Pointless boolean expression inside 'if' condition
Reports the boolean expressions inside if conditions that contain $expr == true or $expr == false. Such expressions can be simplified to if($expr) and if(!expr).
Locating this inspection
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PhpPointlessBooleanExpressionInConditionInspection- Via Settings dialog
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Inspection ID: PhpPointlessBooleanExpressionInConditionInspection
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By default bundled with: | IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3, PhpStorm 2025.3, Qodana for JVM 2025.3, Qodana for PHP 2025.3, |