Code Inspections in XML

This topic lists all PhpStorm code inspections available in XML.

You can toggle specific inspections or change their severity level on the Editor | Inspections page of the IDE settings Ctrl+Alt+S.

Inspection	Description	Default Severity
Deprecated symbol	Reports a deprecated XML element or attribute. Symbols can be marked by XML comment or documentation tag with text 'deprecated'.	Warning
Duplicate 'id' attribute	Reports a duplicate `id` attribute in XML.	Error
Empty element content	Reports XML elements without contents. Example: <user> <name></name> </user> After the quick-fix is applied: <user> <name/> </user>	Warning
Failed external validation	Reports a discrepancy in an XML file with the specified DTD or schema detected by the Xerces validator.	Error
Redundant attribute with default value	Reports a redundant assignment of the default value to an XML attribute.	Warning
Unbound namespace prefix	Reports an unbound namespace prefix in XML.	Warning
Unresolved 'id' reference	Reports an unresolved `id` reference in XML.	Error
Unresolved DTD reference	Reports inconsistency in a DTD-specific reference, for example, in a reference to an XML entity or to a DTD element declaration. Works in DTD an XML files.	Error
Unresolved file reference	Reports an unresolved file reference in XML.	Error
Unused schema declaration	Reports an unused namespace declaration or location hint in XML.	Warning
Wrong root element	Reports a root tag name different from the name specified in the `<doctype>` tag.	Error
XML highlighting	Reports XML validation problems in the results of a batch code inspection.	Error

Last modified: 13 May 2022