Too many parameters in function declaration

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

PhpTooManyParametersInspection

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | PHP | Code smell

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Too many parameters in function declaration inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Max number of parameters

Option ID:

limit

Default value:

5

Ignore constructors

Option ID:

ignoreConstructors

Default value:

Selected

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

• IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3

• PhpStorm 2025.3