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Illegal array key type

Reports the array keys that are of illegal type, such as objects or arrays.

See Arrays (php.net) 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.

PhpIllegalArrayKeyTypeInspection
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 | Type compatibility

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Illegal array key type 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 PhpIllegalArrayKeyTypeInspection

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