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-## About
+PHP_CodeSniffer
+=====================================================
 
-PHP_CodeSniffer is a set of two PHP scripts; the main `phpcs` script that tokenizes PHP, JavaScript and CSS files to detect violations of a defined coding standard, and a second `phpcbf` script to automatically correct coding standard violations. PHP_CodeSniffer is an essential development tool that ensures your code remains clean and consistent.
+<div aria-hidden="true">
 
+[![Latest Stable Version](http://poser.pugx.org/phpcsstandards/php_codesniffer/v)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/releases)
 [![Validate](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/validate.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/validate.yml)
 [![Test](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/test.yml)
+[![License](http://poser.pugx.org/phpcsstandards/php_codesniffer/license)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt)
+
+![Minimum PHP Version](https://img.shields.io/packagist/php-v/phpcsstandards/php_codesniffer.svg?maxAge=3600)
+[![Tested on PHP 5.4 to 8.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/tested%20on-PHP%205.4%20|%205.5%20|%205.6%20|%207.0%20|%207.1%20|%207.2%20|%207.3%20|%207.4%20|%208.0%20|%208.1%20|%208.2-brightgreen.svg?maxAge=2419200)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/test.yml)
+
+</div>
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> This package is the continuation of the [PHP_CodeSniffer package which was created by Squizlabs](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) and has been abandoned.
+
+## About
+
+PHP_CodeSniffer is a set of two PHP scripts; the main `phpcs` script that tokenizes PHP, JavaScript and CSS files to detect violations of a defined coding standard, and a second `phpcbf` script to automatically correct coding standard violations. PHP_CodeSniffer is an essential development tool that ensures your code remains clean and consistent.
+
 
 ## Requirements