Complex classes like Controller often do a lot of different things. To break such a class down, we need to identify a cohesive component within that class. A common approach to find such a component is to look for fields/methods that share the same prefixes, or suffixes. You can also have a look at the cohesion graph to spot any un-connected, or weakly-connected components.
Once you have determined the fields that belong together, you can apply the Extract Class refactoring. If the component makes sense as a sub-class, Extract Subclass is also a candidate, and is often faster.
While breaking up the class, it is a good idea to analyze how other classes use Controller, and based on these observations, apply Extract Interface, too.
| 1 | <?php  | 
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| 6 | class Controller  | 
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| 7 | { | 
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| 8 | /**  | 
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| 9 | * How long to store retrieved disk configuration for HTTP 304 header  | 
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| 10 | * from git information.  | 
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| 11 | */  | 
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| 12 | const GIT_MODIFIED_CONFIG_TTL = 600; // 10 minutes  | 
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| 13 | |||
| 14 | /**  | 
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| 15 | * The controller has to know the model to access the data stored there.  | 
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| 16 | * @var Model $model contains the Model object.  | 
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| 17 | */  | 
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| 18 | public $model;  | 
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| 19 | |||
| 20 | protected $negotiator;  | 
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| 21 | |||
| 22 | protected $languages;  | 
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| 23 | |||
| 24 | /**  | 
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| 25 | * Initializes the Model object.  | 
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| 26 | */  | 
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| 27 | public function __construct($model)  | 
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| 50 | /**  | 
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| 51 | * Sets the locale language properties from the parameter (used by gettext and some Model classes).  | 
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| 52 | * @param string $lang language parameter eg. 'fi' for Finnish.  | 
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| 53 | */  | 
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| 54 | public function setLanguageProperties($lang)  | 
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| 66 | /**  | 
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| 67 | * Negotiate a MIME type according to the proposed format, the list of valid  | 
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| 68 | * formats, and an optional proposed format.  | 
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| 69 | * As a side effect, set the HTTP Vary header if a choice was made based on  | 
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| 70 | * the Accept header.  | 
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| 71 | * @param array $choices possible MIME types as strings  | 
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| 72 | * @param string $accept HTTP Accept header value  | 
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| 73 | * @param string $format proposed format  | 
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| 74 | * @return string selected format, or null if negotiation failed  | 
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| 75 | */  | 
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| 76 | protected function negotiateFormat($choices, $accept, $format)  | 
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| 91 | private function isSecure()  | 
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| 92 |     { | 
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| 93 |         if ($protocol = filter_input(INPUT_SERVER, 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING)) { | 
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| 94 | return \in_array(strtolower($protocol), ['https', 'on', 'ssl', '1'], true);  | 
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| 95 | }  | 
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| 97 | return filter_input(INPUT_SERVER, 'HTTPS', FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING) !== null;  | 
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| 98 | }  | 
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| 99 | |||
| 100 | private function guessBaseHref()  | 
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| 118 | public function getBaseHref()  | 
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| 122 | |||
| 123 | /**  | 
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| 124 | * Creates Skosmos links from uris.  | 
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| 125 | * @param string $uri  | 
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| 126 | * @param Vocabulary $vocab  | 
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| 127 | * @param string $lang  | 
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| 128 | * @param string $type  | 
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| 129 | * @param string $clang content  | 
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| 130 | * @param string $term  | 
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| 131 | * @throws Exception if the vocabulary ID is not found in configuration  | 
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| 132 | * @return string containing the Skosmos link  | 
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| 133 | */  | 
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| 134 |     public function linkUrlFilter($uri, $vocab, $lang, $type = 'page', $clang = null, $term = null) { | 
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| 173 | /**  | 
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| 174 | * Echos an error message when the request can't be fulfilled.  | 
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| 175 | * @param string $code  | 
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| 176 | * @param string $status  | 
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| 177 | * @param string $message  | 
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| 178 | */  | 
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| 179 | protected function returnError($code, $status, $message)  | 
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| 186 | protected function notModified(Modifiable $modifiable = null)  | 
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| 196 | /**  | 
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| 197 | * Return the modified date.  | 
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| 198 | *  | 
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| 199 | * @param Modifiable $modifiable  | 
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| 200 | * @return DateTime|null  | 
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| 201 | */  | 
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| 202 | protected function getModifiedDate(Modifiable $modifiable = null)  | 
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| 203 |     { | 
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| 204 | $modified = null;  | 
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| 205 | $modifiedDate = $modifiable !== null ? $modifiable->getModifiedDate() : null;  | 
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| 206 | $gitModifiedDate = $this->getGitModifiedDate();  | 
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| 207 | $configModifiedDate = $this->getConfigModifiedDate();  | 
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| 209 | // max with an empty list raises an error and returns bool  | 
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| 210 |         if ($modifiedDate || $gitModifiedDate || $configModifiedDate) { | 
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| 211 | $modified = max($modifiedDate, $gitModifiedDate, $configModifiedDate);  | 
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| 212 | }  | 
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| 213 | return $modified;  | 
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| 214 | }  | 
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| 215 | |||
| 216 | /**  | 
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| 217 | * Return the datetime of the latest commit, or null if git is not available or if the command failed  | 
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| 218 | * to execute.  | 
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| 219 | *  | 
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| 220 | * @see https://stackoverflow.com/a/33986403  | 
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| 221 | * @return DateTime|null  | 
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| 222 | */  | 
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| 223 | protected function getGitModifiedDate()  | 
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| 243 | /**  | 
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| 244 | * Execute the git command and return a parsed date time, or null if the command failed.  | 
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| 245 | *  | 
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| 246 | * @param string $gitCommand git command line that returns a formatted date time  | 
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| 247 | * @return DateTime|null  | 
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| 248 | */  | 
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| 249 | protected function executeGitModifiedDateCommand($gitCommand)  | 
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| 260 | /**  | 
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| 261 | * Return the datetime of the modified time of the config file. This value is read in the GlobalConfig  | 
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| 262 | * for every request, so we simply access that value and if not null, we will return a datetime. Otherwise,  | 
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| 263 | * we return a null value.  | 
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| 264 | *  | 
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| 265 | * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.filemtime.php  | 
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| 266 | * @return DateTime|null  | 
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| 267 | */  | 
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| 268 | protected function getConfigModifiedDate()  | 
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| 278 | /**  | 
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| 279 | * If the $modifiedDate is a valid DateTime, and if the $_SERVER variable contains the right info, and  | 
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| 280 | * if the $modifiedDate is not more recent than the latest value in $_SERVER, then this function sets the  | 
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| 281 | * HTTP 304 not modified and returns true..  | 
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| 282 | *  | 
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| 283 | * If the $modifiedDate is still valid, then it sets the Last-Modified header, to be used by the browser for  | 
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| 284 | * subsequent requests, and returns false.  | 
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| 285 | *  | 
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| 286 | * Otherwise, it returns false.  | 
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| 287 | *  | 
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| 288 | * @param DateTime|null $modifiedDate the last modified date to be compared against server's modified since information  | 
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| 289 | * @return bool whether it sent the HTTP 304 not modified headers or not (useful for sending the response without  | 
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| 290 | * further actions)  | 
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| 291 | */  | 
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| 292 | protected function sendNotModifiedHeader($modifiedDate): bool  | 
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| 305 | /**  | 
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| 306 | * @return DateTime|null a DateTime object if the value exists in the $_SERVER variable, null otherwise  | 
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| 307 | */  | 
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| 308 | protected function getIfModifiedSince()  | 
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| 318 | /**  | 
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| 319 | * Sends HTTP headers. Simply calls PHP built-in header function. But being  | 
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| 320 | * a function here, it can easily be tested/mocked.  | 
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| 321 | *  | 
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| 322 | * @param $header string header to be sent  | 
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| 323 | */  | 
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| 324 | protected function sendHeader($header)  | 
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| 328 | }  | 
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| 329 | 
This check looks for variable assignements that are either overwritten by other assignments or where the variable is not used subsequently.
Both the
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