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backendtea/useless-match
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1.0.0(4mo ago)10MITPHPPHP ^8.4

Since Dec 30Pushed 4mo agoCompare

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No useless match
================

[](#no-useless-match)

A PHPStan rule to report match expressions with 2 arms, one of which is a default. As these could be an if/else instead.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require backendtea/useless-match
```

If you also install [phpstan/extension-installer](https://github.com/phpstan/extension-installer) then you're all set!

 Manual installationIf you don't want to use `phpstan/extension-installer`, include rules.neon in your project's PHPStan config:

```
includes:
    - vendor/phpstan/backendtea/useless-match/rules.neon

```

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance76

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

131d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7472777959978078c70a919d0c71fef49501a5337ce57889a9dd9a7d830e41f8?d=identicon)[BackEndTea](/maintainers/BackEndTea)

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Top Contributors

[![BackEndTea](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14289961?v=4)](https://github.com/BackEndTea "BackEndTea (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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