Unnecessary 'else' branch
Reports the else branches in if statements whose bodies always execute a terminating statement such as return or throw. Such branches are redundant and can be safely omitted.
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.
PhpUnnecessaryElseBranchInspection- 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.
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By default bundled with: | IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, PhpStorm 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3, Qodana for PHP 2024.3, |
Can be installed with plugin: | PHP, 243.26483 |
01 April 2025