It seems like connected() must be provided by classes using this trait. How about adding it as abstract method to this trait?
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If this is a false-positive, you can also ignore this issue in your code via the ignore-call annotation
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if (!$this->/** @scrutinizer ignore-call */ connected($conn)) {
This check looks for parameters that have been defined for a function or method, but which are not used in the method body.