Upgrade alleyinteractive/alley-coding-standards to ^2.0

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Upgrades alleyinteractive/alley-coding-standards to ^2.0 and resolves all new PHPCS violations introduced by the stricter ruleset.

phpcs.xml

• Convert PrefixAllGlobals.prefixes from deprecated comma-separated string to <element> array syntax
• Exclude NonPrefixed* sub-rules: the project's fm_ prefix is 3 chars, below WPCS's 4-char minimum — the prefix is intentional and valid, renaming would be a breaking API change
• Exclude Universal.Files.SeparateFunctionsFromOO.Mixed: several files intentionally co-locate deprecated template-tag wrappers and singleton helpers alongside class declarations

Code fixes

• datasource-term.php — Fix two deprecated get_terms( $taxonomies, $args ) calls to use the modern single-argument API with a taxonomy key
• util-validation.php — Replace else { if () {} } with elseif
• Exception messages (autocomplete, context-storable, datasource, datasource-user, fieldmanager, field, group) — Wrap exception/wp_die messages with esc_html() or esc_html__() to satisfy EscapeOutput; use __() inside sprintf() when the outer esc_html() handles escaping to avoid double-encoding
• context-page.php — Update stale DeprecatedWhitelistCommentFound phpcs:ignore codes to current rule names; replace esc_html( $_POST[...] ) with sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( ... ) )
• field.php — Fix phpcs:ignore sniff code: WordPress.CodeAnalysis.AssignmentInCondition → Generic.CodeAnalysis.AssignmentInCondition
• Interface stub methods (field, datasource) and compact()-based wrappers (fm_add_script, fm_add_style) — Add inline phpcs:ignore Generic.CodeAnalysis.UnusedFunctionParameter on function signature lines where parameters are intentionally unused in the base implementation or referenced via compact()

Auto-fixed ~100 additional style violations (brace placement, spacing) via phpcbf.

[srtfisher]

@copilot ensure that tests pass too

[Copilot]

@copilot ensure that tests pass too

The CI failures were caused by phpcbf auto-converting == to === in class-fieldmanager-checkbox.php, where the loose comparison is intentional — checked_value is true (bool) but form POST data arrives as '1' (string). Fixed in 2ecc520 by reverting those two comparisons back to == and updating the phpcs:ignore comments to use the new sniff name (Universal.Operators.StrictComparisons.LooseEqual). PHPCS still passes with zero errors/warnings.

[srtfisher]

@copilot revert the strict comparison changes (1 !== $this->limit which was 1 != $this->limit) and ignore them with phpcs. I don't want to potentially break anything.

[Copilot]

@copilot revert the strict comparison changes (1 !== $this->limit which was 1 != $this->limit) and ignore them with phpcs. I don't want to potentially break anything.

Done in 74d1f6d. All 63 strict comparison changes (!==/===) that phpcbf introduced across 16 files have been reverted back to their original loose forms (!=/==). Each reverted line now has a // phpcs:ignore Universal.Operators.StrictComparisons -- baseline comment on the preceding line to suppress the PHPCS warning. Where a preceding-line phpcs:ignore already existed (e.g. with NonceVerification, StrictInArray), it was updated to include the new sniff rather than replacing the entire comment — so all previously-suppressed violations remain suppressed. PHPCS passes with zero errors or warnings.

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Pull request overview

This PR upgrades the project’s PHPCS ruleset to alleyinteractive/alley-coding-standards:^2.0 and updates configuration + code to satisfy the stricter sniffs across the Fieldmanager plugin codebase.

Changes:

• Bump alleyinteractive/alley-coding-standards to ^2.0 and update phpcs.xml for new config syntax + targeted exclusions.
• Apply PHPCS/PHPCBF-driven style fixes and update various phpcs:ignore references to current sniff codes.
• Make a few behavior-level adjustments to satisfy new security/output rules (e.g., updated get_terms() usage, improved escaping/sanitization in a few contexts).

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 32 out of 32 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
phpcs.xml	Updates ruleset config (prefix array syntax) and adds exclusions for short fm_ prefix + mixed function/OO files.
composer.json	Upgrades alleyinteractive/alley-coding-standards to ^2.0.
fieldmanager.php	Uses __DIR__, tightens/escapes some exception messages, adds targeted PHPCS ignores for wrapper params.
php/util/class-fieldmanager-util-validation.php	Refactors conditional to elseif, updates strict-comparison ignore codes, switches output to printf().
php/util/class-fieldmanager-util-term-meta.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes and trims trailing whitespace.
php/util/class-fieldmanager-util-assets.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes.
php/datasource/class-fieldmanager-datasource.php	Escapes wp_die/exception messages; adds unused-parameter ignore for interface stub methods.
php/datasource/class-fieldmanager-datasource-user.php	Escapes exception messages; updates strict-comparison ignore codes.
php/datasource/class-fieldmanager-datasource-term.php	Updates get_terms() calls to the modern single-argument API; updates strict-comparison ignores.
php/datasource/class-fieldmanager-datasource-post.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes and trims trailing whitespace.
php/context/class-fieldmanager-context-term.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes and trims trailing whitespace.
php/context/class-fieldmanager-context-submenu.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes.
php/context/class-fieldmanager-context-storable.php	Adjusts exception escaping to satisfy EscapeOutput; trims trailing whitespace.
php/context/class-fieldmanager-context-quickedit.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes and trims trailing whitespace.
php/context/class-fieldmanager-context-post.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes and trims trailing whitespace.
php/context/class-fieldmanager-context-page.php	Updates ignore codes and POST handling/escaping; adjusts hidden input escaping.
php/class-fieldmanager-textfield.php	Trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-textarea.php	Trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-select.php	Trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-richtextarea.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes; trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-password.php	Trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-options.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes; trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-media.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes; minor formatting adjustments; trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-link.php	Trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-hidden.php	Trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-group.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes; adjusts escaping in exception messages; trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-grid.php	Style tweak for anonymous function spacing; trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-field.php	Updates ignore codes; adds unused-parameter ignores; escapes validation exceptions for EscapeOutput.
php/class-fieldmanager-datepicker.php	Trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-checkboxes.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes; trims trailing whitespace.
php/class-fieldmanager-checkbox.php	Updates strict-comparison ignore codes for loose equality checks.
php/class-fieldmanager-autocomplete.php	Escapes wp_die/exception messages for EscapeOutput.

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[Copilot]

The hidden input uses sanitize_title( $this->uniqid ) (see render_page_form), but the submit check compares sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_POST['fm-page-action'] ) ) to the raw $uniqid. If $uniqid contains characters that sanitize_title() changes, the form submission won’t be detected and save_page_form() won’t run. Compare against the same sanitized value (e.g., sanitize_title( $uniqid )) and/or sanitize the POSTed value with sanitize_title()/sanitize_key() to match what’s rendered. Also, the phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.StrictComparisons.LooseComparison is now misleading since this condition uses === and should be removed/updated if still needed.

Suggested change

	// phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.StrictComparisons.LooseComparison, WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing, WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized -- baseline: deprecated method, nonce is checked in save_page_form()
	if ( ! empty( $_POST ) && ! empty( $_POST['fm-page-action'] ) && sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_POST['fm-page-action'] ) ) === $uniqid ) {
	// phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing, WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized -- baseline: deprecated method, nonce is checked in save_page_form()
	if ( ! empty( $_POST ) && ! empty( $_POST['fm-page-action'] ) && sanitize_title( wp_unslash( $_POST['fm-page-action'] ) ) === sanitize_title( $uniqid ) ) {

[Copilot]

This phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.DeprecatedWhitelistCommentFound looks like leftover suppression from the old whitelist-comment system. The printf() call already escapes the value via esc_attr( sanitize_title( ... ) ), so the ignore should be removed (or updated to the current relevant sniff if something still needs suppression) to avoid carrying deprecated/invalid ignore codes forward.

Suggested change

// phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.DeprecatedWhitelistCommentFound -- baseline