SingleLineArrayWhitespaceSniff: New option "enableEmptyArrayCheck"

README.md

@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ Checks whitespace in single line array declarations (whitespace between brackets
 Sniff provides the following settings:
 
 * `$spacesAroundBrackets`: number of spaces you require to have around array brackets
+* `$enableEmptyArrayCheck` (defaults to `false`): enables check for empty arrays
 
 #### SlevomatCodingStandard.Arrays.TrailingArrayComma 🔧
 

SlevomatCodingStandard/Sniffs/Arrays/SingleLineArrayWhitespaceSniff.php

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class SingleLineArrayWhitespaceSniff implements Sniff
 	/** @var int */
 	public $spacesAroundBrackets = 0;
 
+	/** @var bool */
+	public $enableEmptyArrayCheck = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * @return array<int, (int|string)>
 	 */
@@ -53,7 +56,9 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPointer): int
 		$content = TokenHelper::findNextExcluding($phpcsFile, T_WHITESPACE, $arrayStart + 1, $arrayEnd + 1);
 		if ($content === $arrayEnd) {
 			// Empty array, but if the brackets aren't together, there's a problem.
-			$this->checkWhitespaceInEmptyArray($phpcsFile, $arrayStart, $arrayEnd);
+			if ($this->enableEmptyArrayCheck) {
+				$this->checkWhitespaceInEmptyArray($phpcsFile, $arrayStart, $arrayEnd);
+			}
 
 			// We can return here because there is nothing else to check.
 			// All code below can assume that the array is not empty.

tests/Sniffs/Arrays/SingleLineArrayWhitespaceSniffTest.php

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ public function testNoErrors(): void
 
 	public function testErrors(): void
 	{
-		$report = self::checkFile(__DIR__ . '/data/singleLineArrayWhitespaceErrors.php');
+		$report = self::checkFile(__DIR__ . '/data/singleLineArrayWhitespaceErrors.php', [
+			'enableEmptyArrayCheck' => true,
+		]);
 
 		self::assertSame(16, $report->getErrorCount());
 
@@ -40,7 +42,10 @@ public function testErrors(): void
 
 	public function testRequireSpacesErrors(): void
 	{
-		$report = self::checkFile(__DIR__ . '/data/singleLineArrayWhitespaceRequireSpacesErrors.php', ['spacesAroundBrackets' => 1]);
+		$report = self::checkFile(__DIR__ . '/data/singleLineArrayWhitespaceRequireSpacesErrors.php', [
+			'spacesAroundBrackets' => 1,
+			'enableEmptyArrayCheck' => true,
+		]);
 
 		self::assertSame(5, $report->getErrorCount());