The variable $dirty does not seem to be defined for all execution paths leading up to this point.
If you define a variable conditionally, it can happen that it is not defined
for all execution paths.
Let’s take a look at an example:
functionmyFunction($a){switch($a){case'foo':$x=1;break;case'bar':$x=2;break;}// $x is potentially undefined here.echo$x;}
In the above example, the variable $x is defined if you pass “foo” or “bar”
as argument for $a. However, since the switch statement has no default
case statement, if you pass any other value, the variable $x would be undefined.
Available Fixes
Check for existence of the variable explicitly:
functionmyFunction($a){switch($a){case'foo':$x=1;break;case'bar':$x=2;break;}if(isset($x)){// Make sure it's always set.echo$x;}}
Define a default value for the variable:
functionmyFunction($a){$x='';// Set a default which gets overridden for certain paths.switch($a){case'foo':$x=1;break;case'bar':$x=2;break;}echo$x;}
Add a value for the missing path:
functionmyFunction($a){switch($a){case'foo':$x=1;break;case'bar':$x=2;break;// We add support for the missing case.default:$x='';break;}echo$x;}
The call to the method ElementalSolrIndexer::publishDirtyClones() seems un-needed as the method has no side-effects.
PHP Analyzer performs a side-effects analysis of your code. A side-effect is
basically anything that might be visible after the scope of the method is left.
If we look at the getEmail() method, we can see that it has no side-effect.
Whether you call this method or not, no future calls to other methods are affected
by this. As such code as the following is useless:
$user=newUser();$user->getEmail();// This line could safely be removed as it has no effect.
On the hand, if we look at the setEmail(), this method _has_ side-effects.
In the following case, we could not remove the method call:
$user=newUser();$user->setEmail('email@domain');// This line has a side-effect (it changes an// instance variable).
This foreach statement is empty and can be removed.
This check looks for foreach loops that have no statements or where all statements
have been commented out. This may be the result of changes for debugging or the code
may simply be obsolete.
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.