Assertion can be replaced with 'assertTrue/assertFalse'

Reports the assertEquals() calls with the true/false arguments in PHPUnit tests. Such usages can be replaced with assertTrue()/assertFalse() calls.

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PhpUnitAssertEqualsCanBeReplacedWithAssertTrueOrFalseInspection

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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 PhpUnitAssertEqualsCanBeReplacedWithAssertTrueOrFalseInspection

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Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, PhpStorm 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2, Qodana for PHP 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025