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+<?php
+/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
+/**
+ * Class for a sniff to oblige whitespaces before and after a concatenation operator
+ *
+ * This Sniff check if a whitespace is missing before or after any concatenation
+ * operator.
+ * The concatenation operator is identified by the PHP token T_STRING_CONCAT
+ * The whitespace is identified by the PHP token T_WHITESPACE
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * @category PHP
+ * @package  PHP_CodeSniffer
+ * @since    September, the 12th 2013
+ */
+
+/// {{{ PMAStandard_Sniffs_Files_SpacesAroundConcatSniff
+/**
+ * Sniff to oblige whitespaces before and after a concatenation operator
+ *
+ * @category PHP
+ * @package  PHP_CodeSniffer
+ * @name     SpacesAroundConcatSniff
+ * @version  Release: 1.0
+ */
+class PMAStandard_Sniffs_Files_SpacesAroundConcatSniff implements PHP_CodeSniffer_Sniff
+{
+
+    // {{{ register()
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the token types that this sniff is interested in.
+     *
+     * @name register
+     * @access public
+     * @see PHP_CodeSniffer_Sniff::register()
+     *
+     * @return array(int)
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        return array(T_STRING_CONCAT);
+
+    }//end register()
+
+    // }}}
+    // {{{ process()
+
+    /**
+     * Processes the tokens that this sniff is interested in.
+     *
+     * @name process
+     * @access public
+     * @see PHP_CodeSniffer_Sniff::process()
+     * @param PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile The file where the token was found.
+     * @param int                  $stackPtr  The position in the stack where the token was found.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function process(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
+    {
+        $tokens = $phpcsFile->getTokens();
+        if ($tokens[$stackPtr-1]['type'] !== 'T_WHITESPACE') {
+            $warning = 'Whitespace is expected before any concat operator "."';
+            $phpcsFile->addWarning($warning, $stackPtr, 'Found');
+        }
+        if ($tokens[$stackPtr+1]['type'] !== 'T_WHITESPACE') {
+            $warning = 'Whitespace is expected after any concat operator "."';
+            $phpcsFile->addWarning($warning, $stackPtr, 'Found');
+        }
+    }//end process()
+
+    // }}}
+
+}//end class
+
+// }}}
+
+?>