Merge pull request #2049 from WordPress/feature/up-minimum-phpcs-vers…

…ion-3.6.2

Composer: up the minimum PHPCS version to 3.6.2

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ When you introduce new `public` sniff properties, or your sniff extends a class
 
 ## Pre-requisites
 * WordPress-Coding-Standards
-* PHP_CodeSniffer 3.3.1 or higher
+* PHP_CodeSniffer 3.6.2 or higher
 * PHPUnit 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or 7.x
 
 The WordPress Coding Standards use the `PHP_CodeSniffer` native unit test suite for unit testing the sniffs.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/dependency-change.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ about: A reminder to take action when a WPCS dependency changes
 
 ---
 
-<!-- PLEASE prefix the title the Issue with the dependency name and version when action should be taken e.g. PHPCS 3.5: ... -->
+<!-- PLEASE prefix the title the Issue with the dependency name and version when action should be taken e.g. PHPCS 3.7.0: ... -->
 
 ## Rationale
 

.github/workflows/quicktest.yml

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ jobs:
         phpcs_version: [ 'dev-master' ]
         include:
           - php: '7.3'
-            phpcs_version: '3.5.0'
+            phpcs_version: '3.6.2'
           - php: '5.4'
-            phpcs_version: '3.5.0'
+            phpcs_version: '3.6.2'
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository

.github/workflows/ruleset-checks-sniffs.yml

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         php: [ '7.4' ]
-        phpcs_version: [ 'dev-master', '3.5.0' ]
+        phpcs_version: [ 'dev-master', '3.6.2' ]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository

.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml

@@ -34,24 +34,10 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.allowed_failure }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php: [ '7.4', '7.3', '7.2', '7.1', '7.0', '5.6', '5.5', '5.4' ]
-        phpcs_version: [ 'dev-master', '3.5.0' ]
+        php: [ '8.1', '8.0', '7.4', '7.3', '7.2', '7.1', '7.0', '5.6', '5.5', '5.4' ]
+        phpcs_version: [ 'dev-master', '3.6.2' ]
         allowed_failure: [ false ]
         include:
-          - php: '8.1'
-            phpcs_version: 'dev-master'
-            allowed_failure: false
-          # PHPCS is only compatible with PHP 8.1 as of version 3.6.1.
-          - php: '8.1'
-            phpcs_version: '3.6.1'
-            allowed_failure: false
-          - php: '8.0'
-            phpcs_version: 'dev-master'
-            allowed_failure: false
-          # PHPCS is only compatible with PHP 8.0 as of version 3.5.7.
-          - php: '8.0'
-            phpcs_version: '3.5.7'
-            allowed_failure: false
           # Add extra build to test against PHPCS 4.
           #- php: '7.4'
           #  phpcs_version: '4.0.x-dev as 3.9.99'

README.md

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ This project is a collection of [PHP_CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/P
 
 ### Requirements
 
-The WordPress Coding Standards require PHP 5.4 or higher and [PHP_CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) version **3.3.1** or higher.
+The WordPress Coding Standards require PHP 5.4 or higher and [PHP_CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) version **3.6.2** or higher.
 
 ### Composer
 

composer.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 	],
 	"require": {
 		"php": ">=5.4",
-		"squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.5.0",
+		"squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.6.2",
 		"phpcsstandards/phpcsutils": "^1.0",
 		"phpcsstandards/phpcsextra": "^1.0"
 	},