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Pointless boolean expression inside 'if' condition

Reports the boolean expressions inside if conditions that contain $expr == true or $expr == false. Such expressions can be simplified to if($expr) and if(!expr).

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By default bundled with:

PhpStorm 2024.2, Qodana for PHP 2024.2,

Can be installed with plugin:

PHP, 242.22893

Last modified: 11 September 2024