Expected values should be used
Reports the values in assignment and comparison expressions that should be replaced with one of the expected values (that is, the values specified via the #[ExpectedValues] attribute).
See PhpStorm attributes: #[ExpectedValues] 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.
PhpExpectedValuesShouldBeUsedInspection
- 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.
Inspection ID: PhpExpectedValuesShouldBeUsedInspection
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 PhpExpectedValuesShouldBeUsedInspection
More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:
Last modified: 24 June 2026