Support for static return types was already added in 134. This just adds an extra test for it in...

PHP 8.0: verified support for "mixed" type declarations

No changes needed to the actual method, the type is already handled correctly.

No changes needed to the actual method, the return type is already handled correctly.

No changes needed to the actual method, the parameter type is already handled correctly.

Arrays::isShortArray(): work round incorrect tokenization of PHP8 magic constant dereferencing

As of PHP 8, magic constants can be dereferenced, however, the square brackets in `__FILE__[0]` ...

UseStatements::getType(): work around a PHPCS 2.x issue

In PHPCS 2.x, the `case` and `default` keywords are assigned as conditions, even when they are n...

Travis: test on nightly

Up to now, the DealerDirect plugin was a blocker for testing the standard against PHP `nightly`/...

Release 1.0.0-alpha3

Composer: update dev dependency version allowances

* Version 1.2.0 of PHP Parallel Lint has been released.
* Version 0.5 of PHP Console Highlighter...

Composer: update PHPCS Composer plugin dependency

The DealerDirect Composer plugin has just released version `0.7.0`.
As Composer treats minors < ...

Regeneration after various reported bugs have been fixed.

The docs have been regenerated based ...

BCFile::isReference(): sync with upstream

The bugfix for closures declared to return by reference as previously already fixed in the `Oper...

Regeneration after various reported bugs have been fixed.

The docs have been regenerated based ...

Changelog for release 1.0.0-alpha3

Readme: update for 1.0.0-alpha3

* Clarify the requirements.
* Add a number of additional FAQ questions.
* Add a section regardin...

Docs website: regenerate the phpDocs

The docs have been regenerated based on phpDocumentor `master` with `--visibility=public,protect...

Docs: update since tags

... where relevant.

Until 1.0.0 has been released, it is important to know in which alpha certain things were introd...

Docs: move array return value specs to the `@return` tag

Docs: improvements for better rendering in PHPDocumentor

In a number of places, the specification of an associative array being returned was contained in...

Docs: one `@throws` per exception thrown

* Remove markdown from DocBlock summaries as it's not supported.
* Add backticks around inline c...

Docs: add description to `@link` tags

As per the recommendation in [PSR 19](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/propo...

Docs: BCTokens: list methods supported

Docs: various tag order fixes

Docs: enhance documentation

The `BCTokens` class has a `__callStatic()` method to allow for offering methods for all propert...

Includes moving inline `{@internal}` tags up as they can only be part of the long description as...

* Add additional information.
* Fix incorrect/outdated information.
* Improve information about ...

phpDocumentor: update the configuration to v 3

Docs: use language agnostic links to the PHP manual

* Update the configuration to the format used by phpDocumentor 3.
Ref: https://docs.phpdoc.o...

Ref: https://www.php.net/urlhowto.php

Docs: various small fixes

Travis: minor tweak

This was causing a warning. Fixed now.

Improve support for arrow functions / sync with phpcs 3.5.5/6

... as per upstream commit squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/commit/ce62dee92da3b038a399a99353fc055b39d2...

Allow for arrow functions being used as function argument as per upstream commit squizlabs/PHP_C...

Allow for arrow functions being used as function argument as per upstream commit squizlabs/PHP_C...

Operators::isReference(): bug fix - closure return by reference not recognized

The `&` in a closure declared to return by reference was not recognized as a reference.

Fixed n...

Docs website: convert to using Jekyll

Adding a stage to check on each PR and merge to `master` whether the GH pages site can be build ...

The initial homepage was set up in HTML as it (temporarily) had to be hosted elsewhere.

The int...

Various minor tweaks

BCTokens: change property visibility

:warning: Breaking Change :warning:

The `$phpcsCommentTokensTypes`, `$ooScopeTokens`, `$textStr...

ControlStructures::getCaughtExceptions(): add test with PHP8 non-capturing catch

PHP 8 will introduce non-capturing catch statements.

This tiny fix makes sure the method can ha...

Helper::setConfigData(): PHPCS 4.x compatibility

As of PHPCS 4.x, the `PHP_CodeSniffer\Config::setConfigData()` method is no longer static.

Ref:...

TextStrings::getCompleteTextString(): remove newline at end of heredoc/nowdoc

PHP itself does not include the last new line in a heredoc/nowdoc text string when handling it, ...

Composer: set minimum Composer PHPCS plugin dependency version to `0.4.1`

Support for the `installed_paths` being set when the plugin is a requirement of a standard itsel...

Tokens\Collections::$returnTypeTokens: allow for "static" (PHP 8)

As of PHP 8.0, `static` can be used as a return type for function declarations.

Ref: https://wi...

Tokens\Collections: add two new methods

* `functionDeclarationTokens()` returning the tokens which can represent a keyword which starts ...

Namespaces::getType(): improve detection of namespace keyword as operator

When the `namespace` keyword is used in the global namespace, it is less easy to determine with ...

ObjectDeclarations::getName(): bug fix for functions returning by reference

Includes unit tests.

Tokens\Collections: add two new properties

* `$incrementDecrementOperators` containing the tokens for the increment and decrement operators...

Lists::getAssignments(): improve the return value

:warning: **BREAKING CHANGE** :warning:

In the initial commit, the `Lists::getAssignments()` me...

Travis: fix the build

The Travis docs say that `$TRAVIS_BUILD_STAGE_NAME` is in "proper case" form:

> TRAVIS_BUILD_ST...

FunctionDeclarations::isMagicFunction(): bug fix for nested functions

Function declarations nested in a class method declare the function in the global namespace.
See...

Docs: Minor fixes for home page content

TestUtils\UtilityMethodTestCase: add test for the skipJSCSSTestsOnPHPCS4() method

PR 111 added test skipping for JS and CSS files when run on PHPCS 4.x, but did not (yet) add tes...

New `NamingConventions` class

.. for working with identifier names (namespace names, class/trait/interface names, function nam...

BackCompat\Helper: add `getEncoding()`helper method