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+<?php
+/**
+ * Squiz_Sniffs_ControlStructures_ElseIfDeclarationSniff.
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * @category  PHP
+ * @package   PHP_CodeSniffer
+ * @author    Greg Sherwood <gsherwood@squiz.net>
+ * @author    Marc McIntyre <mmcintyre@squiz.net>
+ * @copyright 2006 Squiz Pty Ltd (ABN 77 084 670 600)
+ * @license   http://matrix.squiz.net/developer/tools/php_cs/licence BSD Licence
+ * @version   CVS: $Id: ElseIfDeclarationSniff.php 301632 2010-07-28 01:57:56Z squiz $
+ * @link      http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Squiz_Sniffs_ControlStructures_ElseIfDeclarationSniff.
+ *
+ * Verifies that there are no "else if" statements. The else and the if should
+ * be a single word "elseif".
+ *
+ * @category  PHP
+ * @package   PHP_CodeSniffer
+ * @author    Greg Sherwood <gsherwood@squiz.net>
+ * @author    Marc McIntyre <mmcintyre@squiz.net>
+ * @copyright 2006 Squiz Pty Ltd (ABN 77 084 670 600)
+ * @license   http://matrix.squiz.net/developer/tools/php_cs/licence BSD Licence
+ * @version   Release: 1.3.0
+ * @link      http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer
+ */
+class Joomla_Sniffs_ControlStructures_ElseIfDeclarationSniff implements PHP_CodeSniffer_Sniff
+{
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an array of tokens this test wants to listen for.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        return array(T_ELSE);
+
+    }//end register()
+
+
+    /**
+     * Processes this test, when one of its tokens is encountered.
+     *
+     * @param PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile The file being scanned.
+     * @param int                  $stackPtr  The position of the current token in the
+     *                                        stack passed in $tokens.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function process(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
+    {
+      $tokens = $phpcsFile->getTokens();
+
+      $nextNonWhiteSpace = $phpcsFile->findNext(
+        T_WHITESPACE,
+        $stackPtr + 1,
+        null,
+        true,
+        null,
+        true
+      );
+
+      if($tokens[$nextNonWhiteSpace]['code'] == T_IF)
+      {
+        $error = 'Usage of ELSE IF is not allowed; use ELSEIF instead';
+        $phpcsFile->addError($error, $stackPtr, 'NotAllowed');
+      }
+
+    }//end process()
+
+
+}//end class
+
+
+?>