PHPCS 4

[alies-dev]

Plus:

• custom helper classes (empty ones ATM, but too to have a SSoT for next steps)
• Use healthy defaults for MeaningfulVariableNameSniff
• Require PHP 8.3 and higher

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR upgrades the codebase to PHP CodeSniffer 4, along with updating PHP version requirements and improving the MeaningfulVariableNameSniff with healthy defaults.

• Upgraded PHP CodeSniffer from ^3.13 to ^4.0 and updated related dependencies
• Added default forbidden variable names to MeaningfulVariableNameSniff for better code quality
• Created custom helper classes extending SlevomatCodingStandard helpers for internal API consistency

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
composer.json	Updated PHP version to ^8.3, upgraded PHPCS to v4 and related dependencies
IxDFCodingStandard/Sniffs/NamingConventions/MeaningfulVariableNameSniff.php	Added default forbidden variable names array with type-like names
IxDFCodingStandard/Sniffs/Laravel/RequireCustomAbortMessageSniff.php	Updated phpcs:ignore comments for PHPCS 4 compatibility
IxDFCodingStandard/Sniffs/Laravel/NonExistingBladeTemplateSniff.php	Updated phpcs:ignore comments for PHPCS 4 compatibility
IxDFCodingStandard/Sniffs/Laravel/DisallowGuardedAttributeSniff.php	Switched to custom ClassHelper from SlevomatCodingStandard
IxDFCodingStandard/Sniffs/Laravel/BladeTemplateExtractor.php	Removed unnecessary string casts and added phpcs disable comment
IxDFCodingStandard/Sniffs/Functions/MissingOptionalArgumentSniff.php	Updated to use custom TokenHelper and new constant name
IxDFCodingStandard/Sniffs/Classes/ForbidMethodDeclarationSniff.php	Switched to custom ClassHelper from SlevomatCodingStandard
IxDFCodingStandard/Helpers/TokenHelper.php	New custom helper extending SlevomatCodingStandard TokenHelper
IxDFCodingStandard/Helpers/ClassHelper.php	New custom helper extending SlevomatCodingStandard ClassHelper
.github/workflows/validator.yml	Updated PHP version from 8.2 to 8.4
.github/workflows/test.yml	Updated test matrix to include PHP 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 and removed 8.2
.github/workflows/psalm.yml	Updated PHP version from 8.2 to 8.4
.github/workflows/format_php.yml	Updated PHP version from 8.2 to 8.4

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