• 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