[ANNOUNCEMENT] PHP_CodeSniffer-1.5.3 (stable) Released.

[PEAR Announce]

The new PEAR package PHP_CodeSniffer-1.5.3 (stable) has been released at http://pear.php.net/.

Release notes
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- Improved detection of nested IF statements that use the alternate IF/ENDIF syntax
- PHP tokenizer now supports DEFAULT statements opened with a T_SEMICOLON
- PSR1 CamelCapsMethodNameSniff now ignores magic methods
-- Thanks to Eser Ozvataf for the patch
- PSR1 SideEffectsSniff now ignores methods named define()
- PSR1 and PEAR ClassDeclarationSniffs now support traits (request #20208)
- PSR2 ControlStructureSpacingSniff now allows newlines before/after parentheses
-- Thanks to Maurus Cuelenaere for the patch
- Squiz LowercasePHPFunctionsSniff no longer reports errors for namespaced functions
-- Thanks to Max Galbusera for the patch
- Squiz SwitchDeclarationSniff now allows exit() as a breaking statement for case/default
- Squiz ValidVariableNameSniff and Zend ValidVariableNameSniff now ignore additional PHP reserved vars
-- Thanks to Mikuláš Dítě and Adrian Crepaz for the patch
- Sniff code Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing.After changed to Squiz.WhiteSpace.MemberVarSpacing.Incorrect (request #20241)
- Fixed bug #20200 : Invalid JSON produced with specific error message
- Fixed bug #20204 : Ruleset exclude checks are case sensitive
- Fixed bug #20213 : Invalid error, Inline IF must be declared on single line
- Fixed bug #20225 : array_merge() that takes more than one line generates error
- Fixed bug #20230 : Squiz ControlStructureSpacing sniff assumes specific condition formatting
- Fixed bug #20240 : Squiz block comment sniff fails when newline present
- Fixed bug #20247 : The Squiz.WhiteSpace.ControlStructureSpacing sniff and do-while
-- Thanks to Alexander Obuhovich for the patch
- Fixed bug #20248 : The Squiz_Sniffs_WhiteSpace_ControlStructureSpacingSniff sniff and empty scope
- Fixed bug #20252 : Unitialized string offset when package name starts with underscore

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/1.5.3
Download: http://download.pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer-1.5.3.tgz

Authors
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Greg Sherwood (lead)