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Small methods make your code easier to understand, in particular if combined with a good name. Besides, if your method is small, finding a good name is usually much easier.
For example, if you find yourself adding comments to a method's body, this is usually a good sign to extract the commented part to a new method, and use the comment as a starting point when coming up with a good name for this new method.
Commonly applied refactorings include:
If many parameters/temporary variables are present:
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| 15 | if (!$this->modifiable || (0 === $this->id)) return false;  | 
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| 17 | # Check if entity is removable  | 
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| 19 | if (static::$super && ($this->id === 1)) return false;  | 
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| 21 | if (static::$nesting && (0 !== $this->subtreeCount())) return false;  | 
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| 23 | # Remove entity  | 
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| 25 | DB::delete(static::$table, ['id' => $this->id]);  | 
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| 27 | if (!(DB::last() && DB::last()->status)) return false;  | 
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| 29 | # Uncache entity  | 
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| 31 | 			if ((self::$cache[static::$table][$this->id] ?? null) === $this) { | 
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| 33 | unset(self::$cache[static::$table][$this->id]);  | 
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| 34 | }  | 
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| 36 | # Reset data  | 
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| 38 | $this->data = $this->definition->cast([], true);  | 
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| 40 | if (static::$nesting) $this->data['parent_id'] = 0;  | 
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| 42 | # Implement entity  | 
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| 44 | $this->implement();  | 
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| 46 | # ------------------------  | 
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| 48 | return true;  | 
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| 49 | }  | 
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| 50 | }  | 
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In PHP it is possible to write to properties without declaring them. For example, the following is perfectly valid PHP code:
Generally, it is a good practice to explictly declare properties to avoid accidental typos and provide IDE auto-completion: