4.0.1 - 2025-11-10

This release includes all improvements and bugfixes from PHP_CodeSniffer 3.13.5.

Added

• Runtime support for PHP 8.5. All known PHP 8.5 deprecation notices have been fixed.
  • Syntax support for new PHP 8.5 features will follow in a future release.
  • If you find any PHP 8.5 deprecation notices which were missed, please report them.

Changed

• The Squiz.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration sniff will now flag a PHP close tag as a "wrong opener" and will auto-fix this by inserting a colon. #1316
• Various housekeeping, including improvements to the tests and documentation.

Fixed

• 4.x regression #1277: bring back whitespace tolerance in phpcs:ignore comma-separated rule reference lists.
  • Note: this bug did not affect phpcs:disable/phpcs:enable ignore annotations.
• Fixed bug #968: Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent was reporting false positives - and making incorrect fixes - for lines following a line containing an arrow function.
  • Thanks to Soichi Sato for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1216: Tokenizer/PHP: added more defensive coding to prevent PHP 8.5 "Using null as an array offset" deprecation notices.
  • Thanks to Andrew Lyons for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1279: Tokenizer/PHP: on PHP < 8.0, an unclosed attribute (parse error) could end up removing some tokens from the token stream.
  • This could lead to false positives and false negative from sniffs, but could also lead to incorrect fixes being made mangling the file under scan.
• Fixed bug #1315: Squiz.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration: a number of the fixers would get into fixer conflicts with each other if the code under scan contained multiple statements on a line within a switch.
  • The sniff will now forbid - and auto-fix - multiple statements on one line for case/default and "case breaking" statements.
• Fixed bug #1316: Tokenizer/PHP: a PHP close tag after a switch case condition or after a default keyword, was not regarded as a "scope_opener" for the case/default body.
• Fixed bug #1316: PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration: the WrongOpener error is now also auto-fixable if the wrong opener is a PHP close tag.
• Fixed bug #1316: Squiz.PHP.NonExecutableCode would throw false positives when code within a switch control structure would move in and out of PHP.

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3.13.5 - 2025-11-04

Added

• Runtime support for PHP 8.5. All known PHP 8.5 deprecation notices have been fixed.
  • Syntax support for new PHP 8.5 features will follow in a future release.
  • If you find any PHP 8.5 deprecation notices which were missed, please report them.

Changed

• Various housekeeping, including improvements to the tests and documentation.
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo and Juliette Reinders Folmer for their contributions.

Fixed

• Fixed bug #1216: Tokenizer/PHP: added more defensive coding to prevent PHP 8.5 "Using null as an array offset" deprecation notices.
  • Thanks to Andrew Lyons for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1279: Tokenizer/PHP: on PHP < 8.0, an unclosed attribute (parse error) could end up removing some tokens from the token stream.
  • This could lead to false positives and false negative from sniffs, but could also lead to incorrect fixes being made mangling the file under scan.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.

Other

• Please be aware that the master branch has been renamed to 3.x and the default branch has changed to the 4.x branch.
  • If you contribute to PHP_CodeSniffer, you will need to update your local git clone.
  • If you develop against PHP_CodeSniffer and run your tests against dev branches of PHPCS, you will need to update your workflows.

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4.0.0 - 2025-09-16

This release contains breaking changes.

Upgrade guides for both ruleset maintainers/end-users, as well as for sniff developers and integrators, have been published to the Wiki.

You are strongly encouraged to read the upgrade guide applicable to your situation before upgrading.

This release includes all improvements and bugfixes from PHP_CodeSniffer 4.0.0-beta1, 4.0.0-RC1, 3.13.3 and 3.13.4.

Changed

• Tokenizer/PHP: fully qualified exit/die/true/false/null will be tokenized as the keyword token and the token 'content' will include the leading backslash. #1201
• Wherever possible based on the PHP 7.2 minimum version, parameter types have been added to all methods. #1237
• The supported PHPUnit version constraints have been updated to ^8.4.0 || ^9.3.4 || ^10.5.32 || 11.3.3 - 11.5.28 || ^11.5.31. #1247
  • External standards using the PHP_CodeSniffer native framework may need to update their own PHPUnit version constraints.
• Various housekeeping, including improvements to the tests and documentation.

Fixed

• Fixed bug #1082: new exit codes weren't applied when running phpcbf on code provided via STDIN.
  • Thanks to Dan Wallis for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1172: // phpcs:set for inline array properties did not handle a single item array with the value true, false or null correctly.
• Fixed bug #1174: progress bar wasn't showing files as fixed when running phpcbf in parallel mode.
• Fixed bug #1226: PHP 8.5 "Using null as an array offset" deprecation notice.

Other

• Please be aware that the master branch has been renamed to 3.x and the default branch has changed to the 4.x branch.
  • If you contribute to PHP_CodeSniffer, you will need to update your local git clone.
  • If you develop against PHP_CodeSniffer and run your tests against dev branches of PHPCS, you will need to update your workflows.

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3.13.4 - 2025-09-05

Fixed

• Fixed bug #1213: ability to run tests for external standards using the PHPCS native test framework was broken.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1215: PHP 8.5 "Using null as an array offset" deprecation notices.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.

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3.13.3 - 2025-09-04

Added

• Tokenizer support for PHP 8.4 dereferencing of new expressions without wrapping parentheses. #1160
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Tokenizer support for PHP 8.4 abstract properties. #1183
  • The File::getMemberProperties() method now also supports abstract properties through a new is_abstract array index in the return value. #1184
  • Additionally, the following sniffs have been updated to support abstract properties:
    • Generic.PHP.LowerCaseConstant #1185
    • Generic.PHP.UpperCaseConstant #1185
    • PSR2.Classes.PropertyDeclaration #1188
    • Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment #1186
    • Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing #1187
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patches
• Tokenizer support for the PHP 8.4 "exit as a function call" change. #1201
  • When exit/die is used as a fully qualified "function call", it will now be tokenized as T_NS_SEPARATOR + T_EXIT.
  • Additionally, the following sniff has been updated to handle fully qualified exit/die correctly:
    • Squiz.PHP.NonExecutableCode
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patches

Changed

• Tokenizer/PHP: fully qualified true/false/null will now be tokenized as T_NS_SEPARATOR + T_TRUE/T_FALSE/T_NULL. #1201
  • Previously, these were tokenized as T_NS_SEPARATOR + T_STRING.
  • Additionally, the following sniffs have been updated to handle fully qualified true/false/null correctly:
    • Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnconditionalIfStatement
    • Generic.ControlStructures.DisallowYodaConditions
    • PEAR.Functions.ValidDefaultValue
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patches.
• Generic.PHP.Syntax: the sniff is now able to scan input provided via STDIN on non-Windows OSes. #915
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo for the patch.
• PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration: the WrongOpener* error code is now auto-fixable if the identified "wrong opener" is a semi-colon. #1161
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• The PSR2.Classes.PropertyDeclaration will now check that the abstract modifier keyword is placed before a visibility keyword. #1188
  • Errors will be reported via a new AbstractAfterVisibility error code.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Various housekeeping, including improvements to the tests and documentation.
  • Thanks to Bernhard Zwein, Rick Kerkhof, Rodrigo Primo and Juliette Reinders Folmer for their contributions.

Fixed

• Fixed bug #1112 : --parallel option fails if PHP_CodeSniffer is invoked via bash and the invokation creates a non-PHPCS-managed process.
  • Thanks to Rick Kerkhof for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1113 : fatal error when the specified "files to scan" would result in the same file being added multiple times to the queue.
  • This error only occured when --parallel scanning was enabled.
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1154 : PEAR.WhiteSpace.ObjectOperatorIndent: false positive when checking multiple chained method calls in a multidimensional array.
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1193 : edge case inconsistency in how empty string array keys for sniff properties are handled.
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo and Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1197 : Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment: return types containing a class name with underscores would be truncated leading to incorrect results.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.

Other

• The Wiki documentation is now publicly editable. 🎉
  • Update proposals can be submittted by opening a pull request in the PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer-documentation repository.
    Contributions welcome !
  • Thanks to Anna Filina, Dan Wallis and Juliette Reinders Folmer for their work on getting this set up.
• The Phar website has had a facelift. #107
  • Thanks to Bernhard Zwein for making this happen!

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4.0.0RC1 - 2025-06-18

This release includes all improvements and bugfixes from PHP_CodeSniffer 4.0.0-beta1, 3.13.1 and 3.13.2.

Changed

• The error code Squiz.Functions.FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacing.SpacingAfterVisbility has been changed to Squiz.Functions.FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacing.SpacingAfterVisibility. #1136
• The following sniff(s) have received efficiency improvements:
  • Generic.ControlStructures.InlineControlStructure #880
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo for the patch.

Fixed

• Fixed bug #3889 : A selective phpcs:enable could sometimes override a later selective phpcs:ignore.
  • Thanks to Brad Jorsch for the patch
• Fixed bug #1128 : missing 'parenthesis_owner' index for T_FUNCTION token on PHP < 7.4 when function is named "fn".

Other

• The GPG signature for the PHAR files has been rotated. The new fingerprint is: D91D86963AF3A29B6520462297B02DD8E5071466.

Calling all testers!

Please help by testing the RC release and reporting any issues you run into.
Upgrade guides for both ruleset maintainers/end-users, as well as for sniff developers and integrators, have been published to the Wiki to help smooth the transition.

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3.13.2 - 2025-06-18

Changed

• The documentation for the following sniffs has been improved:
  • Squiz.Classes.SelfMemberReference
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo for the patch.
• Various housekeeping, including improvements to the tests and documentation.
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo and Juliette Reinders Folmer for their contributions.

Fixed

• Fixed bug #1135 : Squiz.Functions.FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacing: typo in new error code SpacingAfterSetVis[i]bility.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.

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3.13.1 - 2025-06-13

Added

• Added support for PHP 8.4 properties with asymmetric visibility to File::getMemberProperties() through a new set_scope array index in the return value. #1116
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patches.
• Added support for PHP 8.4 (constructor promoted) properties with asymmetric visibility to File::getMethodParameters() through new set_visibility and set_visibility_token array indexes in the return value. #1116
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patches.
• Added support for PHP 8.4 asymmetric visibility modifiers to the following sniffs:
  • Generic.PHP.LowerCaseKeyword #1117
  • PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName #1118
  • PSR2.Classes.PropertyDeclaration #1119
  • Squiz.Commenting.BlockComment #1120
  • Squiz.Commenting.DocCommentAlignment #1120
  • Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment #1120
  • Squiz.Functions.FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacing #1121
  • Squiz.Scope.MemberVarScope #1122
  • Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing #1123
  • Squiz.WhiteSpace.ScopeKeywordSpacing #1124
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patches.

Changed

• The PSR2.Classes.PropertyDeclaration will now check that a set-visibility modifier keyword is placed after a potential general visibility keyword. #1119
  • Errors will be reported via a new AvizKeywordOrder error code.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• The Squiz.Functions.FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacing will now check spacing after a set-visibility modifier keyword. #1121
  • Errors will be reported via a new SpacingAfterSetVisibility error code.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• The Squiz.Scope.MemberVarScope will now flag missing "read" visibility, when "write" visibility is set, under a separate error code AsymReadMissing. #1122
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• The documentation for the following sniffs has been improved:
  • PEAR.Classes.ClassDeclaration
  • Squiz.WhiteSpace.FunctionOpeningBraceSpace
  • Thanks to Brian Dunne and Rodrigo Primo for the patches.
• Various housekeeping, including improvements to the tests and documentation.
  • Thanks to Dan Wallis, Rodrigo Primo and Juliette Reinders Folmer for their contributions.

Other

• The latest PHP_CodeSniffer XSD file is now available via the following permalink: https://schema.phpcodesniffer.com/phpcs.xsd. #1094
  Older XSD files can be referenced via permalinks based on their minor: https://schema.phpcodesniffer.com/#.#/phpcs.xsd.
• The GPG signature for the PHAR files has been rotated. The new fingerprint is: D91D86963AF3A29B6520462297B02DD8E5071466.

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4.0.0beta1

Added

• Files without extension can now be scanned if the path is passed in directly. #2916
  • Previously, files without extension would always be ignored.
  • Now, files with no extension are checked if explicitly passed on the command line or specified in a ruleset.
  • Files without extension will still be ignored when scanning directories recursively.
• Support for extending a default value for an array property on a sniff from an XML ruleset file. #15
  • Previously, using extend="true" on an property tag for setting an array value could already extend a property value set elsewhere in an (inluded) ruleset.
  • Now, you can also add to (extend) a default value as set on the sniff itself.
  • Note: the property default value and the values set via the ruleset will be merged.
    • This also means that for associative arrays, you can redefine the value for a particular array key.
    • For numerically indexed arrays, this means the array will be renumbered. Keep this in mind if the numeric indexes hold meaning.
• Added support for PHP 8.4 properties in interfaces to File::getMemberProperties(). #2455
  • Note: properties in interfaces is not fully supported yet, it is just this one method which handles them correctly at this moment.
• Tokens::NAME_TOKENS containing an array with the tokens used for identifier names. #3041
• New sniff Generic.WhiteSpace.GotoTargetSpacing to enforce no space between the label of a goto target and the colon following it. #1026
• An error message is now displayed if no files were checked during a run. #1595
  • This occurs when all of the specified files matched exclusion rules, or none matched filtering rules.
• An error will be shown when attempting to change an unchangable PHP ini setting using -d option[=value] or via the ruleset with <ini name=...>. #416
  • Previously, this was silently ignored.
  • Attempting to change non-existent ini settings (typo, extension not loaded) will continue to be silently ignored.

Changed

• The minimum required PHP version has changed from 5.4.0 to 7.2.0.
• The default coding standard has changed from PEAR to PSR12.
• Both phpcs as well as phpcbf will now exit with exit code 0 if no issues were found/remain after fixing. #184
  • Non auto-fixable issues can be ignored for the exit code determination by setting the new ignore_non_auto_fixable_on_exit config flag to 1.
  • For full details on the new exit codes, please refer to the Wiki "Advanced Usage" page.
• Composer installs no longer include any test files. #1908
  • The test framework files will still be included to allow for use by external standards.
• All status, debug, and progress output is now sent to STDERR instead of STDOUT. #1612
  • Only report output now goes through STDOUT. As a result of this, piping output to a file will now only include report output.
    • Pipe both STDERR and STDOUT to the same file to capture the entire output of the run.
  • The --report-file functionality remains untouched.
  • With this change in place, timing and memory consumption stats will now be displayed more often as this will no longer interfere with reports.
• The --extensions command line argument no longer accepts the tokenizer along with the extension. #2448
  • Previously, you would check .module files as PHP files using --extensions=module/php.
  • Now, you use --extensions=module.
• When processing rulesets, <config> directives will be applied based on the nesting level of the ruleset. #2197
  • Previously, it was not possible to overrule a <config> directive set in an included ruleset from the "root" ruleset.
  • Now, <config> directives set in the "root" ruleset will always "win" over directives in included rulesets.
  • When two included rulesets at the same nesting level both set the same directive, the value from the last included ruleset "wins" (= same as before).
• When processing rulesets, <arg> directives will be applied based on the nesting level of the ruleset. #2395, #2597, #2602
  • Previously, it was not possible to overrule a <arg> directive set in an included ruleset from the "root" ruleset.
  • Now, <arg> directives set in the "root" ruleset will always "win" over directives in included rulesets.
  • When two included rulesets at the same nesting level both set the same directive, the value from the first included ruleset "wins" (= same as before).
• Internal errors will no longer be suppressed when the --sniffs CLI argument is used. #98
• The File::getDeclarationName() method will no longer accept T_ANON_CLASS or T_CLOSURE tokens. #3766
  • A RuntimeException will be thrown if these tokens are passed.
• The File::getDeclarationName() method will now always return a string (or throw an Exception). #1007
  • Previously, the method would return null if the name could not be determined, like during live coding.
    Now it will return an empty string in those situations.
• The File::getMemberProperties() method will no longer add warnings about possible parse errors. #2455
  • This means the Internal.ParseError.InterfaceHasMemberVar and the Internal.ParseError.EnumHasMemberVar error codes have been removed.
  • The method will now throw a "$stackPtr is not a class member var" RuntimeException for properties declared in enums (parse error).
  • Properties declared in interfaces will be analyzed like all other properties, as these are allowed since PHP 8.4.
• None of the included sniffs will warn about possible parse errors any more. #2455
  • This improves the experience when the file is being checked inside an editor during live coding.
  • If you want to detect parse errors, use the Generic.PHP.Syntax sniff or a dedicated linter instead.
• The PEAR + PSR2 FunctionCallSignature sniffs will now also examine anonymous class instantiations with parameters. #47
• The error code Squiz.Classes.ValidClassName.NotCamelCaps has been changed to Squiz.Classes.ValidClassName.NotPascalCase. #2046
  • This reflects that the sniff is actually checking for ClassName and not className.
• The error code Squiz.PHP.Heredoc.NotAllowed has been replaced by Squiz.PHP.Heredoc.HeredocNotAllowed and Squiz.PHP.Heredoc.NowdocNotAllowed. #2318
  • This allows for forbidding either heredocs or nowdocs without forbidding both.
• The PSR12.Files.FileHeader sniff now has more modular error codes to allow for more selectively applying the rules. #2729 #3453
  • The PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingAfterBlock error code is replaced by:
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingAfterTagBlock
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingAfterDocblockBlock
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingAfterDeclareBlock
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingAfterNamespaceBlock
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingAfterUseBlock
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingAfterUseFunctionBlock
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingAfterUseConstBlock
  • The PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingInsideBlock error code is replaced by:
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingInsideUseBlock
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingInsideUseFunctionBlock
    • PSR12.Files.FileHeader.SpacingInsideUseConstBlock
• The error code Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment.TagNotAllowed has been replaced by a dynamic Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment.[TagName]TagNotAllowed error code. #1039
  • This allows for selectively allowing specific tags by excluding the error code for that tag.
  • Example: to allow @link tags in property docblocks, exclude the Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment.LinkTagNotAllowed error code.
• The following sniffs have received performance related improvements:
  • PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidVariableName
  • PSR2.Classes.PropertyDeclaration
  • Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment
  • Squiz.Scope.MemberVarScope
  • Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing
  • These sniffs will no longer listen to non-variable tokens, nor for variables tokens outside of OO context. #374
    External sniffs which extend one of these sniffs may need adjustment if they want to retain the old behaviour.
• PHPCS now uses the PHP >= 8.0 native method for tokenizing (namespaced) identifier names. #3041
  • Before PHP 8.0, PHP would tokenize namespaced names using T_STRING and T_NS_SEPARATOR.
  • From PHP 8.0, PHP uses the tokens T_NAME_FULLY_QUALIFIED, T_NAME_RELATIVE, and T_NAME_QUALIFIED instead.
  • PHPCS now uses these new PHP 8.0 tokens no matter what version of PHP is being used to run PHPCS.
    ...

3.13.0 - 2025-05-11

Added

• Added support for PHP 8.4 asymmetric visibility modifiers to the tokenizer. #871
  • Thanks to Daniel Scherzer for the patch.
• Added support for PHP 8.4 final properties to the following sniffs:
  • PSR2.Classes.PropertyDeclaration #950
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patches.

Changed

• Generic.WhiteSpace.LanguageConstructSpacing: will now also check the spacing after the goto language construct keyword. #917
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• The PSR2.Classes.PropertyDeclaration will now check that the final modifier keyword is placed before a visibility keyword. #950
  • Errors will be reported via a new FinalAfterVisibility error code.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Improved Help information about the --reports CLI flag. #1078
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• The documentation for the following sniffs has been improved:
  • PSR1.Files.SideEffects
  • PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration
  • PSR2.Namespaces.NamespaceDeclaration
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo for the patches.
• Various housekeeping, including improvements to the tests and documentation.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for their contributions.

Deprecated

• Nearly everything which was soft deprecated before is now hard deprecated and will show deprecation notices:
  • This applies to:
    • All sniffs which will be removed in 4.0. #888
    • The deprecated Generator methods. #889
    • The old array property setting format (via comma separated strings). #890
    • Sniffs not implementing the PHP_CodeSniffer\Sniffs\Sniff interface. #891
    • Sniffs not following the naming conventions. #892
    • Standards called Internal. #893
    • Sniffs which don't listen for PHP, like JS/CSS specific sniffs. #894
  • The deprecation notices can be silenced by using the -q (=quiet) CLI flag.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patches.

Fixed

• Fixed bug #1040 : Generic.Strings.UnnecessaryHeredoc - false positive for heredocs containing escape sequences.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1040 : Generic.Strings.UnnecessaryHeredoc - fixer would not clean up escape sequences which aren't necessary in nowdocs.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Fixed bug #1048 : A file under scan would sometimes be updated with partial fixes, even though the file "failed to fix".
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.

Other

Calling all testers!

The first beta release for PHP_CodeSniffer 4.0 has been tagged. Please help by testing the beta release and reporting any issues you run into.
Upgrade guides for both ruleset maintainers/end-users, as well as for sniff developers and integrators, have been published to the Wiki to help smooth the transition.

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