On 8.3.14 (but not 8.3.13): ERROR: Referenced sniff "SlevomatCodingStandard.ControlStructures.RequireNullCoalesceOperator" does not exist

hello @mandclu, #34 could you please elaborate on the steps, please? I installed phpcs with homebrew as well and facing the same issue

Hello @all, I was having same error when downgrading the coder version to "8.3.13" run the command composer require drupal/coder:8.3.13 fix my issue.

#36 💬 On 8.3.14 (but not 8.3.13): ERROR: Referenced sniff "SlevomatCodingStandard.ControlStructures.RequireNullCoalesceOperator" does not exist Active works for me.

Also after downgrading Coder to the 8.3.13 version you can upgrade it again to the latest one and Slevomat coding standards appear in phpcs -i. At least it did a "trick" for me.

after R'ing TFA, I realized I needed to make a couple updates to my project's composer.json to get this working on latest coder stable.

Remove any config-set step from composer.json:
bin/phpcs --config-set installed_paths vendor/drupal/coder/coder_sniffer

Then remove dependencies which are now integrated with this module:

composer remove squizlabs/php_codesniffer dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer
composer update drupal/coder -W

Good to go after that.

Thank you, @geoanders. I downgraded coder (composer global require drupal/coder:8.3.13) and it fixed the issue right away.

#18 worked for me thank you @geoanders

same issue for me on latest but not on 8.3.16

The downgrade-then-upgrade trick in #37 worked for me.

Downgrade to 8.3.13:
composer global require drupal/coder:8.3.13
Upgrade to the latest version (currently 8.3.13):
composer global require drupal/coder
Verify installed coding standards:
phpcs -i outputs (for me):
The installed coding standards are MySource, PEAR, PSR1, PSR2, PSR12, Squiz, Zend, Drupal, DrupalPractice, VariableAnalysis and SlevomatCodingStandard

Just to expand on #33 💬 On 8.3.14 (but not 8.3.13): ERROR: Referenced sniff "SlevomatCodingStandard.ControlStructures.RequireNullCoalesceOperator" does not exist Active , I was also experiencing the issue with PHPStorm even though the issue had been resolved when running with CLI.

I removed the installed paths section from the .idea/php.xml file. I'm guessing that some config is saved in different places depending on which version of PHPStorm you are using.

#18 worked for me as I followed the instructions from this resource below:
https://gorannikolovski.com/blog/referenced-sniff-slevomat-coding-standa...

I'm on D9.5, PHP 8.1 and the latest version of coder module.

Just to elaborate on #42. I found that by editing the .idea/php.xml file, even while PHPStorm is open, and removing the line:

    <option name="installedPaths" value="$PROJECT_DIR$/vendor/drupal/coder/coder_sniffer" />

from the section displayed below, the error immediately went away.

  <component name="PHPCodeSnifferOptionsConfiguration">
    <option name="codingStandard" value="Drupal" />
    <option name="highlightLevel" value="WARNING" />
    <option name="installedPaths" value="$PROJECT_DIR$/vendor/drupal/coder/coder_sniffer" />
    <option name="useInstalledPaths" value="true" />
    <option name="transferred" value="true" />
  </component>

#44 does work. Many thanks.

#36 works. Downgrading drupal/coder (8.3.21 => 8.3.13).

Changing this to a support request since this is not a bug in coder but rather a configuration issue on the user side.

Seeing how it's so common since it happens as the default in the most popular IDE, I would say it's rather a bug, but that's your call.

I just encountered this issue.

You shouldn't need to edit any PhpStorm XML files. There is a setting for this.

Seems that JetBrains was being helpful, as this is configuration specifically documented for this module(and similar implementations): PHP - Quality Tools - PHP Code Sniffer.

You can clear the field and uncheck the "Installed standards path" to remove this setting in PhpStorm.

Seems some communication should be made with JetBrains that the latest version of coder requires multiple paths, not a single path. (Or could we just symlink the other directories into the coder directory as an alternative?)

#36 worked for me

@TomTech #49 (using ddev and PhPStorm) ... I owe you a beer!

Hopefully I captured the steps correctly here to save others some time: https://selwynpolit.github.io/d9book/setup_mac#code-sniffing

Hmm, I'm not having any luck fixing this issue on the command line or in PHPStorm despite following the steps in #44 and Selwynpolit's guide (thank you for the guide! Very helpful).

Following in hope of a resolution :)

Alex

@alexharries, did you try installing Drupal dev tools in your project with `composer require drupal/core-dev` ?

I learned some new thing about how to make this work with PHPStorm. Details at https://selwynpolit.github.io/d9book/setup_mac#code-sniffing

Many thanks for the guide @selwynpolit, it fixed this issue for me in PHPStorm just now.