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Unnecessary 'else' branch

Reports the else branches in if statements whose bodies always execute a terminating statement such as return or throw. Such branches are redundant and can be safely omitted.

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.

PhpUnnecessaryElseBranchInspection
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.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | PHP | Control flow

Availability

By default bundled with

PhpStorm 2024.1, Qodana for PHP 2024.1,

Can be installed with plugin

PHP, 241.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 18 June 2024