Non-strict object equality
Reports the usages of the comparison operator (==) for comparing object variables.
Locating this inspection
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PhpNonStrictObjectEqualityInspection- Via Settings dialog
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Object variables are compared as follows:
When using the comparison operator (
==), two object instances are considered equal if they have the same attributes and values (values are compared with==), and are instances of the same class.When using the identity operator (
===), object variables are considered identical if and only if they refer to the same instance of the same class.
See Comparing Objects (php.net) for details.
Suppressing Inspection
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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, |