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'foreach' variable overwrites already defined variable

Reports the keys and values in foreach loops that are assigned a non-primitive value before the foreach loop and are accessed after it. Such usages may unwillingly overwrite an already defined value and cause latent bugs.

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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