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 | abstract class Enum  | 
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| 9 | /** @var Enum[] */  | 
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| 10 | private static $instances = [];  | 
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| 11 | /** @var \ReflectionClassConstant[] */  | 
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| 12 | private static $constReflections = [];  | 
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| 13 | /** @var \ReflectionClass[] */  | 
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| 14 | private static $reflections = [];  | 
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| 15 | /** @var string */  | 
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| 16 | private $name;  | 
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| 19 | * @param string $name  | 
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| 21 | 3 | final private function __construct(string $name)  | 
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| 27 | * Creates enum instance by name  | 
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| 28 | *  | 
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| 29 | * @param string $name  | 
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| 30 | *  | 
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| 31 | * @return static  | 
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| 32 | *  | 
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| 33 | * @throws EnumException  | 
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| 35 | 8 | final public static function createByName(string $name)  | 
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| 53 | * Creates enum instance with short static constructor  | 
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| 54 | *  | 
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| 55 | * @param string $name  | 
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| 56 | * @param array $arguments  | 
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| 58 | * @return static  | 
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| 59 | *  | 
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| 60 | * @throws EnumException  | 
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| 61 | */  | 
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| 62 | 7 | final public static function __callStatic(string $name, array $arguments)  | 
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| 67 | 8 | public static function getConstList(): array  | 
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| 84 | 6 | private static function getConstKey(string $class, string $name): string  | 
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| 89 | 6 | private static function findParentClassForConst(string $name): string  | 
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| 94 | 8 | private static function getEnumReflection(string $class): \ReflectionClass  | 
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| 109 | /**  | 
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| 110 | * Create named enum instance  | 
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| 111 | *  | 
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| 112 | * @param string $name  | 
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| 113 | *  | 
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| 114 | * @return static  | 
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| 116 | 6 | View Code Duplication | private static function createNamedInstance(string $name)  | 
            
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| 129 | 1 | final public function getName(): string  | 
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| 135 |      * {@inheritdoc} | 
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| 137 | 1 | final public function __toString(): string  | 
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| 141 | }  | 
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Let’s assume you have a class which uses late-static binding:
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The code above will run fine in your PHP runtime. However, if you now create a sub-class and call the
getSomeVariable()on that sub-class, you will receive a runtime error:In the case above, it makes sense to update
SomeClassto useselfinstead: