[ANNOUNCEMENT] PHP_CodeSniffer-1.5.0RC4 (beta) Released.

The new PEAR package PHP_CodeSniffer-1.5.0RC4 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/.

Release notes
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- You can now restrict violations to individual sniff codes using the --sniffs command line argument
 -- Previously, this only restricted violations to an entire sniff and not individual messages
 -- If you have scripts calling PHP_CodeSniffer::process() or creating PHP_CodeSniffer_File objects, you must update your code
 -- The array of restrictions passed to PHP_CodeSniffer::process() must now be an array of sniff codes instead of class names
 -- The PHP_CodeSniffer_File::__construct() method now requires an array of restrictions to be passed
- Doc generation is now working again
- Progress information now shows the percentage complete at the end of each line
- Added report type --report=junit to show the error list in a JUnit compatible format
  -- Thanks to Oleg Lobach for the contribution
- Added support for the PHP 5.4 callable type hint
- Fixed problem where some file content could be ignored when checking STDIN
- Version information is now printed when installed via composer or run from a Git clone (request #20050)
- Added Squiz DisallowBooleanStatementSniff to ban boolean operators outside of control structure conditions
- The CSS tokenizer is now more reliable when encountering 'list' and 'break' strings
- Coding standard ignore comments can now appear instead doc blocks as well as inline comments
  -- Thanks to Stuart Langley for the patch
- Generic LineLengthSniff now ignores SVN URL and Head URL comments
  -- Thanks to Karl DeBisschop for the patch
- PEAR MultiLineConditionSniff now has a setting to specify how many spaces code should be indented
  -- Default remains at 4; override the 'indent' setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
  -- Thanks to Szabolcs Sulik for the patch
- PEAR MultiLineAssignmentSniff now has a setting to specify how many spaces code should be indented
  -- Default remains at 4; override the 'indent' setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
  -- Thanks to Szabolcs Sulik for the patch
- PEAR FunctionDeclarationSniff now has a setting to specify how many spaces code should be indented
  -- Default remains at 4; override the 'indent' setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
  -- Thanks to Szabolcs Sulik for the patch
- Squiz SwitchDeclarationSniff now has a setting to specify how many spaces code should be indented
  -- Default remains at 4; override the 'indent' setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
  -- Thanks to Szabolcs Sulik for the patch
- Squiz CSS IndentationSniff now has a setting to specify how many spaces code should be indented
  -- Default remains at 4; override the 'indent' setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
  -- Thanks to Hugo Fonseca for the patch
- Squiz and MySource File and Function comment sniffs now allow all tags and don't require a particular licence
- Squiz standard now allows lines to be 120 characters long before warning; up from 85
- Squiz LowercaseStyleDefinitionSniff no longer throws errors for class names in nested style definitions
- Squiz ClassFileNameSniff no longer throws errors when checking STDIN
- Squiz CSS sniffs no longer generate errors for IE filters
- Squiz CSS IndentationSniff no longer sees comments as blank lines
- Squiz LogicalOperatorSpacingSniff now ignores whitespace at the end of a line
- Squiz.Scope.MethodScope.Missing error message now mentions 'visibility' instead of 'scope modifier'
  -- Thanks to Renat Akhmedyanov for the patch
- Added support for the PSR2 multi-line arguments errata
- The PSR2 standard no longer throws errors for additional spacing after a type hint
- PSR UseDeclarationSniff no longer throws errors for USE statements inside TRAITs
- Fixed cases where code was incorrectly assigned the T_GOTO_LABEL token when used in a complex CASE condition
- Fixed bug #20026 : Check for multi-line arrays that should be single-line is slightly wrong
  -- Adds new error message for single-line arrays that end with a comma
- Fixed bug #20029 : ForbiddenFunction sniff incorrectly recognizes methods in USE clauses
- Fixed bug #20043 : Mis-interpretation of Foo::class
- Fixed bug #20044 : PSR1 camelCase check does not ignore leading underscores
- Fixed bug #20045 : Errors about indentation for closures with multi-line 'use' in functions
- Fixed bug #20051 : Undefined index: scope_opener / scope_closer
  -- Thanks to Anthon Pang for the patch

Package Info
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PHP_CodeSniffer is a PHP5 script that tokenises PHP, JavaScript and CSS files to detect violations of a defined coding standard. It is an essential development tool that ensures your code remains clean and consistent. It can also help prevent some common semantic errors made by developers.

Related Links
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Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer
   Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer/download/1.5.0RC4
    Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer-1.5.0RC4.tgz

Authors
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Greg Sherwood (lead)