• Paths used when setting CLI arguments inside ruleset.xml files are now relative to the ruleset location (request #847)
  • This change only applies to paths within ARG tags, used to set CLI arguments
  • Previously, the paths were relative to the directory PHPCS was being run from
  • Absolute paths are still allowed and work the same way they always have
  • This change allows ruleset.xml files to be more portable
• Content passed via STDIN will now be processed even if files are specified on the command line or in a ruleset
• When passing content via STDIN, you can now specify the file path to use on the command line (request #934)
  • This allows sniffs that check file paths to work correctly
  • This is the same functionality provided by the phpcs_input_file line, except it is available on the command line
• Files processed with custom tokenizers will no longer be skipped if they appear minified (request #877)
  • If the custom tokenizer wants minified files skipped, it can set a $skipMinified member var to TRUE
  • See the included JS and CSS tokenizers for an example
• Config vars set in ruleset.xml files are now processed earlier, allowing them to be used during sniff registration
  • Among other things, this allows the installed_paths config var to be set in ruleset.xml files
  • Thanks to Pieter Frenssen for the patch
• Improved detection of regular expressions in the JS tokenizer
• Generic PHP Syntax sniff now uses PHP_BINARY (if available) to determine the path to PHP if no other path is available
  • You can still manually set php_path to use a specific binary for testing
  • Thanks to Andrew Berry for the patch
• The PHP-supplied T_POW_EQUAL token has been replicated for PHP versions before 5.6
• Added support for PHP7 use group declarations (request #878)
  • New tokens T_OPEN_USE_GROUP and T_CLOSE_USE_GROUP are assigned to the open and close curly braces
• Generic ScopeIndent sniff now reports errors for every line that needs the indent changed (request #903)
  • Previously, it ignored lines that were indented correctly in the context of their block
  • This change produces more technically accurate error messages, but is much more verbose
• The PSR2 and Squiz standards now allow multi-line default values in function declarations (request #542)
  • Previously, these would automatically make the function a multi-line declaration
• Squiz InlineCommentSniff now allows docblocks on require(_once) and include(_once) statements
  • Thanks to Gary Jones for the patch
• Squiz and PEAR Class and File sniffs no longer assume the first comment in a file is always a file comment
  • phpDocumentor assigns the comment to the file only if it is not followed by a structural element
  • These sniffs now follow this same rule
• Squiz ClassCommentSniff no longer checks for blank lines before class comments
  • Removes the error Squiz.Commenting.ClassComment.SpaceBefore
• Renamed Squiz.CSS.Opacity.SpacingAfterPoint to Squiz.CSS.Opacity.DecimalPrecision
  • Please update your ruleset if you are referencing this error code directly
• Fixed PHP tokenizer problem that caused an infinite loop when checking a comment with specific content
• Generic Disallow Space and Tab indent sniffs now detect and fix indents inside embedded HTML chunks (request #882)
• Squiz CSS IndentationSniff no longer assumes the class opening brace is at the end of a line
• Squiz FunctionCommentThrowTagSniff now ignores non-docblock comments
• Squiz ComparisonOperatorUsageSniff now allows conditions like while(true)
• PEAR FunctionCallSignatureSniff (and the Squiz and PSR2 sniffs that use it) now correctly check the first argument
  • Further fix for bug #698
• Fixed bug #791 : codingStandardsChangeSetting settings not working with namespaces
• Fixed bug #872 : Incorrect detection of blank lines between CSS class names
• Fixed bug #879 : Generic InlineControlStructureSniff can create parse error when case/if/elseif/else have mixed brace and braceless definitions
• Fixed bug #883 : PSR2 is not checking for blank lines at the start and end of control structures
• Fixed bug #884 : Incorrect indentation notice for anonymous classes
• Fixed bug #887 : Using curly braces for a shared CASE/DEFAULT statement can generate an error in PSR2 SwitchDeclaration
• Fixed bug #889 : Closure inside catch/else/elseif causes indentation error
• Fixed bug #890 : Function call inside returned short array value can cause indentation error inside CASE statements
• Fixed bug #897 : Generic.Functions.CallTimePassByReference.NotAllowed false positive when short array syntax
• Fixed bug #900 : Squiz.Functions.FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacing bug when no space between type hint and argument
• Fixed bug #902 : T_OR_EQUAL and T_POW_EQUAL are not seen as assignment tokens
• Fixed bug #910 : Unrecognized "extends" and indentation on anonymous classes
• Fixed bug #915 : JS Tokenizer generates errors when processing some decimals
• Fixed bug #928 : Endless loop when sniffing a PHP file with a git merge conflict inside a function
• Fixed bug #937 : Shebang can cause PSR1 SideEffects warning
  • Thanks to Clay Loveless for the patch
• Fixed bug #938 : CallTimePassByReferenceSniff ignores functions with return value