3.12.1 - 2025-04-04

[jrfnl]

Added

• Documentation for the following sniffs:
  • Squiz.Commenting.BlockComment
  • Thanks to Colin Stewart for the patch.

Changed

• Generic.WhiteSpace.HereNowdocIdentifierSpacing: improved error message text.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Various housekeeping, including improvements to the tests and documentation.
  • Thanks to Rodrigo Primo and Juliette Reinders Folmer for their contributions.

Deprecated

• The Generic.Functions.CallTimePassByReference sniff. See 4.0 | Generic.Functions.CallTimePassByReference: remove sniff #921.
  • This sniff will be removed in version 4.0.0.

Fixed

• Fixed bug Fixer: improve debug information #906 : Fixer: prevent InvalidArgumentExceptions when displaying verbose information.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Fixed bug PHP 8.4 | Tokenizer/PHP: fix union/intersection/DNF type tokenization with final properties #907 : Tokenizer/PHP: tokenization of tokens related to union, intersection and DNF types in combination with PHP 8.4 final properties.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Fixed bug PHP 8.1 | Tokenizer/PHP: fix nullable type tokenization for readonly properties #908 : Tokenizer/PHP: tokenization of ? in nullable types for readonly properties.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.
• Fixed bug Tokenizer/PHP: goto is a switch case/default terminating statement #916 : Tokenizer/PHP: goto was not recognized as a terminating statement for a case/default in a switch control structure.
  • Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch.

Other

• PHP_CodeSniffer 4.0 is coming soon! Interested in a sneak peek ? Join the live stream at any time on April 14, 15, 17 or 18.
  Read the open invitation (PHPCS 4.0: Open invitation to join live stream April 14, 15, 17 and 18, 2025 #924) for all the details.

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