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:
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| 7 | class SessionCacheEngine implements CacheEngineInterface  | 
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| 10 | protected $prefix = null;  | 
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| 13 | * SessionCacheEngine constructor.  | 
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| 15 | * @param string $prefix  | 
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| 17 | public function __construct($prefix = 'cache')  | 
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| 23 | protected function checkSession()  | 
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| 30 | protected function keyName($key)  | 
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| 35 | public function append($key, $str)  | 
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| 49 | View Code Duplication | public function get($key, $ttl = 0)  | 
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| 62 | public function lock($key)  | 
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| 69 | View Code Duplication | public function release($key)  | 
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| 80 | public function set($key, $object, $ttl = 0)  | 
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| 88 | public function unlock($key)  | 
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| 95 | public function isAvailable()  | 
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It seems like the type of the argument is not accepted by the function/method which you are calling.
In some cases, in particular if PHP’s automatic type-juggling kicks in this might be fine. In other cases, however this might be a bug.
We suggest to add an explicit type cast like in the following example: