Both the $myVar assignment in line 1 and the $higher assignment in line 2
are dead. The first because $myVar is never used and the second because
$higher is always overwritten for every possible time line.
It is generally not recommended to use eval unless absolutely required.
On one hand, eval might be exploited by malicious users if they somehow manage
to inject dynamic content. On the other hand, with the emergence of faster PHP runtimes
like the HHVM, eval prevents some optimization that they perform.
This check looks for variable assignements that are either overwritten by other assignments or where the variable is not used subsequently.
Both the
$myVar
assignment in line 1 and the$higher
assignment in line 2 are dead. The first because$myVar
is never used and the second because$higher
is always overwritten for every possible time line.