Complex classes like Categories 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 Categories, and based on these observations, apply Extract Interface, too.
| 1 | <?php  | 
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| 20 | class Categories extends CiiModel  | 
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| 21 | {
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| 22 | public $pageSize = 15;  | 
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| 23 | |||
| 24 | public $description = NULL;  | 
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| 25 | |||
| 26 | public $keywords = array();  | 
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| 27 | |||
| 28 | /**  | 
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| 29 | * Returns the static model of the specified AR class.  | 
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| 30 | * @param string $className active record class name.  | 
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| 31 | * @return Categories the static model class  | 
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| 32 | */  | 
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| 33 | public static function model($className=__CLASS__)  | 
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| 37 | |||
| 38 | /**  | 
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| 39 | * @return string the associated database table name  | 
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| 40 | */  | 
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| 41 | public function tableName()  | 
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| 45 | |||
| 46 | /**  | 
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| 47 | * @return array validation rules for model attributes.  | 
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| 48 | */  | 
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| 49 | public function rules()  | 
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| 50 | 	{
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| 51 | // NOTE: you should only define rules for those attributes that  | 
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| 52 | // will receive user inputs.  | 
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| 53 | return array(  | 
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| 54 | 			array('parent_id, name', 'required'),
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| 55 | 			array('parent_id', 'numerical', 'integerOnly'=>true),
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| 56 | 			array('name, slug', 'length', 'max'=>150),
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| 57 | // The following rule is used by search().  | 
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| 58 | // Please remove those attributes that should not be searched.  | 
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| 59 | 			array('id, parent_id, name, slug', 'safe', 'on'=>'search'),
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| 60 | );  | 
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| 61 | }  | 
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| 62 | |||
| 63 | /**  | 
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| 64 | * @return array relational rules.  | 
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| 65 | */  | 
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| 66 | public function relations()  | 
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| 76 | |||
| 77 | /**  | 
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| 78 | * @return array customized attribute labels (name=>label)  | 
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| 79 | */  | 
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| 80 | public function attributeLabels()  | 
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| 92 | |||
| 93 | public function getDescription()  | 
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| 94 | 	{
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| 95 | 		$this->description = CategoriesMetadata::model()->findByAttributes(array('category_id' => $this->id, 'key' => 'description'));
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| 96 | if ($this->description == null || $this->description == false)  | 
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| 97 | return NULL;  | 
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| 98 | |||
| 99 | $this->description = $this->description->value;  | 
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| 100 | return $this->description;  | 
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| 101 | }  | 
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| 102 | |||
| 103 | /**  | 
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| 104 | * Retrieves a list of models based on the current search/filter conditions.  | 
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| 105 | * @return CActiveDataProvider the data provider that can return the models based on the search/filter conditions.  | 
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| 106 | */  | 
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| 107 | public function search()  | 
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| 108 | 	{
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| 109 | $criteria=new CDbCriteria;  | 
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| 110 | |||
| 111 | 		$criteria->compare('id',$this->id);
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| 112 | 		$criteria->compare('parent_id',$this->parent_id);
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| 113 | 		$criteria->compare('name',$this->name,true);
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| 114 | 		$criteria->compare('slug',$this->slug,true);
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| 115 | 		$criteria->compare('created',$this->created,true);
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| 116 | 		$criteria->compare('updated',$this->updated,true);
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| 117 | $criteria->order = "id DESC";  | 
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| 118 | |||
| 119 | return new CActiveDataProvider($this, array(  | 
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| 120 | 'criteria' => $criteria,  | 
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| 121 | 'pagination' => array(  | 
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| 122 | 'pageSize' => $this->pageSize  | 
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| 123 | )  | 
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| 124 | ));  | 
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| 125 | }  | 
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| 126 | |||
| 127 | /**  | 
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| 128 | * Gets keyword tags for this entry  | 
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| 129 | * @return array  | 
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| 130 | */  | 
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| 131 | public function getKeywords()  | 
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| 132 | 	{
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| 133 | 		$tags = CategoriesMetadata::model()->findByAttributes(array('category_id' => $this->id, 'key' => 'keywords'));
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| 134 | return $tags === NULL ? array() : CJSON::decode($tags->value);  | 
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| 135 | }  | 
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| 136 | |||
| 137 | /**  | 
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| 138 | * Adds a tag to the model  | 
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| 139 | * @param string $tag The tag to add  | 
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| 140 | * @return bool If the insert was successful or not  | 
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| 141 | */  | 
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| 142 | public function addKeyword($tag)  | 
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| 143 | 	{
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| 144 | $tags = $this->keywords;  | 
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| 145 | if (in_array($tag, $tags) || $tag == "")  | 
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| 146 | return false;  | 
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| 147 | |||
| 148 | $tags[] = $tag;  | 
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| 149 | $tags = CJSON::encode($tags);  | 
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| 150 | 		$metaTag = CategoriesMetadata::model()->findByAttributes(array('category_id' => $this->id, 'key' => 'keywords'));
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| 151 | if ($metaTag == false || $metaTag == NULL)  | 
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| 152 | 		{
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| 153 | $metaTag = new CategoriestMetadata;  | 
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| 154 | $metaTag->content_id = $this->id;  | 
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| 155 | $metaTag->key = 'keywords';  | 
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| 156 | }  | 
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| 157 | |||
| 158 | $metaTag->value = $tags;  | 
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| 159 | return $metaTag->save();  | 
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| 160 | }  | 
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| 161 | |||
| 162 | /**  | 
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| 163 | * Removes a tag from the model  | 
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| 164 | * @param string $tag The tag to remove  | 
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| 165 | * @return bool If the removal was successful  | 
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| 166 | */  | 
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| 167 | public function removeKeyword($tag)  | 
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| 168 | 	{
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| 169 | $tags = $this->keywords;  | 
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| 170 | if (!in_array($tag, $tags) || $tag == "")  | 
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| 171 | return false;  | 
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| 172 | |||
| 173 | $key = array_search($tag, $tags);  | 
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| 174 | unset($tags[$key]);  | 
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| 175 | $tags = CJSON::encode($tags);  | 
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| 177 | 		$metaTag = CategoryMetadata::model()->findByAttributes(array('category_id' => $this->id, 'key' => 'keywords'));
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| 178 | $metaTag->value = $tags;  | 
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| 179 | return $metaTag->save();  | 
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| 180 | }  | 
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| 181 | |||
| 182 | /**  | 
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| 183 | * Verifies the slug before validating the model  | 
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| 184 | */  | 
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| 185 | public function beforeValidate()  | 
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| 192 | /**  | 
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| 193 | * Flushes URL data from the cache before the model is updated  | 
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| 194 | */  | 
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| 195 | public function afterSave()  | 
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| 196 | 	{
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| 197 | 		$meta = CategoriesMetadata::model()->findByAttributes(array('category_id' => $this->id, 'key' => 'description'));
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| 214 | /**  | 
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| 215 | * Automatically corrects parent tree issues that arise when a parent category node  | 
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| 216 | * is deleted.  | 
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| 217 | * @return boolean  | 
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| 218 | */  | 
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| 219 | public function beforeDelete()  | 
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| 258 | /**  | 
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| 259 | * Retrieves the parent categories for a given category_id  | 
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| 260 | * @param int $id  | 
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| 261 | * @return array  | 
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| 262 | */  | 
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| 263 | public function getParentCategories($id)  | 
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| 276 | /**  | 
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| 277 | * Recursive callback for retrieving parent categories  | 
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| 278 | * @param int $id The category we're seeking  | 
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| 279 | * @param array $stack A stack to hold the entire tree  | 
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| 280 | * @return array  | 
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| 281 | */  | 
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| 282 | private function _getParentCategories($all_categories, $id, array $stack = array())  | 
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| 297 | /**  | 
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| 298 | * checkSlug - Recursive method to verify that the slug can be used  | 
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| 299 | * This method is purposfuly declared here to so that Content::findByPk is used instead of CiiModel::findByPk  | 
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| 300 | * @param string $slug - the slug to be checked  | 
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| 301 | * @param int $id - the numeric id to be appended to the slug if a conflict exists  | 
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| 302 | * @return string $slug - the final slug to be used  | 
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| 303 | */  | 
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| 304 | public function checkSlug($slug, $id=NULL)  | 
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| 337 | }  | 
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| 338 | 
You can fix this by adding a namespace to your class:
When choosing a vendor namespace, try to pick something that is not too generic to avoid conflicts with other libraries.