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Write access to referenced array value without 'unset'

Reports the write access expressions on variables that are still referencing the array value previously used in a foreach statement.

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PhpWriteAccessToReferencedArrayValueWithoutUnsetInspection
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It is recommended to destroy such references by using unset.

See foreach (php.net) and unset (php.net) for details.

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 PhpWriteAccessToReferencedArrayValueWithoutUnsetInspection

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