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Deprecated 'implode/join' usage

Reports deprecated usage of the implode and join functions.

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PhpDeprecatedImplodeUsageInspection
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Starting from PHP 7.4, using implode and join with an array as the first argument and a string as the second argument is deprecated.

See Deprecations for PHP 7.4 (php.net) for details.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Deprecated 'implode/join' usage inspection, and the reference of their default values.

PHP 8.0 Severity

Default value:

Error

Other available settings:

  • Warning

  • Weak Warning

  • Server Problem

  • Grammar Error

  • Typo

  • Consideration

  • Information

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection PhpDeprecatedImplodeUsageInspection

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025