2.3.4

Props: @kshaner, @GaryJones, @jrfnl, @yolih

Increases requirements for PHPCS from 3.5.5+ to 3.7.1.

Fixed

• #709: Add get_theme_file_path() to list of allowed include functions.
• #762: IncludingFile: allow for more path-returning functions.
• #748: ProperEscapingFunction: Fix short tag detection.
• #760: RestrictedFunctions: remove reference to function which doesn't exist.

Changed

• #768: DeclarationCompatibility: performance improvement.

• Rulesets:

  • #763: Move VariableAnalysis configuration from Go to Minimum.
  • #765: Fix the names.

• Composer:

  • #742: Up the minimum PHPCS version to 3.7.1.
  • #764: Update VariableAnalysis dependency to 2.11.17.
  • #738: Allow for the 1.0.0 version of the Composer PHPCS plugin.
  • #721: Update composer.json keywords.
  • #714: Update PHP Parallel Lint and Console Highlighter.
  • #741: Update script names.
  • #747: Fix script references.
  • #708: Update references to the Composer plugin.

• Tests:

  • #735: Unit tests: Support PHP >= 8.1.
  • #746: Fix checks for PHP 8.1 and above.
  • #737: AdminBarRemovalUnitTest: Ensure final reset is read.

• Coding Standards

  • #733: Fix coding standards of VIPCS sniffs.
  • #756: Remove extra line at end of classes.
  • #758: Simplifications of sniffs extending the WPCS AbstractArrayAssignmentRestrictionsSniff.
  • #761: RegexpCompare: remove redundant condition.
  • #771: QA: fix condition order.

• CI:

  • #705: Various updates.
  • #750: Test Higher PHP versions.
  • #724: Fix use of deprecated set-output.
  • #725: Update the xmllint-problem-matcher.
  • #726: Various tweaks.
  • #728: Bust the cache semi-regularly.
  • #711: Version update for various predefined actions.
  • #712: Fix build failure.
  • #755: Validate the PHPCS installed standards.
  • #757: Test and Quicktest tweaks.
  • #767: Minor simplifications.
  • #769: .gitattributes: readability improvement.

• Docs:

  • #722: Updated Docs link for ORDER BY RAND().
  • #707: README: update requirements listing.
  • #706: README: update for Composer 2.2.
  • #766: Various minor doc fixes.
  • #759: Bug template: make version table more comprehensive.
  • #770: Docs: various tag improvements.

Deprecated

• #612: The WordPressVIPMinimum.Compatibility.Zoninator sniff is (soft) deprecated and will be removed in the 3.0.0 release.
• #613: The WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.BatcacheWhitelistedParams sniff is (soft) deprecated and will be removed in the 3.0.0 release.