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:
| 1 | <?php | ||
| 13 | class CategoryTerm extends HierarchicalTerm | ||
| 14 | { | ||
| 15 | public $templateFile = '@nkostadinov/taxonomy/migrations/template/category.php'; | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | /** | ||
| 18 | * Assigns terms to an object. | ||
| 19 | * | ||
| 20 | * @param integer $object_id | ||
| 21 | * @param integer|array $params The ID/IDs of the term/terms that need to be assigned. Can be integer or array of integers. | ||
| 22 | * @return An array with the currently assigned TaxonomyTerms. | ||
| 23 | */ | ||
| 24 | public function addTerm($object_id, $params) | ||
| 46 | |||
| 47 | /** | ||
| 48 | * Removes terms from an object. | ||
| 49 | * | ||
| 50 | * @param integer $object_id The id of the object. | ||
| 51 | * @param array|integer $params An array of term IDs or term ID. | ||
| 52 | * @return An array with the TaxonomyTerms objects that were removed. | ||
| 53 | */ | ||
| 54 | public function removeTerm($object_id, $params = []) | ||
| 77 | |||
| 78 | /** | ||
| 79 | * Overwrites the existing terms of the object, but only with the children of the given parents. | ||
| 80 | * | ||
| 81 | * $params is an array in the form [$parent_id => [$children], $parent_id2 => [$children2]]. | ||
| 82 | * The children of those parents will replace the existing terms where the given object is assigned. | ||
| 83 | * | ||
| 84 | * @param integer $object_id The object id whose terms are changed. | ||
| 85 | * @param array $params The replacement | ||
| 86 | * @return An array with the TaxonomyTerms set | ||
| 87 | */ | ||
| 88 | public function setTerms($object_id, $params = []) | ||
| 100 | |||
| 101 | /** | ||
| 102 | * Creates a new category with the following specifics: | ||
| 103 | * - If $parent is string - creates a root category without any children. | ||
| 104 | * - If parent is integer (meaning an id of a term) and: | ||
| 105 | * - $children is string - creates new category and assigns it to that parent; | ||
| 106 | * - $children is array of strings - creates new categories and assigns them to that parent; | ||
| 107 | * | ||
| 108 | * @param string|integer $parent | ||
| 109 | * @param string|array $children | ||
| 110 | * @return TaxonomyTerms|array Returns the objects created | ||
| 111 | * @throws InvalidParamException If a parameter of a wrong type is given | ||
| 112 | * @throws NotFoundHttpException If a parent with a given id is not found | ||
| 113 | */ | ||
| 114 | public function createCategory($parent, $children = []) | ||
| 150 | |||
| 151 | /** | ||
| 152 | * @param integer $termId | ||
| 153 | * @return TaxonomyTerms | ||
| 154 | */ | ||
| 155 | public function getParent($termId) | ||
| 164 | |||
| 165 | /** | ||
| 166 | * @param integer $termId | ||
| 167 | * @return boolean | ||
| 168 | */ | ||
| 169 | public function hasParent($termId) | ||
| 173 | |||
| 174 | /** | ||
| 175 | * @param integer $termId | ||
| 176 | * @return array An array of TaxonomyTerms | ||
| 177 | */ | ||
| 178 | public function getChildren($termId) | ||
| 182 | |||
| 183 | /** | ||
| 184 | * @param integer $termId | ||
| 185 | * @return boolean | ||
| 186 | */ | ||
| 187 | public function hasChildren($termId) | ||
| 193 | } | ||
| 194 | 
Adding an explicit array definition is generally preferable to implicit array definition as it guarantees a stable state of the code.
Let’s take a look at an example:
As you can see in this example, the array
$myArrayis initialized the first time when the foreach loop is entered. You can also see that the value of thebarkey is only written conditionally; thus, its value might result from a previous iteration.This might or might not be intended. To make your intention clear, your code more readible and to avoid accidental bugs, we recommend to add an explicit initialization $myArray = array() either outside or inside the foreach loop.