Description: ------------ The "Squiz_Sniffs_WhiteSpace_ObjectOperatorSpacingSniff" sniff check for "$variable ->method" and for ""$variable-> method" violations (space before/after object operator). This is valid, but when I'm chaining calls using multiline formatting: $this->eventDispatcher ->shouldReceive('dispatch') ->with($event_name, m::any()) ->once(); Then sniff reports it as an error. I think, that in such case when "->" is on the different line then the actual variable or previously chained method, then this shouldn't be considered as violation.

This sniff is part of the Squiz standard and it doesn't want that newline character there. So it is an expected violation in this case and not a bug. If the sniff was to allow this syntax, I'd also want it to do things like enforce an indentation on the next line and force all object operators to be on a new line if one of them is. I'll leave this as a feature request for something like that.