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

 {
     public function run(bool $param)
     {
-        return ord('0');
+        return ord('0'[0]);
     }
 }

PHP snippet to change

<?php

final class DemoFile
{
    public function run(bool $param)
    {
        return ord('0');
    }
}

Applied Rules:

OrdSingleByteRector

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Config rector.php

<?php

use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
use Rector\TypeDeclaration\Rector\Property\TypedPropertyFromAssignsRector;
use Rector\ValueObject\PhpVersion;
use Rector\Php85\Rector\FuncCall\OrdSingleByteRector;

return RectorConfig::configure()
    ->withRules([
        OrdSingleByteRector::class
    ])
    ->withPhpVersion(PhpVersion::PHP_85);

Rector version: b09565 - released at 2026-05-25 06:37