Unused local variable
Reports the variables that are considered unused in the following cases:
The value of the variable is not used anywhere or is overwritten immediately.
The reference stored in the variable is not used anywhere or is overwritten immediately.
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.
PhpUnusedLocalVariableInspection- 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.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Unused local variable inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Enable inspection in global space
Not selected
- Ignore a foreach value inside 'list()' or when a 'foreach' key exists
Default: Selected
- Ignore variables inside 'list()'
Not selected
- Ignore assignment to 'null'
Default: Selected
- Ignore variables accessed via 'get_defined_vars()'
Default: Selected
- Ignore variables before 'include'
Default: Selected
Availability
- By default bundled with
- Can be installed with plugin
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