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Error Identifier: notIdentical.alwaysFalse

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Code example #

<?php declare(strict_types = 1);

function doFoo(): void
{
	$value = 1;
	if ($value !== 1) {
		// never entered
	}
}

Why is it reported? #

The strict comparison using !== always evaluates to false because both sides are known to have the same value at that point in the code. In the example above, $value is always 1, so $value !== 1 is always false. This makes the condition unreachable.

How to fix it #

Remove the unreachable condition:

 <?php declare(strict_types = 1);
 
 function doFoo(): void
 {
 	$value = 1;
-	if ($value !== 1) {
-		// never entered
-	}
 }

Or fix the logic to compare the correct variable.

How to ignore this error #

You can use the identifier notIdentical.alwaysFalse to ignore this error using a comment:

// @phpstan-ignore notIdentical.alwaysFalse
codeThatProducesTheError();

You can also use only the identifier key to ignore all errors of the same type in your configuration file in the ignoreErrors parameter:

parameters:
	ignoreErrors:
		-
			identifier: notIdentical.alwaysFalse

Rules that report this error #

• PHPStan\Rules\Comparison\StrictComparisonOfDifferentTypesRule [1]

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