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'n' modifier can be replaced with non-capturing groups

Reports the n PCRE modifier that can be replaced with non-capturing groups in RegExp patterns. Supported in PHP 8.2 and later.

Locating this inspection

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Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

PhpNModifierCanBeReplacedWithNonCapturingGroupInspection
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 | General

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 PhpNModifierCanBeReplacedWithNonCapturingGroupInspection

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