Remove defined function calls
-$x = 'something';
-var_dump($x);
+$x = 'something';
Configure your rector.php:
<?php
use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
use Rector\Removing\Rector\FuncCall\RemoveFuncCallRector;
return RectorConfig::configure()
->withConfiguredRule(RemoveFuncCallRector::class, [
'var_dump',
]);