* Updated to newer version of wp-coding-standards/wpcs.

* Updated to newer version of `squizlabs/php_codesniffer`.
* Added support for PHP7+.
* Added new excludes which are too WordPressy.

Author: Chrico

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## 0.2.0 (NOT RELEASED)
 * Removed `Generic.PHP.LowerCaseConstant`, because we're going to use PSR standards.
+* Updated to newer version of `wp-coding-standards/wpcs`.
+* Updated to newer version of `squizlabs/php_codesniffer`.
+* Added support for PHP7+.
+* Added new excludes which are too WordPressy.
 
 ## 0.1.0
 * First release.

Inpsyde/ruleset.xml

@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
 	<description>A custom set of code standard rules to check for Inpsyde Codex.</description>
 
+	<!-- Check for cross-version support for PHP 7.0 and higher. -->
+	<config name="testVersion" value="7.0-"/>
+
+	<rule ref="PHPCompatibility">
+		<!-- With PHP 7 or higher, these keywords actually are valid function names. https://github.com/wimg/PHPCompatibility/issues/515 -->
+		<exclude name="PHPCompatibility.PHP.ForbiddenNamesAsInvokedFunctions"/>
+	</rule>
+
 	<!-- Allow . in hook names -->
 	<rule ref="WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidHookName">
 		<properties>
@@ -15,6 +23,7 @@
 
 		<exclude name="WordPress.PHP.YodaConditions"/>
 
+		<!-- Exclude to be able to adhere to PSR-4. -->
 		<exclude name="WordPress.Files.FileName"/>
 
 		<exclude name="Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent.Incorrect"/>
@@ -39,15 +48,33 @@
 		<exclude name="Squiz.Commenting.BlockComment.HasEmptyLineBefore"/>
 		<!-- Remove rule for /** style for each var -->
 		<exclude name="Squiz.Commenting.VariableComment.WrongStyle"/>
+		<!-- Exclude to be able to include an encoding cookie. -->
+		<exclude name="Squiz.Commenting.FileComment.WrongStyle"/>
+		<exclude name="Squiz.Commenting.InlineComment.WrongStyle"/>
+
+		<!-- Exclude to be able to use variadic arguments. https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1652 -->
+		<exclude name="Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment.IncorrectTypeHint"/>
+
+		<!-- Exclude to be able to use "@noinspection PhpUnusedParameterInspection" annotations. -->
+		<exclude name="Squiz.Functions.FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacing.SpacingAfterHint"/>
 
-		<!-- <exclude name="WordPress.XSS.EscapeOutput" /> -->
 		<exclude name="WordPress.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent.Incorrect"/>
 		<exclude name="WordPress.Arrays.ArrayKeySpacingRestrictions"/>
 		<exclude name="WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration.KeyNotAligned"/>
 		<!-- Remove spaces instead of tabs check -->
 		<exclude name="WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration.ValueNotAligned"/>
 		<exclude name="WordPress.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration.CloseBraceNotAligned"/>
-		<!-- <exclude name="WordPress.Variables.GlobalVariables" /> -->
+
+		<!-- Exclude to not be forced to use a space before return type colons. https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/WordPress-Coding-Standards/issues/547. -->
+		<exclude name="WordPress.WhiteSpace.ControlStructureSpacing.NoSpaceAfterCloseParenthesis"/>
+
+	</rule>
+
+	<!-- Adapt to be able to use namespaced hooks in dot notation. -->
+	<rule ref="WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidHookName">
+		<properties>
+			<property name="additionalWordDelimiters" value="."/>
+		</properties>
 	</rule>
 
 </ruleset>

composer.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "require": {
-    "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.9.0",
-    "wp-coding-standards/wpcs": "~0.11"
+    "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.0",
+    "wp-coding-standards/wpcs": "^0.13.1"
   }
 }