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Rule increment_style

Pre- or post-increment and decrement operators should be used if possible.

Configuration

style

Whether to use pre- or post-increment and decrement operators.

Allowed values: 'post' and 'pre'

Default value: 'pre'

Examples

Example #1

Default configuration.

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
-$a++;
-$b--;
+++$a;
+--$b;

Example #2

With configuration: ['style' => 'post'].

--- Original
+++ New
 <?php
-++$a;
---$b;
+$a++;
+$b--;

Rule sets

The rule is part of the following rule sets:

• @PhpCsFixer

• @Symfony

References

• Fixer class: PhpCsFixer\Fixer\Operator\IncrementStyleFixer

• Test class: PhpCsFixer\Tests\Fixer\Operator\IncrementStyleFixerTest

The test class defines officially supported behaviour. Each test case is a part of our backward compatibility promise.