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Backed property with a 'set' hook cannot be accessed by reference

Reports an attempted indirect modification of a hooked property.

In PHP 8.4 and later, returning a backed property by reference via &get is only allowed if there's no set hook defined. For details, see PHP RFC: Property hooks.

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.

PhpHookedPropertyCantBeAccessedByRefInspection
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 | General

Inspection Details

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, 243.23126

Last modified: 03 December 2024