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Unused private method

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports the private methods that are never used.

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.

PhpUnusedPrivateMethodInspection
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 | Unused symbols

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Unused private method inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore method '__construct' usage

Default: Selected

Ignore method '__clone' usage

Default: Selected

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