Ordered Imports by Length and More

We’re excited to announce some major improvements to our fixers and presets, and finally, the length_ordered_imports fixer! We’re also pleased to announce that our docs have had a styling overhall.

Our 16 new fixers are:

• const_visibility_required
• length_ordered_imports
• no_blank_lines_after_return
• no_blank_lines_after_throw
• no_blank_lines_between_imports
• no_blank_lines_between_traits
• no_extra_block_blank_lines
• no_spaces_outside_offset
• php_unit_fqcn_annotation
• phpdoc_add_missing_param_annotation
• phpdoc_link_to_see
• pow_to_exponentiation
• property_visibility_required
• protected_to_private
• return_type_declaration
• single_line_class_definition

Full descriptions of each fixer are available in our docs.

The following new fixers have been added to the symfony preset:

• no_blank_lines_after_throw
• no_blank_lines_between_imports
• no_extra_block_blank_lines
• no_spaces_outside_offset
• php_unit_fqcn_annotation
• phpdoc_link_to_see
• property_visibility_required
• return_type_declaration
• single_line_class_definition

The following new fixers have been added to the laravel preset:

• length_ordered_imports
• no_blank_lines_after_throw
• no_blank_lines_between_imports
• no_blank_lines_between_traits
• property_visibility_required

The following new fixers have been added to the recommended preset:

• no_blank_lines_after_throw
• no_blank_lines_between_imports
• no_blank_lines_between_traits
• no_spaces_outside_offset
• property_visibility_required

Our other changes include:

• The part of the no_extra_consecutive_blank_lines fixer that removed newlines between imports has been moved to the new no_blank_lines_between_imports fixer.
• We’ve renamed the ordered_imports fixer to alpha_ordered_imports. The original name will continue to work.
• We’ve rename and the visibility_required fixer to method_visibility_required. The original name will continue to work.
• We’ve merged into the psr0 fixer into the psr4 fixer.
• The new pow_to_exponentiation fixer is “risky”.
• The simplified_null_return fixer has been marked as “risky” in light of the changes made in PHP 7.1.
• Support for PHP 7.0 grouped imports.
• Various bug fixes, of course.