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 Access | ||
| 8 | { | ||
| 9 | use SplitPathTrait; | ||
| 10 | use ValueTrait; | ||
| 11 | |||
| 12 | /** | ||
| 13 | * Set an array item to a given value using "dot" notation. | ||
| 14 | * | ||
| 15 | * If no key is given to the method, the entire array will be replaced. | ||
| 16 | * | ||
| 17 | * @param array $array | ||
| 18 | * @param string $key | ||
| 19 | * @param mixed $value | ||
| 20 | * | ||
| 21 | * @return array | ||
| 22 | */ | ||
| 23 | public function set(array &$array, $key, $value) | ||
| 48 | |||
| 49 | /** | ||
| 50 | * Add an element to an array if it doesn't exist. | ||
| 51 | * | ||
| 52 | * @param array $array | ||
| 53 | * @param string $key | ||
| 54 | * @param string $value | ||
| 55 | * | ||
| 56 | * @return array | ||
| 57 | */ | ||
| 58 | public function add(array $array, $key, $value) | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | /** | ||
| 68 | * Get an item from an array using "dot" notation. | ||
| 69 | * | ||
| 70 | * @param array $array | ||
| 71 | * @param string|callable $key | ||
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| 72 | * @param mixed $default | ||
| 73 | * | ||
| 74 | * @return mixed | ||
| 75 | */ | ||
| 76 | public function get(array $array, $key = null, $default = null) | ||
| 96 | |||
| 97 | /** | ||
| 98 | * Check if an item exists in an array using "dot" notation. | ||
| 99 | * | ||
| 100 | * @param array $array | ||
| 101 | * @param string $key | ||
| 102 | * | ||
| 103 | * @return bool | ||
| 104 | */ | ||
| 105 | public function has(array $array, $key) | ||
| 125 | |||
| 126 | /** | ||
| 127 | * Updates data at the given path. | ||
| 128 | * | ||
| 129 | * @param array $array | ||
| 130 | * @param array|string $key | ||
| 131 | * @param callable $cb Callback to update the value. | ||
| 132 | * | ||
| 133 | * @return mixed Updated data. | ||
| 134 | */ | ||
| 135 | public function update(array $array, $key, callable $cb) | ||
| 152 | |||
| 153 | /** | ||
| 154 | * Remove one or many array items from a given array using "dot" notation. | ||
| 155 | * | ||
| 156 | * @param array $array | ||
| 157 | * @param array|string $keys | ||
| 158 | */ | ||
| 159 | public function forget(array &$array, $keys) | ||
| 187 | |||
| 188 | /** | ||
| 189 | * Get all of the given array except for a specified array of items. | ||
| 190 | * | ||
| 191 | * @param array $array | ||
| 192 | * @param string[] $keys | ||
| 193 | * | ||
| 194 | * @return array | ||
| 195 | */ | ||
| 196 | public function except($array, $keys) | ||
| 202 | } | ||
| 203 | 
This check looks for
@paramannotations where the type inferred by our type inference engine differs from the declared type.It makes a suggestion as to what type it considers more descriptive. In addition it looks for parameters that have the generic type
arrayand suggests a stricter type likearray<String>.Most often this is a case of a parameter that can be null in addition to its declared types.