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Error Identifier: requireExtends.duplicate

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Code example #

<?php declare(strict_types = 1);

/**
 * @phpstan-require-extends Base
 * @phpstan-require-extends AnotherBase
 */
interface Constrainable
{

}

Why is it reported? #

The @phpstan-require-extends PHPDoc tag is used more than once on the same interface or trait. Since a class can only extend one parent class, there can only be one @phpstan-require-extends constraint. Having multiple tags is contradictory because a class cannot extend two different classes at the same time.

How to fix it #

Keep only one @phpstan-require-extends tag:

 <?php declare(strict_types = 1);
 
 /**
  * @phpstan-require-extends Base
- * @phpstan-require-extends AnotherBase
  */
 interface Constrainable
 {

 }

How to ignore this error #

You can use the identifier requireExtends.duplicate to ignore this error using a comment:

// @phpstan-ignore requireExtends.duplicate
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: requireExtends.duplicate

Rules that report this error #

  • PHPStan\Rules\PhpDoc\RequireExtendsDefinitionClassRule [1]
  • PHPStan\Rules\PhpDoc\RequireExtendsDefinitionTraitRule [1]

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