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Having empty statements can be unproductive in PHP

This code insight counts a violation each time an empty statement is detected in PHP <?php statement1 { // comment //Violation } statement2 (conditions) { // comment //Violation } } } Remedy - Modify the source code to reduce the number of artifacts containing empty statements.

Why you should care

For maintainability reasons, empty statements should be avoided. Empty statements make the source code harder to read and to maintain.

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CAST recommendations

References

http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer/docs/1.5.2/PHP_CodeSniffer/Squiz_Sniffs_CodeAnalysis_EmptyStatementSniff.html

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