Type cast is unnecessary

Reports the type cast operators used on the values that are already of the corresponding type. Such operators are redundant and can be safely removed.

See Type juggling (php.net) for details.

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.

PhpCastIsUnnecessaryInspection

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 style

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	PhpStorm 2024.2, Qodana for PHP 2024.2,
Can be installed with plugin:	PHP, 242.22893

Last modified: 11 September 2024