rspec/rules/S1172/php/rule.adoc

Unused parameters are misleading. Whatever the value passed to such parameters is, the behavior will be the same.

== Noncompliant Code Example

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function doSomething($a, $b) { // "$a" is unused
  return compute($b);
}
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== Compliant Solution

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function doSomething($b) {
  return compute($b);
}
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== Exceptions

Functions in classes that override a class or implement interfaces are ignored.

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class C extends B {

  function doSomething($a, $b) {     // no issue reported on $b
    compute($a);
  }

}
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