• The new phpcs: comment syntax can now be prefixed with an at symbol ( @phpcs: )
  • This restores the behaviour of the previous syntax where these comments are ignored by doc generators
• The current PHP version ID is now used to generate cache files
  • This ensures that only cache files generated by the current PHP version are selected
  • This change fixes caching issues when using sniffs that produce errors based on the current PHP version
• A new Tokens::$phpcsCommentTokens array is now available for sniff developers to detect phpcs: comment syntax
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Error message codes generated by Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement are no longer all-uppercase
  • For example Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.DetectedCATCH becomes Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.DetectedCatch
• The PEAR.Commenting.FunctionComment.Missing error message now includes the name of the function
  • Thanks to Yorman Arias for the patch
• The PEAR.Commenting.ClassComment.Missing and Squiz.Commenting.ClassComment.Missing error messages now include the name of the class
  • Thanks to Yorman Arias for the patch
• PEAR.Functions.FunctionCallSignature now only forces alignment at a specific tab stop while fixing
  • It was enforcing this during checking, but this meant invalid errors if the OpeningIndent message was being muted
  • This fixes incorrect errors when using the PSR2 standard with some code blocks
• Generic.Files.LineLength now ignores lines that only contain phpcs: annotation comments
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Generic.Formatting.MultipleStatementAlignment now skips over arrays containing comments
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Generic.PHP.Syntax now forces display_errors to ON when linting
  • Thanks to Raúl Arellano for the patch
• PSR2.Namespaces.UseDeclaration has improved syntax error handling and closure detection
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Squiz.PHP.CommentedOutCode now has improved comment block detection for improved accuracy
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Squiz.PHP.NonExecutableCode could fatal error while fixing file with syntax error
• Squiz.PHP.NonExecutableCode now detects unreachable code after a goto statement
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Squiz.WhiteSpace.LanguageConstructSpacing has improved syntax error handling while fixing
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Improved phpcs: annotation syntax handling for a number of sniffs
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Improved auto-fixing of files with incomplete comment blocks for various commenting sniffs
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed test suite compatibility with PHPUnit 7
• Fixed bug #1793 : PSR2 forcing exact indent for function call opening statements
• Fixed bug #1803 : Squiz.WhiteSpace.ScopeKeywordSpacing removes member var name while fixing if no space after scope keyword
• Fixed bug #1817 : Blank line not enforced after control structure if comment on same line as closing brace
• Fixed bug #1827 : A phpcs:enable comment is not tokenized correctly if it is outside a phpcs:disable block
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #1828 : Squiz.WhiteSpace.SuperfluousWhiteSpace ignoreBlankLines property ignores whitespace after single line comments
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #1840 : When a comment has too many asterisks, phpcbf gives FAILED TO FIX error
• Fixed bug #1867 : Cant use phpcs:ignore where the next line is HTML
• Fixed bug #1870 : Invalid warning in multiple assignments alignment with closure or anon class
• Fixed bug #1890 : Incorrect Squiz.WhiteSpace.ControlStructureSpacing.NoLineAfterClose error between catch and finally statements
• Fixed bug #1891 : Comment on last USE statement causes false positive for PSR2.Namespaces.UseDeclaration.SpaceAfterLastUse
  • Thanks to Matt Coleman, Daniel Hensby, and Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #1901 : Fixed PHPCS annotations in multi-line tab-indented comments + not ignoring whole line for phpcs:set
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch