fixed bug #3384 : Squiz.Commenting.FileComment.SpacingAfterComment false positive on empty file
• Fixed bug #3394 : Fix PHP 8.1 auto_detect_line_endings deprecation notice
• Fixed bug #3400 : PHP 8.1: prevent deprecation notices about missing return types
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3424 : PHPCS fails when using PHP 8 Constructor property promotion with attributes
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3425 : PHP 8.1 | Runner::processChildProcs(): fix passing null to non-nullable bug
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3445 : Nullable parameter after attribute incorrectly tokenized as ternary operator
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch

3.6.0

PHP 8 Language Feature Support

PHP_CodeSniffer has run under PHP 8 for some time, but it has not supported all new language features until this release. Version 3.6.0 adds support for all new PHP 8 language features, including:

• Attributes
• Constructor property promotion
• Named arguments
• Union types
• Match expressions
• Static and Mixed return types

Note: All standards and sniffs included with PHP_CodeSniffer have been updated to support these language features, but external standards and sniffs may need updating before they are able to detect them correctly.

Changelog

• Added support for PHP 8.0 union types
  • A new T_TYPE_UNION token is available to represent the pipe character
  • File::getMethodParameters(), getMethodProperties(), and getMemberProperties() will now return union types
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Added support for PHP 8.0 named function call arguments
  • A new T_PARAM_NAME token is available to represent the label with the name of the function argument in it
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Added support for PHP 8.0 attributes
  • The PHP-supplied T_ATTRIBUTE token marks the start of an attribute
  • A new T_ATTRIBUTE_END token is available to mark the end of an attribute
  • New attribute_owner and attribute_closer indexes are available in the tokens array for all tokens inside an attribute
  • Tokenizing of attributes has been backfilled for older PHP versions
  • The following sniffs have been updated to support attributes:
    • PEAR.Commenting.ClassComment
    • PEAR.Commenting.FileComment
    • PSR1.Files.SideEffects
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader
    • Squiz.Commenting.ClassComment
    • Squiz.Commenting.FileComment
    • Squiz.WhiteSpace.FunctionSpacing
      • Thanks to Vadim Borodavko for the patch
  • Thanks to Alessandro Chitolina for the patch
• Added support for PHP 8.0 dereferencing of text strings with interpolated variables
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Added support for PHP 8.0 match expressions
  • Match expressions are now tokenised with parenthesis and scope openers and closers
    • Sniffs can listen for the T_MATCH token to process match expressions
    • Note that the case and default statements inside match expressions do not have scopes set
  • A new T_MATCH_ARROW token is available to represent the arrows in match expressions
  • A new T_MATCH_DEFAULT token is available to represent the default keyword in match expressions
  • All tokenizing of match expressions has been backfilled for older PHP versions
  • The following sniffs have been updated to support match expressions:
    • Generic.CodeAnalysis.AssignmentInCondition
    • Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyPHPStatement
      • Thanks to Vadim Borodavko for the patch
    • Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement
    • Generic.PHP.LowerCaseKeyword
    • PEAR.ControlStructures.ControlSignature
    • PSR12.ControlStructures.BooleanOperatorPlacement
    • Squiz.Commenting.LongConditionClosingComment
    • Squiz.Commenting.PostStatementComment
    • Squiz.ControlStructures.LowercaseDeclaration
    • Squiz.ControlStructures.ControlSignature
    • Squiz.Formatting.OperatorBracket
    • Squiz.PHP.DisallowMultipleAssignments
    • Squiz.Objects.ObjectInstantiation
    • Squiz.WhiteSpace.ControlStructureSpacing
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• The value of the T_FN_ARROW token has changed from "T_FN_ARROW" to "PHPCS_T_FN_ARROW" to avoid package conflicts
  • This will have no impact on custom sniffs unless they are specifically looking at the value of the T_FN_ARROW constant
  • If sniffs are just using constant to find arrow functions, they will continue to work without modification
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• File::findStartOfStatement() now works correctly when passed the last token in a statement
• File::getMethodParameters() now supports PHP 8.0 constructor property promotion
  • Returned method params now include a property_visibility and visibility_token index if property promotion is detected
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• File::getMethodProperties() now includes a return_type_end_token index in the return value
  • This indicates the last token in the return type, which is helpful when checking union types
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Include patterns are now ignored when processing STDIN
  • Previously, checks using include patterns were excluded when processing STDIN when no file path was provided via --stdin-path
  • Now, all include and exclude rules are ignored when no file path is provided, allowing all checks to run
  • If you want include and exclude rules enforced when checking STDIN, use --stdin-path to set the file path
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Spaces are now correctly escaped in the paths to external on Windows
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Added Generic.NamingConventions.AbstractClassNamePrefix to enforce that class names are prefixed with "Abstract"
  • Thanks to Anna Borzenko for the contribution
• Added Generic.NamingConventions.InterfaceNameSuffix to enforce that interface names are suffixed with "Interface"
  • Thanks to Anna Borzenko for the contribution
• Added Generic.NamingConventions.TraitNameSuffix to enforce that trait names are suffixed with "Trait"
  • Thanks to Anna Borzenko for the contribution
• Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnusedFunctionParameter can now be configured to ignore variable usage for specific type hints
  • This allows you to suppress warnings for some variables that are not required, but leave warnings for others
  • Set the ignoreTypeHints array property to a list of type hints to ignore
  • Thanks to Petr Bugyík for the patch
• Generic.Formatting.MultipleStatementAlignment can now align statements at the start of the assignment token
  • Previously, the sniff enforced that the values were aligned, even if this meant the assignment tokens were not
  • Now, the sniff can enforce that the assignment tokens are aligned, even if this means the values are not
  • Set the alignAtEnd sniff property to false to align the assignment tokens
  • The default remains at true, so the assigned values are aligned
  • Thanks to John P. Bloch for the patch
• Generic.PHP.LowerCaseType now supports checking of typed properties
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Generic.PHP.LowerCaseType now supports checking of union types
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• PEAR.Commenting.FunctionComment and Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment sniffs can now ignore private and protected methods
  • Set the minimumVisibility sniff property to protected to ignore private methods
  • Set the minimumVisibility sniff property to public to ignore both private and protected methods
  • The default remains at private, so all methods are checked
  • Thanks to Vincent Langlet for the patch
• PEAR.Commenting.FunctionComment and Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment sniffs can now ignore return tags in any method
  • Previously, only __construct and __destruct were ignored
  • Set the list of method names to ignore in the specialMethods sniff property
  • The default remains at __construct and __destruct only
  • Thanks to Vincent Langlet for the patch
• PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration now supports nested switch statements where every branch terminates
  • Previously, if a CASE only contained a SWITCH and no direct terminating statement, a fall-through error was displayed
  • Now, the error is suppressed if every branch of the SWITCH has a terminating statement
  • Thanks to Vincent Langlet for the patch
• The PSR2.Methods.FunctionCallSignature.SpaceBeforeCloseBracket error message is now reported on the closing parenthesis token
  • Previously, the error was being reported on the function keyword, leading to confusing line numbers in the error report
• Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment is now able to ignore function comments that are only inheritdoc statements
  • Set the skipIfInheritdoc sniff property to true to skip checking function comments if the content is only {@inhertidoc}
  • The default remains at false, so these comments will continue to report errors
  • Thanks to Jess Myrbo for the patch
• Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment now supports the PHP 8 mixed type
  • Thanks to Vadim Borodavko for the patch
• Squiz.PHP.NonExecutableCode now has improved handling of syntax errors
  • Thanks to Thiemo Kreuz for the patch
• Squiz.WhiteSpace.ScopeKeywordSpacing now checks spacing when using PHP 8.0 constructor property promotion
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed an issue that could occur when checking files on network drives, such as with WSL2 on Windows 10
  • This works around a long-standing PHP bug with is_readable()
  • Thanks to Michael S for the patch
• Fixed a number of false positives in the Squiz.PHP.DisallowMultipleAssignments sniff
  • Sniff no longer errors for default value assignments in arrow functions
  • Sniff no longer errors for assignments on first line of closure
  • Sniff no longer errors for assignments after a goto label
  • Thanks to Jaroslav Hanslík for the patch
• Fixed bug #2913 : Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent false positive when opening and closing tag on same line inside conditional
• Fixed bug [#299...

3.5.8

• Reverted a change to the way include/exclude patterns are processed for STDIN content
  • This change is not backwards compatible and will be re-introduced in version 3.6.0

3.5.7

• The PHP 8.0 T_NULLSAFE_OBJECT_OPERATOR token has been made available for older versions
  • Existing sniffs that check for T_OBJECT_OPERATOR have been modified to apply the same rules for the nullsafe object operator
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• The new method of PHP 8.0 tokenizing for namespaced names has been revert to the pre 8.0 method
  • This maintains backwards compatible for existing sniffs on PHP 8.0
  • This change will be removed in PHPCS 4.0 as the PHP 8.0 tokenizing method will be backported for pre 8.0 versions
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Added support for changes to the way PHP 8.0 tokenizes hash comments
  • The existing PHP 5-7 behaviour has been replicated for version 8, so no sniff changes are required
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• The autoloader has been changed to fix sniff class name detection issues that may occur when running on PHP 7.4+
  • Thanks to Eloy Lafuente for the patch
• Running the unit tests now includes warnings in the found and fixable error code counts
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• PSR12.ControlStructures.BooleanOperatorPlacement.FoundMixed error message is now more accurate when using the allowOnly setting
  • Thanks to Vincent Langlet for the patch
• PSR12.Functions.NullableTypeDeclaration now supports the PHP8 static return type
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed Squiz.Formatting.OperatorBracket false positive when exiting with a negative number
• Fixed Squiz.PHP.DisallowComparisonAssignment false positive for methods called on an object
• Fixed bug #2882 : Generic.Arrays.ArrayIndent can request close brace indent to be less than the statement indent level
• Fixed bug #2883 : Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent.Incorrect issue after NOWDOC
• Fixed bug #2975 : Undefined offset in PSR12.Functions.ReturnTypeDeclaration when checking function return type inside ternary
• Fixed bug #2988 : Undefined offset in Squiz.Strings.ConcatenationSpacing during live coding
  • Thanks to Thiemo Kreuz for the patch
• Fixed bug #2989 : Incorrect auto-fixing in Generic.ControlStructures.InlineControlStructure during live coding
  • Thanks to Thiemo Kreuz for the patch
• Fixed bug #3007 : Directory exclude pattern improperly excludes directories with names that start the same
  • Thanks to Steve Talbot for the patch
• Fixed bug #3043 : Squiz.WhiteSpace.OperatorSpacing false positive for negation in arrow function
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3049 : Incorrect error with arrow function and parameter passed as reference
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3053 : PSR2 incorrect fix when multiple use statements on same line do not have whitespace between them
• Fixed bug #3058 : Progress gets unaligned when 100% happens at the end of the available dots
• Fixed bug #3059 : Squiz.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration false positive when using type casting
  • Thanks to Sergei Morozov for the patch
• Fixed bug #3060 : Squiz.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration false positive for static functions
  • Thanks to Sergei Morozov for the patch
• Fixed bug #3065 : Should not fix Squiz.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration.SpaceBeforeComma if comment between element and comma
  • Thanks to Sergei Morozov for the patch
• Fixed bug #3066 : No support for namespace operator used in type declarations
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3075 : PSR12.ControlStructures.BooleanOperatorPlacement false positive when operator is the only content on line
• Fixed bug #3099 : Squiz.WhiteSpace.OperatorSpacing false positive when exiting with negative number
  • Thanks to Sergei Morozov for the patch
• Fixed bug #3102 : PSR12.Squiz.OperatorSpacing false positive for default values of arrow functions
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #3124 : PSR-12 not reporting error for empty lines with only whitespace
• Fixed bug #3135 : Ignore annotations are broken on PHP 8.0
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch

3.5.6

• Added support for PHP 8.0 magic constant dereferencing
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Added support for changes to the way PHP 8.0 tokenizes comments
  • The existing PHP 5-7 behaviour has been replicated for version 8, so no sniff changes are required
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• File::getMethodProperties() now detects the PHP 8.0 static return type
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• The PHP 8.0 static return type is now supported for arrow functions
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• The cache is no longer used if the list of loaded PHP extensions changes
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Generic.NamingConventions.CamelCapsFunctionName no longer reports __serialize and __unserialize as invalid names
  • Thanks to Filip Š for the patch
• PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName no longer reports __serialize and __unserialize as invalid names
  • Thanks to Filip Š for the patch
• Squiz.Scope.StaticThisUsage now detects usage of $this inside closures and arrow functions
  • Thanks to Michał Bundyra for the patch
• Fixed bug #2877 : PEAR.Functions.FunctionCallSignature false positive for array of functions
  • Thanks to Vincent Langlet for the patch
• Fixed bug #2888 : PSR12.Files.FileHeader blank line error with multiple namespaces in one file
• Fixed bug #2926 : phpcs hangs when using arrow functions that return heredoc
• Fixed bug #2943 : Redundant semicolon added to a file when fixing PSR2.Files.ClosingTag.NotAllowed
• Fixed bug #2967 : Markdown generator does not output headings correctly
  • Thanks to Petr Bugyík for the patch
• Fixed bug #2977 : File::isReference() does not detect return by reference for closures
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #2994 : Generic.Formatting.DisallowMultipleStatements false positive for FOR loop with no body
• Fixed bug #3033 : Error generated during tokenizing of goto statements on PHP 8
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch

3.5.5

• The T_FN backfill now works more reliably so T_FN tokens only ever represent real arrow functions
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed an issue where including sniffs using paths containing multiple dots would silently fail
• Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyPHPStatement now detects empty statements at the start of control structures
• Error wording in PEAR.Functions.FunctionCallSignature now always uses "parenthesis" instead of sometimes using "bracket"
  • Thanks to Vincent Langlet for the patch
• Fixed bug #2787 : Squiz.PHP.DisallowMultipleAssignments not ignoring typed property declarations
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #2810 : PHPCBF fails to fix file with empty statement at start on control structure
• Fixed bug #2812 : Squiz.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration not detecting some arrays with multiple arguments on the same line
  • Thanks to Jakub Chábek for the patch
• Fixed bug #2826 : Generic.WhiteSpace.ArbitraryParenthesesSpacing doesn't detect issues for statements directly after a control structure
  • Thanks to Vincent Langlet for the patch
• Fixed bug #2848 : PSR12.Files.FileHeader false positive for file with mixed PHP and HTML and no file header
• Fixed bug #2849 : Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent false positive with arrow function inside array
• Fixed bug #2850 : Generic.PHP.LowerCaseKeyword complains __HALT_COMPILER is uppercase
• Fixed bug #2853 : Undefined variable error when using Info report
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #2865 : Double arrow tokenized as T_STRING when placed after function named "fn"
• Fixed bug #2867 : Incorrect scope matching when arrow function used inside IF condition
• Fixed bug #2868 : phpcs:ignore annotation doesnt work inside a docblock
• Fixed bug #2878 : PSR12.Files.FileHeader conflicts with Generic.Files.LineEndings
• Fixed bug #2895 : PSR2.Methods.FunctionCallSignature.MultipleArguments false positive with arrow function argument