Discussion: error_reporting(0) rule about jedchecker HOT 1 OPEN

error_reporting is the most common way that a developer can behave in an uncivil manner and affect the rest of the installed extensions, overriding the Error Reporting managed by the Joomla Core.

Generally, when a developer wants to hide notices and warnings, the extension includes error_reporting(0).

There are valid error_reporting cases. For instance, when the extension implements an API, and other extensions generate warning/notices.

It is difficult to decide what to do with error_reporting. As you describe @dryabov, there are also other ways to alter PHP behaviour; however, error_reporting(0) is the way that most junior/mid-level developers use.

I think that we must keep the rule, but improve it to detect any usage of error_reporting for manual review. The other cases are rare.

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