1.4.0

• Added PSR1 and PSR2 coding standards that can be used to check your code against these guidelines
• PHP 5.4 short array syntax is now detected and tokens are assigned to the open and close characters
  • New tokens are T_OPEN_SHORT_ARRAY and T_CLOSE_SHORT_ARRAY as PHP does not define its own
• Added the ability to explain a coding standard by listing the sniffs that it includes
  • The sniff list includes all imported and native sniffs
  • Explain a standard by using the -e and --standard=[standard] command line arguments
  • E.g., phpcs -e --standard=Squiz
  • Thanks to Ben Selby for the idea
• Added report to show results using notify-send
  • Use --report=notifysend to generate the report
  • Thanks to Christian Weiske for the contribution
• The JS tokenizer now recognises RETURN as a valid closer for CASE and DEFAULT inside switch statements
• AbstractPatternSniff now sets the ignoreComments option using a public var rather than through the constructor
  • This allows the setting to be overwritten in ruleset.xml files
  • Old method remains for backwards compatibility
• Generic LowerCaseConstantSniff and UpperCaseConstantSniff no longer report errors on classes named True, False or Null
• PEAR ValidFunctionNameSniff no longer enforces exact case matching for PHP magic methods
• Squiz SwitchDeclarationSniff now allows RETURN statements to close a CASE or DEFAULT statement
• Squiz BlockCommentSniff now correctly reports an error for blank lines before blocks at the start of a control structure
• Fixed a PHP notice generated when loading custom array settings from a rulset.xml file
• Fixed bug #17908 : CodeSniffer does not recognise optional @params
  • Thanks to Pete Walker for the patch
• Fixed bug #19538 : Function indentation code sniffer checks inside short arrays
• Fixed bug #19565 : Non-Executable Code Sniff Broken for Case Statements with both return and break
• Fixed bug #19612 : Invalid @Package suggestion