else if vs elseif sniff

gistfile1.php

<?php

/**
 * Unity_Sniffs_Formatting_ElseIfSniff.
 *
 * Sniff:
 * - else if instead of elseif
 */
class Unity_Sniffs_Formatting_ElseIfSniff 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 return statement sniff
     *
     * @param PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile The file being scanned.
     * @param int                  $stackPtr  The position of the current token in the
     * stack passed in $tokens.
     */
    public function process(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr)
    {
        $nextIf = $phpcsFile->findNext(T_IF, $stackPtr);

        //+2 da noch ein leerzeichen dazwischen ist
        if ($stackPtr+2 == $nextIf) {
            $phpcsFile->addError('"else if" is disallowed, use "elseif" instead', $stackPtr, 'ElseIf');
        }
    } //end process()


} //end class