diff --git a/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/AlternativeFunctionsSniff.php b/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/AlternativeFunctionsSniff.php
index dbca31c0a4..e5d6b5893f 100644
--- a/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/AlternativeFunctionsSniff.php
+++ b/WordPress/Sniffs/WP/AlternativeFunctionsSniff.php
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ class AlternativeFunctionsSniff extends AbstractFunctionRestrictionsSniff {
 	 *
 	 * @link https://www.php.net/wrappers.php
 	 *
+	 * @since 2.1.0
+	 * @since 3.0.0 The visibility was changed from `protected` to `private`.
+	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $allowed_local_streams = array(
+	private $allowed_local_streams = array(
 		'php://input'  => true,
 		'php://output' => true,
 		'php://stdin'  => true,
@@ -51,9 +54,12 @@ class AlternativeFunctionsSniff extends AbstractFunctionRestrictionsSniff {
 	 *
 	 * @link https://www.php.net/wrappers.php
 	 *
+	 * @since 2.1.0
+	 * @since 3.0.0 The visibility was changed from `protected` to `private`.
+	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $allowed_local_stream_partials = array(
+	private $allowed_local_stream_partials = array(
 		'php://temp/',
 		'php://fd/',
 	);
@@ -63,9 +69,12 @@ class AlternativeFunctionsSniff extends AbstractFunctionRestrictionsSniff {
 	 *
 	 * @link https://www.php.net/wrappers.php
 	 *
+	 * @since 2.1.0
+	 * @since 3.0.0 The visibility was changed from `protected` to `private`.
+	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $allowed_local_stream_constants = array(
+	private $allowed_local_stream_constants = array(
 		'STDIN'  => true,
 		'STDOUT' => true,
 		'STDERR' => true,
@@ -152,20 +161,20 @@ public function getGroups() {
 					'chgrp',
 					'chmod',
 					'chown',
-					'is_writable',
-					'is_writeable',
-					'mkdir',
-					'rmdir',
-					'touch',
-					'readfile',
 					'fclose',
+					'file_put_contents',
 					'fopen',
+					'fputs',
 					'fread',
-					'fwrite',
-					'file_put_contents',
 					'fsockopen',
+					'fwrite',
+					'is_writable',
+					'is_writeable',
+					'mkdir',
 					'pfsockopen',
-					'fputs',
+					'readfile',
+					'rmdir',
+					'touch',
 				),
 			),
 
@@ -183,8 +192,8 @@ public function getGroups() {
 				'message'   => '%s() is discouraged. Rand seeding is not necessary when using the wp_rand() function (as you should).',
 				'since'     => '2.6.2',
 				'functions' => array(
-					'srand',
 					'mt_srand',
+					'srand',
 				),
 			),
 
@@ -193,8 +202,8 @@ public function getGroups() {
 				'message'   => '%s() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.',
 				'since'     => '2.6.2',
 				'functions' => array(
-					'rand',
 					'mt_rand',
+					'rand',
 				),
 			),
 		);
@@ -221,27 +230,31 @@ public function process_matched_token( $stackPtr, $group_name, $matched_content
 			case 'strip_tags':
 				/*
 				 * The function `wp_strip_all_tags()` is only a valid alternative when
-				 * only the first parameter is passed to `strip_tags()`.
+				 * only the first parameter, `$string`, is passed to `strip_tags()`.
 				 */
-				if ( PassedParameters::getParameterCount( $this->phpcsFile, $stackPtr ) !== 1 ) {
+				$has_allowed_tags = PassedParameters::getParameter( $this->phpcsFile, $stackPtr, 2, 'allowed_tags' );
+				if ( false !== $has_allowed_tags ) {
 					return;
 				}
 
+				unset( $has_allowed_tags );
 				break;
 
-			case 'wp_parse_url':
+			case 'parse_url':
 				/*
 				 * Before WP 4.7.0, the function `wp_parse_url()` was only a valid alternative
-				 * if no second param was passed to `parse_url()`.
+				 * if the second param - `$component` - was not passed to `parse_url()`.
 				 *
 				 * @see https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_parse_url/#changelog
 				 */
-				if ( PassedParameters::getParameterCount( $this->phpcsFile, $stackPtr ) !== 1
+				$has_component = PassedParameters::getParameter( $this->phpcsFile, $stackPtr, 2, 'component' );
+				if ( false !== $has_component
 					&& $this->wp_version_compare( $this->minimum_wp_version, '4.7.0', '<' )
 				) {
 					return;
 				}
 
+				unset( $has_component );
 				break;
 
 			case 'file_get_contents':
@@ -251,62 +264,73 @@ public function process_matched_token( $stackPtr, $group_name, $matched_content
 				 */
 				$params = PassedParameters::getParameters( $this->phpcsFile, $stackPtr );
 
-				if ( isset( $params[2] ) && 'true' === $params[2]['raw'] ) {
+				$use_include_path_param = PassedParameters::getParameterFromStack( $params, 2, 'use_include_path' );
+				if ( false !== $use_include_path_param && 'true' === $use_include_path_param['clean'] ) {
 					// Setting `$use_include_path` to `true` is only relevant for local files.
 					return;
 				}
 
-				if ( isset( $params[1] ) === false ) {
+				$filename_param = PassedParameters::getParameterFromStack( $params, 1, 'filename' );
+				if ( false === $filename_param ) {
 					// If the file to get is not set, this is a non-issue anyway.
 					return;
 				}
 
-				if ( strpos( $params[1]['raw'], 'http:' ) !== false
-					|| strpos( $params[1]['raw'], 'https:' ) !== false
+				if ( strpos( $filename_param['clean'], 'http:' ) !== false
+					|| strpos( $filename_param['clean'], 'https:' ) !== false
 				) {
 					// Definitely a URL, throw notice.
 					break;
 				}
 
-				if ( preg_match( '`\b(?:ABSPATH|WP_(?:CONTENT|PLUGIN)_DIR|WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR|TEMPLATEPATH|STYLESHEETPATH|(?:MU)?PLUGINDIR)\b`', $params[1]['raw'] ) === 1 ) {
+				$contains_wp_path_constant = preg_match(
+					'`\b(?:ABSPATH|WP_(?:CONTENT|PLUGIN)_DIR|WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR|TEMPLATEPATH|STYLESHEETPATH|(?:MU)?PLUGINDIR)\b`',
+					$filename_param['clean']
+				);
+				if ( 1 === $contains_wp_path_constant ) {
 					// Using any of the constants matched in this regex is an indicator of a local file.
 					return;
 				}
 
-				if ( preg_match( '`(?:get_home_path|plugin_dir_path|get_(?:stylesheet|template)_directory|wp_upload_dir)\s*\(`i', $params[1]['raw'] ) === 1 ) {
+				$contains_wp_path_function_call = preg_match(
+					'`(?:get_home_path|plugin_dir_path|get_(?:stylesheet|template)_directory|wp_upload_dir)\s*\(`i',
+					$filename_param['clean']
+				);
+				if ( 1 === $contains_wp_path_function_call ) {
 					// Using any of the functions matched in the regex is an indicator of a local file.
 					return;
 				}
 
-				if ( $this->is_local_data_stream( $params[1]['raw'] ) === true ) {
+				if ( $this->is_local_data_stream( $filename_param['clean'] ) === true ) {
 					// Local data stream.
 					return;
 				}
 
-				unset( $params );
-
+				unset( $params, $use_include_path_param, $filename_param, $contains_wp_path_constant, $contains_wp_path_function_call );
 				break;
 
-			case 'readfile':
-			case 'fopen':
 			case 'file_put_contents':
+			case 'fopen':
+			case 'readfile':
 				/*
 				 * Allow for handling raw data streams from the request body.
+				 *
+				 * Note: at this time (December 2022) these three functions use the same parameter name for their
+				 * first parameter. If this would change at any point in the future, this code will need to
+				 * be made more modular and will need to pass the parameter name based on the function call detected.
 				 */
-				$first_param = PassedParameters::getParameter( $this->phpcsFile, $stackPtr, 1 );
-
-				if ( false === $first_param ) {
+				$filename_param = PassedParameters::getParameter( $this->phpcsFile, $stackPtr, 1, 'filename' );
+				if ( false === $filename_param ) {
 					// If the file to work with is not set, local data streams don't come into play.
 					break;
 				}
 
-				if ( $this->is_local_data_stream( $first_param['raw'] ) === true ) {
+				if ( $this->is_local_data_stream( $filename_param['clean'] ) === true ) {
 					// Local data stream.
 					return;
 				}
 
-				unset( $first_param );
-
+				unset( $filename_param );
 				break;
 		}
 
diff --git a/WordPress/Tests/WP/AlternativeFunctionsUnitTest.inc b/WordPress/Tests/WP/AlternativeFunctionsUnitTest.inc
index ea9baea449..e5212cf5e0 100644
--- a/WordPress/Tests/WP/AlternativeFunctionsUnitTest.inc
+++ b/WordPress/Tests/WP/AlternativeFunctionsUnitTest.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-
-
 curl_init(); // Warning.
 curl_close( $ch ); // Warning.
 CURL_getinfo(); // Warning.
@@ -28,18 +26,8 @@ srand(); // Warning.
 mt_srand(); // Warning.
 wp_rand(); // OK.
 
-// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.0
-parse_url( 'http://example.com/' ); // OK.
-// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.6
-
 strip_tags( $something, '<iframe>' ); // OK.
 
-// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.0
-parse_url($url, PHP_URL_QUERY); // OK.
-// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.7
-parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME); // Warning.
-// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.6
-
 file_get_contents( $local_file, true ); // OK.
 file_get_contents( $url, false ); // Warning.
 file_get_contents(); // OK - no params, so nothing to do.
@@ -90,3 +78,72 @@ mkdir(); // Warning.
 rmdir(); // Warning.
 touch(); // Warning.
 fputs(); // Warning.
+
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.0
+parse_url( 'http://example.com/' ); // OK, alternative was not yet available.
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.4
+parse_url( 'http://example.com/' ); // Warning, not using $component param, so can switch over.
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 5.8
+
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.0
+parse_url($url, PHP_URL_QUERY); // OK, alternative was not yet available.
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.5
+parse_url($url, PHP_URL_QUERY); // OK, $component param not yet available.
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.7
+parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME); // Warning, using $component param, but also using WP 4.7+, so can switch over.
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 5.8
+
+/*
+ * Tests for support for PHP 8.0+ named parameters.
+ */
+// Safeguard support for PHP 8.0+ named parameters for the custom logic related to strip_tags().
+strip_tags( allowed_tags: '<iframe>' ); // OK. Well not really, missing required param, but that's not the concern of this sniff.
+strip_tags( allowed_tags: '<iframe>', string: $something ); // OK.
+strip_tags( string: $something ); // Warning.
+
+// Safeguard support for PHP 8.0+ named parameters for the custom logic related to parse_url().
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.4
+parse_url(component : PHP_URL_QUERY); // OK. Well, not really, missing required parameter, but that's not the concern of this sniff.
+parse_url(component : PHP_URL_QUERY, url : $url); // OK.
+parse_url(url : $url); // Warning.
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 4.7
+parse_url(component: PHP_URL_SCHEME, url: $url, ); // Warning.
+// phpcs:set WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions minimum_wp_version 5.8
+
+// Safeguard support for PHP 8.0+ named parameters for the custom logic related to file_get_contents().
+file_get_contents( use_include_path: true, filename: $local_file, ); // OK.
+file_get_contents( use_include_path: false, filename: $url, ); // Warning.
+
+file_get_contents( use_include_path: false ); // OK, well not really, missing required param, but that's not the concern of this sniff.
+
+file_get_contents( use_include_path: false, filename: 'http://remoteurl.com/file/?w=1' ); // Warning.
+file_get_contents( use_include_path: false, filename: 'https://wordpress.org' ); // Warning.
+file_get_contents( use_include_path: false, filename: ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/css/some-file.css'); // OK.
+file_get_contents( use_include_path: false, filename: 'php://input' ); // OK.
+file_get_contents(use_include_path: false, filename: MYABSPATH . 'plugin-file.json'); // Warning.
+
+// Safeguard support for PHP 8.0+ named parameters for the custom logic related to fopen(), readfile() and file_put_contents().
+fopen (mode: 'w'); // Warning. Missing required param, but that's not the concern of this sniff.
+$output_stream = fopen( mode: 'w', filename: 'php://output', ); // OK.
+$output_stream = fopen( mode: 'w', context: $stream, filename: STDOUT ); // OK.
+$bytes = readfile( use_include_path: false, context: $stream, filename: 'php://fd/3' ); // OK.
+file_put_contents( data: $data, flags : LOCK_EX, filename: STDERR ); // OK.
+$output_stream = fopen( mode: 'r', filename: $url, ); // Warning.
+
+// Safeguard that comments in the parameters are ignored for the custom logic related to file_get_contents().
+file_get_contents(
+	$local_file,
+	true // Using local include path.
+); // OK.
+file_get_contents(
+	// Not using an https: URL for reasons.
+	ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/css/some-file.css'
+); // OK.
+file_get_contents(
+	// Not using ABSPATH for reasons.
+	$url
+); // Warning.
+file_get_contents(
+	// Not using plugin_dir_path() for reasons.
+	$url
+); // Warning.
diff --git a/WordPress/Tests/WP/AlternativeFunctionsUnitTest.php b/WordPress/Tests/WP/AlternativeFunctionsUnitTest.php
index 44db0131b2..698e63bdd7 100644
--- a/WordPress/Tests/WP/AlternativeFunctionsUnitTest.php
+++ b/WordPress/Tests/WP/AlternativeFunctionsUnitTest.php
@@ -37,46 +37,57 @@ public function getErrorList() {
 	 */
 	public function getWarningList() {
 		return array(
-			5  => 1,
-			6  => 1,
-			7  => 1,
-			10 => 1,
-			12 => 1,
-			14 => 1,
-			16 => 1,
-			17 => 1,
-			18 => 1,
-			19 => 1,
-			20 => 1,
-			21 => 1,
-			22 => 1,
-			23 => 1,
-			24 => 1,
-			25 => 1,
-			26 => 1,
-			27 => 1,
-			28 => 1,
-			40 => 1,
-			44 => 1,
-			46 => 1,
-			47 => 1,
-			49 => 1,
-			67 => 1,
-			68 => 1,
-			73 => 1,
-			80 => 1,
-			82 => 1,
-			83 => 1,
-			84 => 1,
-			85 => 1,
-			86 => 1,
-			87 => 1,
-			88 => 1,
-			89 => 1,
-			90 => 1,
-			91 => 1,
-			92 => 1,
+			3   => 1,
+			4   => 1,
+			5   => 1,
+			8   => 1,
+			10  => 1,
+			12  => 1,
+			14  => 1,
+			15  => 1,
+			16  => 1,
+			17  => 1,
+			18  => 1,
+			19  => 1,
+			20  => 1,
+			21  => 1,
+			22  => 1,
+			23  => 1,
+			24  => 1,
+			25  => 1,
+			26  => 1,
+			32  => 1,
+			34  => 1,
+			35  => 1,
+			37  => 1,
+			55  => 1,
+			56  => 1,
+			61  => 1,
+			68  => 1,
+			70  => 1,
+			71  => 1,
+			72  => 1,
+			73  => 1,
+			74  => 1,
+			75  => 1,
+			76  => 1,
+			77  => 1,
+			78  => 1,
+			79  => 1,
+			80  => 1,
+			85  => 1,
+			93  => 1,
+			102 => 1,
+			108 => 1,
+			110 => 1,
+			115 => 1,
+			119 => 1,
+			120 => 1,
+			123 => 1,
+			126 => 1,
+			131 => 1,
+			142 => 1,
+			146 => 1,
 		);
 	}
-
 }