4.8.4

Fixes:

• ControlStructureSpacingSniff: Fixed reporting and fixer
• ControlStructureSpacingSniff: Fixed internal error
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positives
• UselessVariableSniff: Fixed false positive

4.8.3

Fixes:

• UnusedInheritedVariablePassedToClosureSniff: Fixed fixer
• DocCommentSpacingSniff: Some errors were not reported and fixed
• DocCommentSpacingSniff: Fixed internal error
• RequireTernaryOperatorSniff: Fixed internal error

4.8.2

Fixes:

• DocCommentSpacingSniff: Some errors were not reported and fixed
• DocCommentSpacingSniff: Fixed fixer
• DocCommentSpacingSniff: Fixed internal error
• StaticClosureSniff: Fixed false positive

4.8.1

Fixes:

• ControlStructureSpacingSniff: Fixed internal error
• DisallowLateStaticBindingForConstantsSniff: Fixed typo in sniff name (previous name still works)

4.8.0

⚠️ PHPCS 3.3.0+ is now required.

New sniffs:

• RequireOnlyStandaloneIncrementAndDecrementOperatorsSniff: Reports ++ and -- operators not used standalone
• UselessParameterDefaultValueSniff: Looks for useless parameter default value
• DisallowLateStaticBindingForContantsSniff: Disallows late static binding for constants
• UselessLateStaticBindingSniff: Reports useless late static binding
• ControlStructureSpacingSniff: Enforces configurable number of lines around control structures
• UselessConditionWithReturnSniff: Reports useless conditions where both branches return true or false
• RequireTernaryOperatorSniff: Requires ternary operator when possible
• RequireMultiLineTernaryOperatorSniff: Ternary operator has to be reformatted to more lines when the line length exceeds the given limit
• DisallowImplicitArrayCreationSniff: Disallows implicit array creation
• DuplicateAssignmentToVariableSniff: Looks for duplicate assignments to a variable
• DisallowContinueWithoutIntegerOperandInSwitchSniff: Disallows use of continue without integer operand in switch because it's emits warning in PHP 7.3 and higher
• OptimizedFunctionsWithoutUnpackingSniff: Reports functions that should not be invoked with argument unpacking because of opcache optimizations (thanks to @Majkl578)

Improvements:

• DocCommentSpacingSniff: New options linesCountBetweenAnnotationsGroups and annotationsGroups
• UselessParenthesesSniff: New option ignoreComplexTernaryConditions
• UnusedVariableSniff: New option ignoreUnusedValuesWhenOnlyKeysAreUsedInForeach
• EarlyExitSniff: New option ignoreStandaloneIfInScope
• ShortListSniff: Improved fixer

Fixes:

• EarlyExitSniff: Fixed false positive
• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positives
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positive
• ModernClassNameReferenceSniff: Fixed fixer
• RequireShortTernaryOperatorSniff: Infinite loop fix (thanks to @dg)
• ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff: Possible fix of false positives
• DisallowIncrementAndDecrementOperatorsSniff: Fixed error codes for post operators in some situations
• IdentificatorHelper: A lot of fixes

4.7.3

Fixes:

• ModernClassNameReferenceSniff: Fixed false positives
• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessVariableSniff: Fixed false positives

4.7.2

Fixes:

• ReferenceUsedNamesOnlySniff: Fixed false positives
• RequireShortTernaryOperatorSniff: Fixed false positive
• StaticClosureSniff: Fixed false positive
• ModernClassNameReferenceSniff: Fixed fixer
• UnusedParameterSniff: Fixed false positive
• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessInheritDocCommentSniff: Fixed false positives
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positive

4.7.1

Fixes:

• UnusedParameterSniff: Fixed false positive
• UnusedVariableSniff: Fixed false positives
• UnusedInheritedVariablePassedToClosure: Fixed false positives
• RequireNullCoalesceOperatorSniff: Fixed false positives
• ModernClassNameReferenceSniff: Fixed false positives with get_class()
• ModernClassNameReferenceSniff: Fixed error messages
• UselessVariableSniff: Fixed false positive
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed false positives
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Fixed checks for parentheses around "case"

4.7.0

New sniffs:

• ModernClassNameReferenceSniff: Reports use of __CLASS__, get_parent_class(), get_called_class(), get_class() and get_class($this). Class names should be referenced via ::class contant when possible
• StaticClosureSniff: Reports closures not using $this that are not declared static
• RequireCombinedAssignmentOperatorSniff: Requires using combined assigment operators, eg +=, .= etc
• NullTypeHintOnLastPositionSniff: Enforces null type hint on last position in @var, @param and @return annotations
• UselessConstantTypeHint: Reports useless @var annotation (or whole documentation comment) for class constants because the type of constant is always clear
• UselessInheritDocCommentSniff: Reports documentation comments containing only {@inheritDoc} annotation because inheritance is automatic and it's not needed to use a special annotation for it
• TraitUseDeclarationSniff: Prohibits multiple traits separated by commas in one use statement
• TraitUseSpacingSniff: Enforces configurable number of lines before first use, after last use and between two use statements
• UnusedVariableSniff: Looks for unused variables
• UselessVariableSniff: Looks for useless variables
• UnusedParameterSniff: Looks for unused parameters
• UnusedInheritedVariablePassedToClosureSniff: Looks for unused inherited variables passed to closure via use
• UselessAliasSniff: Looks for use alias that is same as unqualified name
• UselessSemicolonSniff: Looks for useless semicolons
• UselessParenthesesSniff: Looks for useless parentheses
• NewWithoutParenthesesSniff: Reports new with useless parentheses

Improvements:

• RequireNullCoalesceOperatorSniff: === null and !== null conditions are detected too
• RequireShortTernaryOperatorSniff: Works with properties too

Fixes:

• UnusedUsesSniff: Fixed false positives for classes used in @see annotation
• FullyQualifiedClassNameInAnnotationSniff: Fixed fixer
• NamespaceSpacingSniff: Fixed false positive when phpcs comment is before namespace

4.6.3

Fixes:

• UnusedPrivateElementsSniff: Fixed alwaysUsedPropertiesAnnotations support of prefixes
• UnusedPrivateElementsSniff: Fixed false positive with constant in string
• LongTypeHintsSniff: Fixer should be case insensitive
• TypeHintDeclarationSniff: Added missing @inheritdoc support for properties