diff --git a/build/code_sniffer/ruleset-php-legacy.xml b/build/code_sniffer/ruleset-php-legacy.xml
index 175a993f48..71741ce190 100644
--- a/build/code_sniffer/ruleset-php-legacy.xml
+++ b/build/code_sniffer/ruleset-php-legacy.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
  <!-- Lowercase filenames are required. -->
  <rule ref="Generic.Files.LowercasedFilename" />
 
+ <!-- Function declarations follow the "BSD/Allman style".
+	 The function brace is on the line following the function declaration and is indented to the same column as the start of the function declaration. -->
+ <rule ref="Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceBsdAllman" />
+
  <!-- There MUST be exactly one space after a cast. -->
  <rule ref="Generic.Formatting.SpaceAfterCast" />
 
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/event/recursive_event_filter_iterator.php b/phpBB/phpbb/event/recursive_event_filter_iterator.php
index f65feff448..64e2e56f6a 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/event/recursive_event_filter_iterator.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/event/recursive_event_filter_iterator.php
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class recursive_event_filter_iterator extends \RecursiveFilterIterator
 	*
 	* @return recursive_event_filter_iterator
 	*/
-	public function getChildren() {
+	public function getChildren()
+	{
 		return new self($this->getInnerIterator()->getChildren(), $this->root_path);
 	}