'continue' is targeting 'switch' statement
Reports the continue statements that are targeting switch statements. In PHP 7.3 and later, such usages are deprecated and will emit an E_WARNING, since they are most likely the result of a programming mistake.
Locating this inspection
- By ID
Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.
PhpContinueTargetingSwitchInspection- Via Settings dialog
Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.
In PHP, such
continuestatements are equivalent tobreak, that is, they end the execution of the currentswitchstructure.In other languages, such
continuestatements behave ascontinue 2in PHP, that is, they take the execution to a higher level control structure (for example, the next iteration of an outer loop).
See continue (php.net), break (php.net), and switch (php.net) for details.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the 'continue' is targeting 'switch' statement inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- PHP 7.3 Severity
Default setting: Warning
Other available settings:
Error
Weak Warning
Server Problem
Grammar Error
Typo
Consideration
Information
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Can be installed with plugin: | PHP, 242.22893 |