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Error Identifier: property.deprecatedInterface

Every error reported by PHPStan has an error identifier. Here’s a list of all error identifiers. In PHPStan Pro you can see the error identifier next to each error and filter errors by their identifiers.

Code example #

<?php declare(strict_types = 1);

/** @deprecated Use NewInterface instead */
interface OldInterface
{
	public function doSomething(): void;
}

class Foo
{
	public OldInterface $service;
}

Why is it reported? #

A property’s type declaration references an interface that has been marked as @deprecated. Using deprecated interfaces in property types ties the code to APIs that are scheduled for removal. The deprecation notice indicates that a replacement exists and should be used instead.

This rule is provided by the phpstan-deprecation-rules package.

How to fix it #

Replace the deprecated interface with its recommended replacement in the property type:

 <?php declare(strict_types = 1);
 
 class Foo
 {
-	public OldInterface $service;
+	public NewInterface $service;
 }

If the replacement interface does not exist yet or the migration is ongoing, the error can be ignored on a per-line basis using a PHPStan ignore comment while the migration is being planned.

How to ignore this error #

You can use the identifier property.deprecatedInterface to ignore this error using a comment:

// @phpstan-ignore property.deprecatedInterface
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: property.deprecatedInterface

Rules that report this error #

  • PHPStan\Rules\Deprecations\RestrictedDeprecatedClassNameUsageExtension [1] phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules
  • PHPStan\Rules\Deprecations\RestrictedDeprecatedPropertyUsageExtension [1] [2] phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules

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