Inconsistent return points
Reports inconsistencies in function/method exit points.
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.
PhpInconsistentReturnPointsInspection- 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.
The following types of inconsistencies are reported:
The function/method contains the
returnstatements both with and without arguments.The function/method may return a value or otherwise end its execution without returning anything.
Technically these are not errors, but practically they usually indicate a programming mistake.
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Inconsistent return points inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Treat 'return null' and 'return' same way in 'void' functions/methods
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:
More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:
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By default bundled with: | IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, PhpStorm 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2, Qodana for PHP 2025.2, |