Fix typos in code comments and documentation

README.md

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ The `MINOR` version is incremented when:
 - backwards-compatible changes are made to the API used by sniff developers, or
 - new sniffs are added to an included standard
 
-> NOTE: Backwards-compatible changes to the API used by sniff develpers will allow an exsiting sniff to continue running without producing fatal errors but may not result in the sniff reporting the same errors as it did previously without changes being required.
+> NOTE: Backwards-compatible changes to the API used by sniff develpers will allow an existing sniff to continue running without producing fatal errors but may not result in the sniff reporting the same errors as it did previously without changes being required.
 
 The `PATCH` version is incremented when:
 - backwards-compatible bug fixes are made

package.xml

@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
       -- Also used by the autoloader to help other standards directly include sniffs for your standard
       -- Set the value to the namespace prefix you are using for sniff files (everything up to \Sniffs\)
       -- e.g., if your namespace format is MyProject\CS\Standard\Sniffs\Category set the namespace to MyProject\CS\Standard
-      -- If ommitted, the namespace is assumed to be the same as the directory name containing the ruleset.xml file
+      -- If omitted, the namespace is assumed to be the same as the directory name containing the ruleset.xml file
       -- The namespace is set in the ruleset tag of the ruleset.xml file
       -- e.g., ruleset name="My Coding Standard" namespace="MyProject\CS\Standard"
     - Rulesets can now specify custom autoloaders using the new autoload tag
@@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
       -- e.g., StandardName\Sniffs\CategoryName\AbstractHelper or StandardName\Helpers\StringSniffHelper
     - Fixed an error where STDIN was sometimes not checked when using the --parallel CLI option
     - The is_closure index has been removed from the return value of File::getMethodProperties()
-      -- This value was always false becasue T_FUNCTION tokens are never closures
+      -- This value was always false because T_FUNCTION tokens are never closures
       -- Closures have a token type of T_CLOSURE
     - The File::isAnonymousFunction() method has been removed
       -- This function always returned false because it only accepted T_FUNCTION tokens, which are never closures
@@ -2984,7 +2984,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     - Added Generic.PHP.DisallowAlternativePHPTags to ban the use of alternate PHP tags
       -- Thanks to Juliette Reinders Folmer for the patch
     - Squiz.WhiteSpace.LanguageConstructSpacing no longer checks for spaces if parenthesis are being used (request #1062)
-      -- Makes this sniff more compatibile with those that check parenthesis spacing of function calls
+      -- Makes this sniff more compatible with those that check parenthesis spacing of function calls
     - Squiz.WhiteSpace.ObjectOperatorSpacing now has a setting to ignore newline characters around object operators
       -- Default remains FALSE, so newlines are not allowed
       -- Override the "ignoreNewlines" setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
@@ -4884,7 +4884,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     - Messages can now be changed from errors to warnings (and vice versa) inside ruleset.xml files
       -- As you would with "message" and "severity", specify a "type" tag under a "rule" tag and set the value to "error" or "warning"
     - PHP_CodeSniffer will now generate a warning on files that it detects have mixed line endings
-      -- This warning has the code Internal.LineEndings.Mixed and can be overriden in a ruleset.xml file
+      -- This warning has the code Internal.LineEndings.Mixed and can be overridden in a ruleset.xml file
       -- Thanks to Vit Brunner for help with this
     - Sniffs inside PHP 5.3 namespaces are now supported, along with the existing underscore-style emulated namespaces
       -- For example: namespace MyStandard\Sniffs\Arrays; class ArrayDeclarationSniff implements \PHP_CodeSniffer_Sniff { ...
@@ -5016,7 +5016,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     - Squiz FunctionDeclarationArgumentSpacing now has a setting to specify how many spaces should surround equals signs
       -- Default remains at 0
       -- Override the equalsSpacing setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
-    - Squiz ClassDeclarationSniff now throws errors for > 1 space before extends/implements class name with ns seperator
+    - Squiz ClassDeclarationSniff now throws errors for > 1 space before extends/implements class name with ns separator
     - Squiz standard now warns about deprecated functions using Generic DeprecatedFunctionsSniff
     - PEAR FunctionDeclarationSniff now reports an error for multiple spaces after the FUNCTION keyword and around USE
     - PEAR FunctionDeclarationSniff now supports closures
@@ -5111,7 +5111,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
    <notes>
     - Added new Generic FixmeSniff that shows error messages for all FIXME comments left in your code
       -- Thanks to Sam Graham for the contribution
-    - The maxPercentage setting in the Squiz CommentedOutCodeSniff can now be overriden in a rulset.xml file
+    - The maxPercentage setting in the Squiz CommentedOutCodeSniff can now be overridden in a rulset.xml file
       -- Thanks to Volker Dusch for the patch
     - The Checkstyle and XML reports now use XMLWriter
       -- Only change in output is that empty file tags are no longer produced for files with no violations
@@ -5875,7 +5875,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     - Fixed bug #13922 : crash in case of malformed (but tokenized) php file
       -- PEAR and Squiz ClassDeclarationSniff now throw warnings for possible parse errors
       -- Squiz ValidClassNameSniff now throws warning for possible parse errors
-      -- Squiz ClosingDeclarationCommentSniff now throws additonal warnings for parse errors
+      -- Squiz ClosingDeclarationCommentSniff now throws additional warnings for parse errors
    </notes>
   </release>
   <release>
@@ -5969,7 +5969,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     - Squiz OutputBufferingIndentSniff now ignores the indentation of inline HTML
     - MySource IncludeSystemSniff now ignores usage of ZipArchive
     - Removed "function" from error messages for Generic function brace sniffs (feature request #13820)
-    - Generic UpperCaseConstantSniff no longer throws errors for delcare(ticks = ...)
+    - Generic UpperCaseConstantSniff no longer throws errors for declare(ticks = ...)
       -- Thanks to Josh Snyder for the patch
     - Squiz ClosingDeclarationCommentSniff and AbstractVariableSniff now throw warnings for possible parse errors
     - Fixed bug #13827 : AbstractVariableSniff throws "undefined index"
@@ -6390,7 +6390,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     - Fixed missing error when multiple statements are not aligned correctly with object operators
     - Fixed incorrect errors for some PHP special variables in Squiz ValidVariableNameSniff
     - Fixed incorrect errors for arrays that only contain other arrays in Squiz ArrayDeclarationSniff
-    - Fixed bug #9844 : throw new Exception(\n accidently reported as error but it ain't
+    - Fixed bug #9844 : throw new Exception(\n accidentally reported as error but it ain't
    </notes>
   </release>
   <release>

src/Files/File.php

@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ public function process()
                     || substr($commentTextLower, 0, 10) === '@phpcs:set'
                 ) {
                     // If the @phpcs: syntax is being used, strip the @ to make
-                    // comparisions easier.
+                    // comparisons easier.
                     if ($commentText[0] === '@') {
                         $commentText = substr($commentText, 1);
                     }
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ public function getMethodProperties($stackPtr)
      * <code>
      *   array(
      *    'scope'           => 'public', // public protected or protected.
-     *    'scope_specified' => false,    // true if the scope was explicitely specified.
+     *    'scope_specified' => false,    // true if the scope was explicitly specified.
      *    'is_static'       => false,    // true if the static keyword was found.
      *   );
      * </code>

src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Functions/OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchieSniff.php

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
                         && $tokens[($openingBrace - 1)]['line'] === $tokens[$openingBrace]['line']
                         && $tokens[($openingBrace - 2)]['line'] < $tokens[$openingBrace]['line']
                     ) {
-                        // Brace is preceeded by indent, so remove it to ensure we don't
+                        // Brace is preceded by indent, so remove it to ensure we don't
                         // leave behind more indent than is required for the first line.
                         $phpcsFile->fixer->replaceToken(($openingBrace - 1), '');
                     }

src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/Formatting/OperatorBracketSniff.php

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
                 && $tokens[$tokens[$lastBracket]['parenthesis_owner']]['code'] === T_CATCH
             ) {
                 // This is a pipe character inside a catch statement, so it is acting
-                // as an exception type seperator and not an arithmetic operation.
+                // as an exception type separator and not an arithmetic operation.
                 return;
             }
         }

src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/FunctionSpacingSniff.php

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public function process(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
             return;
         }
 
-        // If the ruleset has only overriden the spacing property, use
+        // If the ruleset has only overridden the spacing property, use
         // that value for all spacing rules.
         if ($this->rulesetProperties === null) {
             $this->rulesetProperties = [];

src/Standards/Squiz/Sniffs/WhiteSpace/SuperfluousWhitespaceSniff.php

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * Checks for unneeded whitespace.
  *
- * Checks that no whitespace preceeds the first content of the file, exists
+ * Checks that no whitespace precedes the first content of the file, exists
  * after the last content of the file, resides after content on any line, or
  * are two empty lines in functions.
  *

src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/WhiteSpace/FunctionSpacingUnitTest.inc

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class MyClass
 {
 
     /**
-     * The tag that this element represents (omiting the @ symbol).
+     * The tag that this element represents (omitting the @ symbol).
      *
      * @var string
      */

src/Standards/Squiz/Tests/WhiteSpace/FunctionSpacingUnitTest.inc.fixed

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class MyClass
 {
 
     /**
-     * The tag that this element represents (omiting the @ symbol).
+     * The tag that this element represents (omitting the @ symbol).
      *
      * @var string
      */

src/Tokenizers/PHP.php

@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ function return types. We want to keep the parenthesis map clean,
 
                         // Any T_ARRAY tokens we find between here and the next
                         // token that can't be part of the return type need to be
-                        // coverted to T_STRING tokens.
+                        // converted to T_STRING tokens.
                         for ($x; $x < $numTokens; $x++) {
                             if (is_array($tokens[$x]) === false || isset($allowed[$tokens[$x][0]]) === false) {
                                 break;

src/Tokenizers/Tokenizer.php

@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ private function createPositionMap()
                     || substr($commentTextLower, 0, 7) === '@phpcs:'
                 ) {
                     // If the @phpcs: syntax is being used, strip the @ to make
-                    // comparisions easier.
+                    // comparisons easier.
                     if ($commentText[0] === '@') {
                         $commentText      = substr($commentText, 1);
                         $commentTextLower = strtolower($commentText);