PHP_CodeSniffer

PHP_CodeSniffer version 1.4.1 has just been uploaded to PEAR and is now available to install. This release includes a few important changes for developers who maintain their own standards and sniffs. Ignore Patterns In version 1.3.6 ignore patterns were changed so that they are checked against the relative path...

PHP_CodeSniffer version 1.4.0 has just been uploaded to PEAR and is now available to install. This release includes two new coding standards; PSR-1 and PSR-2.A lot of effort has gone into compiling these standards from existing sniffs writing new sniffs and making core changes to PHP_CodeSniffer to support new...

Memory is the first thing to run out during a really big PHP_CodeSniffer run when a large number of errors and warnings are generated. The reason for this is pretty simple; PHP_CodeSniffer keeps the errors and warnings in memory so it can print consolidated error reports at the end...

PHP_CodeSniffer version 1.3.5 has just been uploaded to PEAR and is now available to install. This release has been focused primarily on bug fixing. In particular a number of bugs affecting Windows users have been resolved and all Windows users are encouraged to upgrade to this new version. Special...

Quite a lot of PEAR packages are being moved to hosting on Github and Squiz Labs is starting to host projects over there as well so I've moved development of PHP_CodeSniffer to Github and will be closing down the existing SVN repository. The major benefit of this change is...

PHP_CodeSniffer version 1.3.1 has just been uploaded to PEAR and is now available to install. This release has been focused primarily on bug fixing but given the amount of time since the 1.3.0 release there were also a few features that made it in. Some of the highlights in this...

After more than 12 months of development it's finally done. PHP_CodeSniffer version 1.3.0 (stable) has just been uploaded to PEAR and is now available to install. Only bug fixes have been added since the 1.3.0RC2 release but the changes between the 1.2 and 1.3 branches are numerous. If you're...

Quite a few sniffs included with PHP_CodeSniffer check various aspects of function declarations from commenting to spacing and everything in between. But the rules for anonymous functions (closures) tend to be different. They are used inside function calls or assigned to variables mid-function. It doesn't make sense to enforce...

PHP_CodeSniffer version 1.3.0 release candidate 2 has just been uploaded to PEAR and is now available to install. This release has been focused primarily on bug fixing but (typically) there were also a few features that made it in. Some of the highlights in this release are: Support for multiple...

One of the oldest PHP_CodeSniffer feature requests added back in 2007 is one to allow PHP_CodeSniffer to produce multiple reports after a run. PHP_CodeSniffer provides a number of reporting options including writing the report to a file as well as the screen but you've only been able to select...