Try Rector Online | Rector - Automated Way to Instantly Upgrade and Refactor any PHP code

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

// no change

PHP snippet to change

<?php

namespace App;

declare(ticks=1) {
    echo 'test';

    throw new Exception();

    echo 'unreachable';
}

Config rector.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
use Rector\DeadCode\Rector\Stmt\RemoveUnreachableStatementRector;

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

Rector version: f8c758 - released at 2026-01-01 17:22