Fixed bug #2992 : Enabling caching using a ruleset produces invalid c…

…ache files when using --sniffs and --exclude CLI args

package.xml

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
     -- This works around a long-standing PHP bug with is_readable()
     -- Thanks to Michael S for the patch
   - Fixed bug #2913 : Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent false positive when opening and closing tag on same line inside conditional
+  - Fixed bug #2992 : Enabling caching using a ruleset produces invalid cache files when using --sniffs and --exclude CLI args
   - Fixed bug #3157 : PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration.BreakIndent false positive when case keyword is not indented
   - Fixed bug #3165 : Squiz.PHP.DisallowComparisonAssignment false positive when comparison inside closure
   - Fixed bug #3167 : Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent false positive when using PHP 8.0 constructor property promotion

src/Ruleset.php

@@ -126,15 +126,9 @@ class Ruleset
      */
     public function __construct(Config $config)
     {
-        // Ignore sniff restrictions if caching is on.
-        $restrictions = [];
-        $exclusions   = [];
-        if ($config->cache === false) {
-            $restrictions = $config->sniffs;
-            $exclusions   = $config->exclude;
-        }
-
         $this->config = $config;
+        $restrictions = $config->sniffs;
+        $exclusions   = $config->exclude;
         $sniffs       = [];
 
         $standardPaths = [];
@@ -200,6 +194,12 @@ public function __construct(Config $config)
             $sniffs = array_merge($sniffs, $this->processRuleset($standard));
         }//end foreach
 
+        // Ignore sniff restrictions if caching is on.
+        if ($config->cache === true) {
+            $restrictions = [];
+            $exclusions   = [];
+        }
+
         $sniffRestrictions = [];
         foreach ($restrictions as $sniffCode) {
             $parts     = explode('.', strtolower($sniffCode));