Halstead metric

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports the methods with high Halstead Complexity metric.

See Halstead measure (wikipedia.org) 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.

PhpHalsteadMetricInspection
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 | Refactoring opportunities

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Halstead metric inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Halstead metric limit

50

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

PhpStorm 2024.3, Qodana for PHP 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

PHP Architecture, 243.23148