Unnecessary pass-by-ref
Reports the variables that are passed by reference to a function/method but are not modified in the function/method body. In such cases, the & in parameter's declaration can be safely removed.
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.
PhpParameterByRefIsNotUsedAsReferenceInspection- 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.
See Passing by Reference (php.net) for details.
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By default bundled with: | IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, PhpStorm 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3, Qodana for PHP 2024.3, |
Can be installed with plugin: | PHP, 243.23126 |
Last modified: 03 December 2024