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:

 <?php
 
 final class DemoFile

     }
 }
 
-$obj = new DemoFile();
-clone $obj;
+$obj = new DemoFile();

PHP snippet to change

<?php

final class DemoFile
{
    public function __clone()
    {
        throw new RuntimeException('clone is not allowed');
    }
}

$obj = new DemoFile();
clone $obj;

Applied Rules:

RemoveDeadStmtRector

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...or to speed up fix – add a test fixture

Config rector.php

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
use Rector\DeadCode\Rector\Expression\RemoveDeadStmtRector;

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

Rector version: e4cb24 - released at 2026-06-25 18:47