Final 2.9 Release

Version 2.9.2 will be the final release of the PHP_CodeSniffer 2.9 branch, first released over 4 years ago. All developers still using version 2 are strongly encouraged to migrate to version 3.

Version 3 was first released as stable on the 4th of May 2017 and is a large refactoring of the code base that breaks backwards compatibility for all custom sniffs and custom reports. An upgrade guide for sniff and report developers is available here: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Version-3.0-Upgrade-Guide

Note: If you only use the built-in coding standards (such as PEAR or PSR2), or you have a custom ruleset.xml file that only makes use of the sniffs and reports distributed with PHP_CodeSniffer, you do not need to make any changes to begin using PHP_CodeSniffer version 3.

Other Changes

• PHPCS should now run under PHP 7.3 without deprecation warnings
  • Thanks to Nick Wilde for the patch
• Fixed bug #1496 : Squiz.Strings.DoubleQuoteUsage not unescaping dollar sign when fixing
  • Thanks to Michał Bundyra for the patch
• Fixed bug #1549 : Squiz.PHP.EmbeddedPhp fixer conflict with // comment before PHP close tag
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
• Fixed bug #1890 : Incorrect Squiz.WhiteSpace.ControlStructureSpacing.NoLineAfterClose error between catch and finally statements