6.0.1

Fixes

• Fixed array shapes support
• UselessVariableSniff: Variables with @phpstan-var or @psalm-var annotation are not reported as useless
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positive

6.0.0

New sniffs

• RequireArrowFunctionSniff: Requires arrow functions
• DisallowArrowFunctionSniff: Disallows arrow functions
• RequireNumericLiteralSeparatorSniff: Requires use of numeric literal separators
• DisallowNumericLiteralSeparatorSniff: Disallows numeric literal separators
• RequireNowdocSniff: Requires nowdoc syntax instead of heredoc when possible
• ReferenceSpacingSniff: Enforces configurable number of spaces after reference
• DisallowReferenceSniff: Disallows references
• RequireExplicitAssertionSniff: Requires assertion via assert() instead of inline documentation comments.
• ParameterTypeHintSniff: Previously part of TypeHintDeclarationSniff
• PropertyTypeHintSniff: Previously part of TypeHintDeclarationSniff
• ReturnTypeHintSniff: Previously part of TypeHintDeclarationSniff
• UselessFunctionDocCommentSniff: Previously part of TypeHintDeclarationSniff
• BlockControlStructureSpacingSniff: Previously part of ControlStructureSpacingSniff
• JumpStatementsSpacingSniff: Previously part of ControlStructureSpacingSniff

Improvements

• PHP 7.4 support
• Arrow functions support
• Array shapes in phpDocs support
• PropertyTypeHintSniff: Support for native type hints
• InlineDocCommentDeclarationSniff: Reports missing related variables or no assigment
• InlineDocCommentDeclarationSniff: Added support for doccomments after variable definition
• InlineDocCommentDeclarationSniff: Added support for list() and short list []
• TrailingArrayCommaSniff: New option enableAfterHeredoc
• DisallowMixedTypeHintSniff: Added suppress support
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Reports more useless parentheses

Fixes

• Fixed support of @method annotation
• InlineDocCommentDeclarationSniff: Check really only inline doccomments
• TrailingCommaInCallSniff: Some calls were not reported
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positive
• NamespaceSpacingSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessSemicolonSniff: Fixed internal error
• TypeNameMatchesFileNameSniff: Files without namespaces should be reported too
• UseSpacingSniff: Don't report errors for use statements with comments right before or after
• UselessVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessParameterDefaultValueSniff: Fixed false positive
• UnusedPrivateElementsSniff: Fixed false positive
• UnusedUsesSniff: Better handle php open tags (thanks to @donatj)
• RequireCombinedAssignmentOperatorSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessInheritDocCommentSniff: Fixed internal error
• RequireShortTernaryOperatorSniff: Fix token overrun (thanks to @donatj)
• Fix compatibility with non-Composer installs of PHPCS (thanks to @jrfnl)

⚠️BC breaks

• TypeHintDeclarationSniff is dead, long live ParameterTypeHintSniff, PropertyTypeHintSniff, ReturnTypeHintSniff and UselessFunctionDocCommentSniff
• ControlStructureSpacingSniff is dead, long live BlockControlStructureSpacingSniff and JumpStatementsSpacingSniff (thanks to @grongor)

5.0.4

Fixes

• EarlyExitSniff: Fixed false positive
• ControlStructureSpacingSniff: Fixed false positive
• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positives

5.0.3

Fixes

• ControlStructureSpacingSniff: Fixed false positive

5.0.2

Fixes

• ControlStructureSpacingSniff: Fixed T_CASE and T_DEFAULT support
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positives
• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• ConditionHelper: Fixed getNegativeCondition()
• TypeHintHelper: Added more unofficial type hints

5.0.1

Fixes

• DisallowArrayTypeHintSyntaxSniff: Follow type hint when converting to generics syntax (thanks to @thewilkybarkid)
• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positive
• TypeHintDeclarationSniff: Invalid annotations should be ignored

Improvements

• UseStatementHelper: Speedup
• UseStatementHelper: Mark method getUseStatements() as deprecated

5.0.0

New sniffs

• SpreadOperatorSpacingSniff: Enforces configurable number of spaces after the ... operator
• DisallowArrayTypeHintSyntaxSniff: Disallows usage of array type hint syntax (eg. int[], bool[][]) in phpDocs in favour of generic type hint syntax (eg. array<int>, array<array<bool>>)
• TrailingCommaInCallSniff: Enforces trailing commas in multi-line calls
• DisallowMixedTypeHintSniff: Disallows usage of "mixed" type hint in phpDocs
• SuperfluousTraitNamingSniff: Reports use of superfluous suffix Trait for traits

Improvements

• Added support for generic and intersection types in PHP docs
• Improved support for more namespaces in a file
• UselessIfConditionWithReturnSniff: New option assumeAllConditionExpressionsAreAlreadyBoolean
• EarlyExitSniff: More useless elseif and else conditions are reported
• NullTypeHintOnLastPositionSniff: Added support for @property and @method annotations
• FullyQualifiedClassNameInAnnotationSniff: Added support for @property and @method annotations
• LongTypeHintsSniff: Added support for @property and @method annotations
• LongTypeHintsSniff: Inline doccomments are checked now
• ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff: Added support for @method annotations (thanks to @hranicka)
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Some useless parentheses were not reported

Fixes

• OptimizedFunctionsWithoutUnpackingSniff: Fix for trailing commas in function calls
• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessVariableSniff: Fixed false positive

⚠️BC breaks

• EmptyLinesAroundTypeBracesSniff: Renamed to EmptyLinesAroundClassBracesSniff and moved to namespace Classes
• DisallowEqualOperatorsSniff: Moved to namespace Operators
• UselessConditionWithReturnSniff: Splitted to UselessIfConditionWithReturnSniff and UselessTernaryOperatorSniff
• Removed support for @var annotation in format /** @var $variable type */ for most of the sniffs
• Removed support for @param annotations without parameter name for most of the sniffs
• AlphabeticallySortedUsesSniff: psr12Compatible option is now enabled by default
• NullableTypeForNullDefaultValueSniff: Removed deprecated enabled option
• ClassConstantVisibilitySniff: Removed deprecated enabled option
• TypeHintDeclarationSniff: Mark enableObjectTypeHint option as deprecated
• TypeHintDeclarationSniff: Removed deprecated usefulAnnotations option
• TypeHintDeclarationSniff: Removed deprecated enableNullableTypeHints option
• TypeHintDeclarationSniff: Removed deprecated enableVoidTypeHint option
• Removed deprecated DisallowLateStaticBindingForContantsSniff (alias for DisallowLateStaticBindingForConstantsSniff)

4.8.7

⚠️ PHPCS 3.4+ is now required (thanks to @carusogabriel)

Fixes:

• DeclareStrictTypesSniff: Fixed correct number of whitespaces in autofix and errormessage (thanks to @wietsewarendorff)
• RequireMultiLineTernaryOperatorSniff: Fixed close tag w/o prior semi (thanks to @donatj)
• UnusedPrivateElementsSniff: Fixed false positive
• SuperfluousExceptionNamingSniff: Fixed false positive
• ControlStructureSpacingSniff: Fixed internal errors
• DocCommentSpacingSniff: Fixed infinite loop
• DisallowYodaComparisonSniff: Don't fix assigment in condition
• RequireOnlyStandaloneIncrementAndDecrementOperatorsSniff: Fixed false positive
• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positive
• ReferencedNameHelper: Fixed reference names with whitespace

4.8.6

⚠️ PHPCS 3.3.1+ is now required for PHP 7.3 compatibility.

Fixes:

• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positives
• UnusedPrivateElementsSniff: Fixed false positives
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positives
• TraitUseSpacingSniff: Fixer should not remove useful code
• NamespaceDeclarationSniff: Fixed false positive
• RequireOneNamespaceInFileSniff: Fixed false positive
• ControlStructureSpacingSniff: Fixed false positive
• UnusedUsesSniff: Fixed false positive
• RequireMultiLineTernaryOperatorSniff: Fixed false positive
• OptimizedFunctionsWithoutUnpackingSniff: Fixed infinite loop

4.8.5

Fixes:

• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• DisallowImplicitArrayCreationSniff: Fixed false positive
• DisallowImplicitArrayCreationSniff: Fixed missing reporting
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positives
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed internal error