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:
This code seems to be duplicated across your project.
Duplicated code is one of the most pungent code smells. If you need to duplicate
the same code in three or more different places, we strongly encourage you to
look into extracting the code into a single class or operation.
You can also find more detailed suggestions in the “Code” section of your repository.
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: