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Run Rector on your code to see what it can do for you:

 {
     public function run()
     {
-        if ( $user_id === 0 ) {
-            // some important comment
-            $access = true;
-        } else {
-            // some another important comment
-            $access = false;
-        }
+        $access = $user_id === 0 ? true : false;
     }
 }

PHP snippet to change

<?php

class SkipWithCommentInside
{
    public function run()
    {
        if ( $user_id === 0 ) {
            // some important comment
            $access = true;
        } else {
            // some another important comment
            $access = false;
        }
    }
}

Applied Rules:

SimplifyIfElseToTernaryRector

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Config rector.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\If_\SimplifyIfElseToTernaryRector;
use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;

return RectorConfig::configure()
    ->withRules([SimplifyIfElseToTernaryRector::class]);

Rector version: 5dfb29 - released at 2026-06-16 21:20