Complex classes like Request 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 Request, and based on these observations, apply Extract Interface, too.
| 1 | <?php  | 
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| 20 | class Request  | 
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| 21 | { | 
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| 22 | /** @var string The HTTP method (commonly GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD) */  | 
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| 23 | public $method = '';  | 
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| 24 | |||
| 25 | /**  | 
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| 26 | * @var array A numeric array containing valid URL parameters. For a route  | 
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| 27 | * path like /users/*, a Request for /users/alganet should have an array  | 
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| 28 | * equivalent to ['alganet']  | 
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| 29 | */  | 
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| 30 | public $params = array();  | 
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| 31 | |||
| 32 | /** @var AbstractRoute A route matched for this request */  | 
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| 33 | public $route;  | 
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| 34 | |||
| 35 | /** @var string The called URI */  | 
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| 36 | public $uri = '';  | 
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| 37 | |||
| 38 | /**  | 
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| 39 | * @param string $method The HTTP method  | 
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| 40 | * @param string $uri The called URI  | 
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| 41 | */  | 
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| 42 | 130 | public function __construct($method = null, $uri = null)  | 
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| 43 |     { | 
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| 44 | //Tries to infer request variables only if null  | 
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| 45 | 130 |         if (is_null($method)) { | 
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| 46 | 5 | $method = isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])  | 
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| 47 | 5 | ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']  | 
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| 48 | 5 | : 'GET';  | 
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| 49 | 5 | }  | 
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| 50 | |||
| 51 | 130 |         if (is_null($uri)) { | 
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| 52 | 6 | $uri = isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])  | 
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| 53 | 6 | ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']  | 
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| 54 | 6 | : '/';  | 
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| 55 | 6 | }  | 
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| 57 | 130 | $uri = parse_url($uri, PHP_URL_PATH);  | 
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| 58 | 130 | $this->uri = rtrim($uri, ' /'); //We always ignore the last /  | 
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| 59 | 130 | $this->method = strtoupper($method); //normalizing the HTTP method  | 
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| 60 | 130 | }  | 
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| 61 | |||
| 62 | /**  | 
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| 63 | * Converting this request to string dispatch  | 
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| 64 | */  | 
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| 65 | 7 | public function __toString()  | 
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| 70 | /**  | 
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| 71 | * Declares an error handler for a single Router::errorRoute instance on the  | 
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| 72 | * fly before dispatching the request, so the application can capture the  | 
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| 73 | * errors. These are cleaned after dispatching by forwardErrors()  | 
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| 74 | *  | 
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| 75 | * @see Respect\Rest\Request::forwardErrors  | 
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| 76 | * @see http://php.net/set_error_handler  | 
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| 77 | *  | 
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| 78 | * @return mixed The previous error handler  | 
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| 79 | */  | 
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| 80 | 111 | protected function prepareForErrorForwards()  | 
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| 93 | /**  | 
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| 94 | * Iterates over routines to find instances of  | 
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| 95 | * Respect\Rest\Routines\ProxyableBy and call them, forwarding if  | 
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| 96 | * necessary  | 
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| 97 | *  | 
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| 98 | * @see Respect\Rest\Routines\ProxyableBy  | 
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| 99 | * @see Respect\Rest\Request::routineCall  | 
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| 100 | *  | 
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| 101 | * @return mixed A route forwarding or false  | 
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| 102 | */  | 
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| 103 | 111 | protected function processPreRoutines()  | 
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| 126 | /**  | 
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| 127 | * Iterates over routines to find instances of  | 
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| 128 | * Respect\Rest\Routines\ProxyableThrough and call them, forwarding if  | 
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| 129 | * necessary  | 
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| 130 | *  | 
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| 131 | * @see Respect\Rest\Routines\ProxyableThrough  | 
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| 132 | * @see Respect\Rest\Request::routineCall  | 
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| 133 | *  | 
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| 134 | * @return mixed A route forwarding or false  | 
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| 135 | */  | 
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| 136 | 105 | protected function processPosRoutines($response)  | 
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| 165 | |||
| 166 | /**  | 
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| 167 | * Restores the previous error handler if present then check error routes  | 
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| 168 | * for logged errors, forwarding them or returning null silently  | 
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| 169 | *  | 
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| 170 | * @param mixed $errorHandler Some error handler (internal or external to  | 
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| 171 | * Respect)  | 
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| 172 | *  | 
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| 173 | * @return mixed A route forwarding or a silent null  | 
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| 174 | */  | 
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| 175 | 105 | protected function forwardErrors($errorHandler)  | 
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| 192 | /**  | 
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| 193 | * Does a catch-like operation on an exception based on previously  | 
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| 194 | * declared instances from Router::exceptionRoute  | 
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| 195 | *  | 
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| 196 | * @param Exception $e Any exception  | 
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| 197 | *  | 
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| 198 | * @return mixed A route forwarding or a silent null  | 
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| 199 | */  | 
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| 200 | 2 | protected function catchExceptions($e)  | 
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| 216 | /**  | 
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| 217 | * Generates and returns the response from the current route  | 
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| 218 | *  | 
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| 219 | * @return string A response!  | 
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| 220 | */  | 
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| 221 | 115 | public function response()  | 
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| 261 | |||
| 262 | /**  | 
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| 263 | * Calls a routine on the current route and returns its result  | 
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| 264 | *  | 
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| 265 | * @param string $type The name of the routine (accept, when, etc)  | 
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| 266 | * @param string $method The method name (GET, HEAD, POST, etc)  | 
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| 267 | * @param Routinable $routine Some routine instance  | 
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| 268 | * @param array $params Params from the routine  | 
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| 269 | *  | 
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| 270 | * @return mixed Whatever the routine returns  | 
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| 271 | */  | 
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| 272 | 54 | public function routineCall($type, $method, Routinable $routine, &$params)  | 
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| 296 | /**  | 
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| 297 | * Extracts a parameter value from the current route  | 
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| 298 | *  | 
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| 299 | * @param ReflectionFunctionAbstract $callback Any function reflection  | 
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| 300 | * @param ReflectionParameter $routeParam Any parameter reflection  | 
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| 301 | * @param array $params Request URI params  | 
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| 302 | *  | 
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| 303 | * @return mixed a value from the reflected param  | 
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| 304 | */  | 
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| 305 | 10 | protected function extractRouteParam(  | 
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| 327 | /**  | 
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| 328 | * Forwards a route  | 
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| 329 | *  | 
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| 330 | * @param AbstractRoute $route Any route  | 
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| 331 | *  | 
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| 332 | * @return Response from the forwarded route  | 
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| 333 | */  | 
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| 334 | 5 | public function forward(AbstractRoute $route)  | 
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| 340 | }  | 
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| 341 | 
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: