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Error Identifiers: method.*

There are 43 error identifiers in the method.* group:

• method.abstract non-ignorable
  Non-abstract class contains or inherits an unimplemented abstract method.
• method.abstractPrivate non-ignorable
  Abstract method cannot be private because subclasses cannot override it.
• method.alreadyNarrowedType
  Type-checking method call is redundant because the type is already narrowed.
• method.callToAbstract
  Calling an abstract method via parent:: which has no implementation.
• method.childParameterType
  Overriding method has a narrower parameter type than the parent method.
• method.childReturnType
  Overriding method has an incompatible return type with the parent method.
• method.deprecated phpstan-deprecation-rules
  Called method is marked as @deprecated.
• method.deprecatedClass phpstan-deprecation-rules
  Called method belongs to a class marked as @deprecated.
• method.deprecatedEnum phpstan-deprecation-rules
  Called method belongs to an enum marked as @deprecated.
• method.deprecatedInterface phpstan-deprecation-rules
  Called method belongs to an interface marked as @deprecated.
• method.deprecatedTrait phpstan-deprecation-rules
  Called method belongs to a trait marked as @deprecated.
• method.dynamicName phpstan-strict-rules
  Method is called using a variable name instead of a static identifier.
• method.finalPrivate
  Private method is marked as final, which has no effect.
• method.impossibleType
  Type-checking method call always evaluates to false.
• method.internal
  Called method is marked as @internal.
• method.internalClass
  Called method belongs to a class marked as @internal.
• method.internalEnum
  Called method belongs to an enum marked as @internal.
• method.internalInterface
  Called method belongs to an interface marked as @internal.
• method.internalTrait
  Called method belongs to a trait marked as @internal.
• method.inVoidCast
  Unnecessary (void) cast on a method that does not require its result to be used.
• method.missingOverride
  Overriding method is missing the #[Override] attribute.
• method.nameCase
  Method is called with different letter casing than its declaration.
• method.nonAbstract non-ignorable
  Non-abstract method in a non-abstract class has no body.
• method.nonObject
  Method is called on a non-object type.
• method.nonStatic non-ignorable
  Non-static method overrides a static method from a parent class.
• method.notFound
  Called method does not exist on the object type.
• method.override
  Method has the #[Override] attribute but does not override any parent method.
• method.parentMethodFinal non-ignorable
  Overriding a method that is declared as final in the parent class.
• method.parentMethodFinalByPhpDoc
  Overriding a method that is marked as @final in PHPDoc.
• method.private
  Calling a private method from outside its declaring class.
• method.protected
  Calling a protected method from outside the class hierarchy.
• method.resultDiscarded non-ignorable
  Return value of a #[NoDiscard] method is not used.
• method.resultUnused
  Call to a pure method on a separate line has no effect.
• method.shadowTemplate
  Method template type shadows a class-level template type with the same name.
• method.static non-ignorable
  Static method overrides a non-static method from a parent class.
• method.staticCall
  Non-static method is called statically using the :: operator.
• method.templateTypeNotInParameter
  Template type declared on a method is not used in any of its parameters.
• method.tentativeReturnType
  Return type is not covariant with the tentative return type of the parent method.
• method.unresolvableReturnType
  Return type of a method call contains a generic type that cannot be resolved.
• method.unused
  Private method is declared but never called.
• method.variance
  Variance annotation on a method-level template type is not allowed.
• method.visibility non-ignorable
  Overriding method has more restrictive visibility than the parent method.
• method.void
  Return value of a void method is being used.