[ANNOUNCEMENT] PHP_CodeSniffer-2.8.0 (stable) Released.

The new PEAR package PHP_CodeSniffer-2.8.0 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/.

Release notes
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- The Internal.NoCodeFound error is no longer generated for content sourced from STDIN
  -- This should stop some Git hooks generating errors because PHPCS is trying to process the refs passed on STDIN
- Squiz.Commenting.DocCommentAlignment now checks comments on class properties defined using the VAR keyword
  -- Thanks to Klaus Purer for the patch
- The getMethodParameters() method now recognises "self" as a valid type hint
  -- The return array now contains a new "content" index containing the raw content of the param definition
  -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
- The getMethodParameters() method now supports nullable types
  -- The return array now contains a new "nullable_type" index set to true or false for each method param
  -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
- The getMethodParameters() method now supports closures
  -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
- Added more guard code for JS files with syntax errors (request #1271 and request #1272)
- Added more guard code for CSS files with syntax errors (request #1304)
- PEAR.Commenting.FunctionComment fixers now correctly handle multi-line param comments
- AbstractVariableSniff now supports anonymous classes
  -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
- Generic.NamingConventions.ConstructorName and PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidVariable now support anonymous classes
- Generic.NamingConventions.CamelCapsFunctionName and PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName now support anonymous classes
  -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
- Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnusedFunctionParameter and PEAR.Functions.ValidDefaultValue now support closures
  -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
- PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidClassName and Squiz.Classes.ValidClassName now support traits
  -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
- Generic.Functions.FunctionCallArgumentSpacing now supports closures other PHP-provided functions
  -- Thanks to Algirdas Gurevicius for the patch
- Fixed an error where a nullable type character was detected as an inline then token
  -- A new T_NULLABLE token has been added to represent the ? nullable type character
  -- Thanks to Jaroslav Hanslík for the patch
- Squiz.WhiteSpace.SemicolonSpacing no longer removes comments while fixing the placement of semicolons
  -- Thanks to Algirdas Gurevicius for the patch
- Fixed bug #1230 : JS tokeniser incorrectly tokenises bitwise shifts as comparison
  -- Thanks to Ryan McCue for the patch
- Fixed bug #1237 : Uninitialized string offset in PHP Tokenizer on PHP 5.2
- Fixed bug #1239 : Warning when static method name is 'default'
- Fixed bug #1240 : False positive for function names starting with triple underscore
  -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
- Fixed bug #1245 : SELF is not recognised as T_SELF token in: return new self
- Fixed bug #1246 : A mix of USE statements with and without braces can cause the tokenizer to mismatch brace tokens
  -- Thanks to Michał Bundyra for the patch
- Fixed bug #1249 : GitBlame report requires a .git directory
- Fixed bug #1252 : Squiz.Strings.ConcatenationSpacing fix creates syntax error when joining a number to a string
- Fixed bug #1253 : Generic.ControlStructures.InlineControlStructure fix creates syntax error fixing if-try/catch
- Fixed bug #1255 : Inconsistent indentation check results when ELSE on new line
- Fixed bug #1257 : Double dash in CSS class name can lead to "Named colours are forbidden" false positives
- Fixed bug #1260 : Syntax errors not being shown when error_prepend_string is set
  -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
- Fixed bug #1264 : Array return type hint is sometimes detected as T_ARRAY_HINT instead of T_RETURN_TYPE
  -- Thanks to Jaroslav Hanslík for the patch
- Fixed bug #1265 : ES6 arrow function raises unexpected operator spacing errors
- Fixed bug #1267 : Fixer incorrectly handles filepaths with repeated dir names
  -- Thanks to Sergey Ovchinnikov for the patch
- Fixed bug #1276 : Commenting.FunctionComment.InvalidReturnVoid conditional issue with anonymous classes
- Fixed bug #1277 : Squiz.PHP.DisallowMultipleAssignments.Found error when var assignment is on the same line as an open tag
- Fixed bug #1284 : Squiz.Arrays.ArrayBracketSpacing.SpaceBeforeBracket false positive match for short list syntax

Package Info
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PHP_CodeSniffer is a set of two PHP scripts; the main phpcs script that tokenizes PHP, JavaScript and CSS files to detect violations of a defined coding standard, and a second phpcbf script to automatically correct coding standard violations. PHP_CodeSniffer is an essential development tool that ensures your code remains clean and consistent.

Related Links
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Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer
   Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer/download/2.8.0
    Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer-2.8.0.tgz

Authors
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Greg Sherwood (lead)

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