Duplicate code is one of the most pungent code smells. A rule that is often used is to re-structure code once it is duplicated in three or more places.
Common duplication problems, and corresponding solutions are:
| 1 | <?php declare(strict_types = 1); | ||
| 8 | class Expression | ||
| 9 | { | ||
| 10 | /** @var array */ | ||
| 11 | private $filters; | ||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | /** | ||
| 14 | * Expression constructor. | ||
| 15 | */ | ||
| 16 | 14 | public function __construct() | |
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| 21 | /** | ||
| 22 | * @param array|Expression $expression | ||
| 23 | * | ||
| 24 | * @return $this | ||
| 25 | */ | ||
| 26 | View Code Duplication | public function and($expression) | |
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| 38 | /** | ||
| 39 | * @param array|Expression $expression | ||
| 40 | * | ||
| 41 | * @return $this | ||
| 42 | */ | ||
| 43 | View Code Duplication | public function or($expression) | |
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| 55 | /** | ||
| 56 | * @param string $field | ||
| 57 | * @param Expression[]|array $expressions | ||
| 58 | */ | ||
| 59 | 2 | public function notEqual(string $field, ...$expressions) | |
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| 69 | /** | ||
| 70 | * @return array | ||
| 71 | */ | ||
| 72 | 14 | public function getExpressionFilters(): array | |
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| 77 | /** | ||
| 78 | * @param string $operator | ||
| 79 | */ | ||
| 80 | 9 | private function prepareFilterIndex(string $operator) | |
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| 87 | /** | ||
| 88 | * @param $expressions | ||
| 89 | * | ||
| 90 | * @return array | ||
| 91 | */ | ||
| 92 | 7 | private function mapExpressions($expressions): array | |
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| 102 | /** | ||
| 103 | * @param string $operation | ||
| 104 | * @param array $expressions | ||
| 105 | * | ||
| 106 | * @return array | ||
| 107 | */ | ||
| 108 | 2 | private function operationExpressions(string $operation, array $expressions): array | |
| 119 | } | ||
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This check looks from parameters that have been defined for a function or method, but which are not used in the method body.