• The existence of the main config file is now cached to reduce is_file() calls when it doesn't exist (request #486)
• Abstract classes inside the Sniffs directory are now ignored even if they are named [Name]Sniff.php (request #476)
  • Thanks to David Vernet for the patch
• PEAR and Squiz FileComment sniffs no longer have @ in their error codes
  • e.g., PEAR.Commenting.FileComment.Duplicate@categoryTag becomes PEAR.Commenting.FileComment.DuplicateCategoryTag
  • e.g., Squiz.Commenting.FileComment.Missing@categoryTag becomes Squiz.Commenting.FileComment.MissingCategoryTag
• PEAR MultiLineConditionSniff now allows comment lines inside multi-line IF statement conditions
  • Thanks to Klaus Purer for the patch
• Generic ForbiddenFunctionsSniff now supports setting null replacements in ruleset files (request #263)
• Generic opening function brace sniffs now support checking of closures
  • Set the checkClosures property to TRUE (default is FALSE) in your ruleset.xml file to enable this
  • Can also set the checkFunctions property to FALSE (default is TRUE) in your ruleset.xml file to only check closures
  • Affects OpeningFunctionBraceBsdAllmanSniff and OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchieSniff
• Generic OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchieSniff can now fix all the errors it finds
• Generic OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchieSniff now allows empty functions with braces next to each other
• Generic OpeningFunctionBraceBsdAllmanSniff now allows empty functions with braces next to each other
• Improved auto report width for the "full" report
• Improved conflict detection during auto fixing
• Generic ScopeIndentSniff is no longer confused by empty closures
• Squiz ControlSignatureSniff now always ignores comments (fixes bug #490)
  • Include the Squiz.Commenting.PostStatementComment sniff in your ruleset.xml to ban these comments again
• Squiz OperatorSpacingSniff no longer throws errors for code in the form ($foo || -1 === $bar)
• Fixed errors tokenizing T_ELSEIF tokens on HHVM 3.5
• Squiz ArrayDeclarationSniff is no longer tricked by comments after array values
• PEAR IncludingFileSniff no longer produces invalid code when removing parenthesis from require/include statements
• Fixed bug #415 : The @codingStandardsIgnoreStart has no effect during fixing
• Fixed bug #432 : Properties of custom sniffs cannot be configured
• Fixed bug #453 : PSR2 standard does not allow closing tag for mixed PHP/HTML files
• Fixed bug #457 : FunctionCallSignature sniffs do not support here/nowdoc syntax and can cause syntax error when fixing
• Fixed bug #466 : PropertyLabelSpacing JS fixer issue when there is no space after colon
• Fixed bug #473 : Writing a report for an empty folder to existing file includes the existing contents
• Fixed bug #485 : PHP notice in Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment when checking malformed @throws comment
• Fixed bug #491 : Generic InlineControlStructureSniff can correct with missing semicolon
  • Thanks to Jesse Donat for the patch
• Fixed bug #492 : Use statements don't increase the scope indent
• Fixed bug #493 : PSR1_Sniffs_Methods_CamelCapsMethodNameSniff false positives for some magic method detection
  • Thanks to Andreas Möller for the patch
• Fixed bug #496 : Closures in PSR2 are not checked for a space after the function keyword
• Fixed bug #497 : Generic InlineControlStructureSniff does not support alternative SWITCH syntax
• Fixed bug #500 : Functions not supported as values in Squiz ArrayDeclaration sniff
• Fixed bug #501 : ScopeClosingBrace and ScopeIndent conflict with closures used as array values
  • Generic ScopeIndentSniff may now report fewer errors for closures, but perform the same fixes
• Fixed bug #502 : PSR1 SideEffectsSniff sees declare() statements as side effects