• Added --file-list command line argument to allow a list of files and directories to be specified in an external file
  • Useful is you have a generated list of files to check that would be too long for the command line
  • File and directory paths are listed one per line
  • Usage is: phpcs --file-list=/path/to/file-list ...
  • Thanks to Blotzu for the patch
• Values set using @codingStandardsChangeSetting comments can now contain spaces
• Sniff unit tests can now specify a list of test files instead of letting the runner pick them (request #1078)
  • Useful if a sniff needs to exclude files based on the environment, or is checking filenames
  • Override the new getTestFiles() method to specify your own list of test files
• Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchie now ignores spacing for function return types
  • The sniff code Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchie.SpaceAfterBracket has been removed
  • Replaced by Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchie.SpaceBeforeBrace
  • The new error message is slightly clearer as it indicates that a single space is needed before the brace
• Squiz.Commenting.LongConditionClosingComment now allows for the length of a code block to be configured
  • Set the lineLimit property (default is 20) in your ruleset.xml file to set the code block length
  • When the code block length is reached, the sniff will enforce a closing comment after the closing brace
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Squiz.Commenting.LongConditionClosingComment now allows for the end comment format to be configured
  • Set the commentFormat property (default is "//end %s") in your ruleset.xml file to set the format
  • The placeholder %s will be replaced with the type of condition opener, e.g., "//end foreach"
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Generic.PHPForbiddenFunctions now allows forbidden functions to have mixed case
  • Previously, it would only do a strtolower comparison
  • Error message now shows what case was found in the code and what the correct case should be
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Added Generic.Classes.OpeningBraceSameLine to ensure opening brace of class/interface/trait is on the same line as the declaration
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Added Generic.PHP.BacktickOperator to ban the use of the backtick operator for running shell commands
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Added Generic.PHP.DisallowAlternativePHPTags to ban the use of alternate PHP tags
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Squiz.WhiteSpace.LanguageConstructSpacing no longer checks for spaces if parenthesis are being used (request #1062)
  • Makes this sniff more compatibile with those that check parenthesis spacing of function calls
• Squiz.WhiteSpace.ObjectOperatorSpacing now has a setting to ignore newline characters around object operators
  • Default remains FALSE, so newlines are not allowed
  • Override the "ignoreNewlines" setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
  • Thanks to Alex Howansky for the patch
• Squiz.Scope.MethodScope now sniffs traits as well as classes and interfaces
  • Thanks to Jesse Donat for the patch
• PHPCBF is now able to fix Squiz.SelfMemberReference.IncorrectCase errors
  • Thanks to Nikola Kovacs for the patch
• PHPCBF is now able to fix Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment.IncorrectVarType
  • Thanks to Walt Sorensen for the patch
• PHPCBF is now able to fix Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Improved the formatting of the end brace when auto fixing InlineControlStructure errors (request #1121)
• Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchie.BraceOnNewLine fix no longer leaves blank line after brace (request #1085)
• Generic UpperCaseConstantNameSniff now allows lowercase namespaces in constant definitions
  • Thanks to Daniel Schniepp for the patch
• Squiz DoubleQuoteUsageSniff is now more tolerant of syntax errors caused by mismatched string tokens
• A few sniffs that produce errors based on the current PHP version can now be told to run using a specific PHP version
  • Set the php_version config var using --config-set, --runtime-set, or in a ruleset to specify a specific PHP version
  • The format of the PHP version is the same as the PHP_VERSION_ID constant (e.g., 50403 for version 5.4.3)
  • Supported sniffs are Generic.PHP.DisallowAlternativePHPTags, PSR1.Classes.ClassDeclaration, Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment
  • Thanks to Finlay Beaton for the patch
• Fixed bug #985 : Duplicate class definition detection generates false-positives in media queries
  • Thanks to Raphael Horber for the patch
• Fixed bug #1014 : Squiz VariableCommentSniff doesn't always detect a missing comment
• Fixed bug #1066 : Undefined index: quiet in CLI.php during unit test run with -v command line arg
• Fixed bug #1072 : Squiz.SelfMemberReference.NotUsed not detected if leading namespace separator is used
• Fixed bug #1089 : Rulesets cannot be loaded if the path contains urlencoded characters
• Fixed bug #1091 : PEAR and Squiz FunctionComment sniffs throw errors for some invalid @param line formats
• Fixed bug #1092 : PEAR.Functions.ValidDefaultValue should not flag type hinted methods with a NULL default argument
• Fixed bug #1095 : Generic LineEndings sniff replaces tabs with spaces with --tab-width is set
• Fixed bug #1096 : Squiz FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacing gives incorrect error/fix when variadic operator is followed by a space
• Fixed bug #1099 : Group use declarations are incorrectly fixed by the PSR2 standard
  • Thanks to Jason McCreary for the patch
• Fixed bug #1101 : Incorrect indent errors when breaking out of PHP inside an IF statement
• Fixed bug #1102 : Squiz.Formatting.OperatorBracket.MissingBrackets faulty bracketing fix
• Fixed bug #1109 : Wrong scope indent reported in anonymous class
• Fixed bug #1112 : File docblock not recognized when require_once follows it
• Fixed bug #1120 : InlineControlStructureSniff does not handle auto-fixing for control structures that make function calls
• Fixed bug #1124 : Squiz.Operators.ComparisonOperatorUsage does not detect bracketed conditions for inline IF statements
  • Thanks to Raphael Horber for the patch