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Deprecated 'assertFileEquals/assertStringEqualsFile' usage

Reports the deprecated usages of the assertFileEquals, assertFileNotEquals, assertStringEqualsFile, and assertStringNotEqualsFile functions with the $canonicalize and $ignoreCase parameters.

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PhpUnitAssertFileEqualsInspection
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The optional $canonicalize and $ignoreCase parameters of the assertFileEquals and assertFileNotEquals functions are deprecated and will be removed in PHPUnit 9.

See Usage of the assertFileEquals function (phpunit.readthedocs.io) or Usage of the assertFileEquals function (phpunit.readthedocs.io) for details.

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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 PhpUnitAssertFileEqualsInspection

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Last modified: 18 September 2025