The title basically says it all but I'll list the issue I found so one can reproduce it:
1. Copy the code example from https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-12/#3-declare-statements-namespace-and-import-statements into a file and DO NOT add optional semi-colon (although this is a part of the PHP manual https://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.declare.php) 2. Run PHP CS Fixer on the file 3. The code is now broken, because the fixer kind of thinks it's a function (call? declaration?) (but not really either), see code example below. 4. This FatalError could simply be prevent if the semi-colon is required in PSR-12. Broken/resulted code due to the missing semi-colon: <?php declare(strict_types=1) { ; } ?> <!DOCTYPE html> ... I'm aware the PHP-FIG can't respond to all the tools out there but I'm just trying to make the point, that a coding standard must not make recommendations, that don't follow the official language documentation and general coding best practices like "finish a statement/instruction properly with a terminating semicolon" which is mentioned in the manual as well: https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.instruction-separation.php -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to php-fig+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/3564160b-b997-4f6a-a3d8-9e61baa35659n%40googlegroups.com.