Maelstromeous / ps2alerts-api

This check looks from parameters that have been defined for a function or method, but which are not used in the method body.

This check looks from parameters that have been defined for a function or method, but which are not used in the method body.

This check looks for calls to methods that do not seem to exist on a given type. It looks for the method on the type itself as well as in inherited classes or implemented interfaces.

This is most likely a typographical error or the method has been renamed.

Instead of super-globals, we recommend to explicitly inject the dependencies of your class. This makes your code less dependent on global state and it becomes generally more testable:

// Bad
class Router
{
    public function generate($path)
    {
        return $_SERVER['HOST'].$path;
    }
}

// Better
class Router
{
    private $host;

    public function __construct($host)
    {
        $this->host = $host;
    }

    public function generate($path)
    {
        return $this->host.$path;
    }
}

class Controller
{
    public function myAction(Request $request)
    {
        // Instead of
        $page = isset($_GET['page']) ? intval($_GET['page']) : 1;

        // Better (assuming you use the Symfony2 request)
        $page = $request->query->get('page', 1);
    }
}

Instead of super-globals, we recommend to explicitly inject the dependencies of your class. This makes your code less dependent on global state and it becomes generally more testable:

// Bad
class Router
{
    public function generate($path)
    {
        return $_SERVER['HOST'].$path;
    }
}

// Better
class Router
{
    private $host;

    public function __construct($host)
    {
        $this->host = $host;
    }

    public function generate($path)
    {
        return $this->host.$path;
    }
}

class Controller
{
    public function myAction(Request $request)
    {
        // Instead of
        $page = isset($_GET['page']) ? intval($_GET['page']) : 1;

        // Better (assuming you use the Symfony2 request)
        $page = $request->query->get('page', 1);
    }
}

This check looks for variable assignements that are either overwritten by other assignments or where the variable is not used subsequently.

$myVar = 'Value';
$higher = false;

if (rand(1, 6) > 3) {
    $higher = true;
} else {
    $higher = false;
}

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.

This check looks for calls to methods that do not seem to exist on a given type. It looks for the method on the type itself as well as in inherited classes or implemented interfaces.

This is most likely a typographical error or the method has been renamed.

Let’s take a look at an example:

interface User
{
    /** @return string */
    public function getPassword();
}

class MyUser implements User
{
    public function getPassword()
    {
        // return something
    }

    public function getDisplayName()
    {
        // return some name.
    }
}

class AuthSystem
{
    public function authenticate(User $user)
    {
        $this->logger->info(sprintf('Authenticating %s.', $user->getDisplayName()));
        // do something.
    }
}

In the above example, the authenticate() method works fine as long as you just pass instances of MyUser. However, if you now also want to pass a different implementation of User which does not have a getDisplayName() method, the code will break.

This check looks for calls to methods that do not seem to exist on a given type. It looks for the method on the type itself as well as in inherited classes or implemented interfaces.

This is most likely a typographical error or the method has been renamed.

This check looks for the else branches of if statements that have no statements or where all statements have been commented out. This may be the result of changes for debugging or the code may simply be obsolete.

These else branches can be removed.

if (rand(1, 6) > 3) {
print "Check failed";
} else {
    //print "Check succeeded";
}

could be turned into

if (rand(1, 6) > 3) {
    print "Check failed";
}

This is much more concise to read.

This check looks from parameters that have been defined for a function or method, but which are not used in the method body.

This check looks from parameters that have been defined for a function or method, but which are not used in the method body.

This check looks for calls to methods that do not seem to exist on a given type. It looks for the method on the type itself as well as in inherited classes or implemented interfaces.

This is most likely a typographical error or the method has been renamed.

This check looks for calls to methods that do not seem to exist on a given type. It looks for the method on the type itself as well as in inherited classes or implemented interfaces.

This is most likely a typographical error or the method has been renamed.