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Missing @throws tag(s)

Reports missing PHPDoc @throws tags for exceptions thrown by functions or methods.

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.

PhpDocMissingThrowsInspection
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 | PHPDoc | Code style

The exception classes added to the Unchecked Exceptions list under Settings | PHP | Analysis are excluded from the inspection scope.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Missing @throws tag(s) inspection, and the reference of their default values.

PHP / Analysis

Default value:

None
Ignore PHPDoc without @param/@return

Default value:

Selected

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 PhpDocMissingThrowsInspection

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