Any statement (other than a null statement, which means a statement containing only a semicolon ;) which has no side effect and does
not result in a change of control flow will normally indicate a programming error, and therefore should be refactored.
Noncompliant Code Example
$a == 1; // Noncompliant; was assignment intended?
$a < $b; // Noncompliant; have we forgotten to assign the result to a variable?
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