diff --git a/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php b/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php
index fb1ab715d43..5e8dc11082b 100644
--- a/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php
+++ b/src/PhpParser/Printer/BetterStandardPrinter.php
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 use Rector\Comments\NodeDocBlock\DocBlockUpdater;
 use Rector\Core\PhpParser\Node\CustomNode\FileWithoutNamespace;
 use Rector\Core\PhpParser\Printer\Whitespace\IndentCharacterDetector;
+use Rector\Core\Provider\CurrentFileProvider;
 use Rector\Core\Util\StringUtils;
+use Rector\Core\ValueObject\Application\File;
 use Rector\NodeTypeResolver\Node\AttributeKey;
 
 /**
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ final class BetterStandardPrinter extends Standard
     public function __construct(
         private IndentCharacterDetector $indentCharacterDetector,
         private DocBlockUpdater $docBlockUpdater,
+        private CurrentFileProvider $currentFileProvider,
         array $options = []
     ) {
         parent::__construct($options);
@@ -116,8 +119,16 @@ public function printFormatPreserving(array $stmts, array $origStmts, array $ori
 
         // strip empty starting/ending php tags
         if (array_key_exists(0, $stmts) && $stmts[0] instanceof FileWithoutNamespace) {
-            $content = Strings::replace($content, self::EMPTY_STARTING_TAG_REGEX, '');
-            $content = Strings::replace(\rtrim($content), self::EMPTY_ENDING_TAG_REGEX, '', ) ."\n";
+            $originalContent = $content;
+
+            $newContent = Strings::replace($content, self::EMPTY_STARTING_TAG_REGEX, '');
+            $newContent = Strings::replace(\rtrim($newContent), self::EMPTY_ENDING_TAG_REGEX, '', ) ."\n";
+
+            if ($originalContent !== $newContent) {
+                /** @var File $file */
+                $file = $this->currentFileProvider->getFile();
+                return (string) file_get_contents($file->getFilePath());
+            }
         }
 
         // add new line in case of added stmts
diff --git a/src/ValueObjectFactory/ProcessResultFactory.php b/src/ValueObjectFactory/ProcessResultFactory.php
index 0311cb689b8..a2418dd82ed 100644
--- a/src/ValueObjectFactory/ProcessResultFactory.php
+++ b/src/ValueObjectFactory/ProcessResultFactory.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Rector\Core\Application\FileSystem\RemovedAndAddedFilesCollector;
 use Rector\Core\ValueObject\Application\File;
 use Rector\Core\ValueObject\ProcessResult;
+use Rector\Core\ValueObject\Reporting\FileDiff;
 use Rector\PostRector\Collector\NodesToRemoveCollector;
 
 final class ProcessResultFactory
@@ -28,11 +29,16 @@ public function create(array $files): ProcessResult
         foreach ($files as $file) {
             $errors = array_merge($errors, $file->getErrors());
 
-            if ($file->getFileDiff() === null) {
+            $fileDiff = $file->getFileDiff();
+            if (!$fileDiff instanceof FileDiff) {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $fileDiffs[] = $file->getFileDiff();
+            if ($fileDiff->getDiff() === '') {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $fileDiffs[] = $fileDiff;
         }
 
         return new ProcessResult(