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 | ||
| 19 | class PHPCompatibility_Sniffs_PHP_NewInterfacesSniff extends PHPCompatibility_AbstractNewFeatureSniff | ||
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| 20 | { | ||
| 21 | |||
| 22 | /** | ||
| 23 | * A list of new interfaces, not present in older versions. | ||
| 24 | * | ||
| 25 | * The array lists : version number with false (not present) or true (present). | ||
| 26 | * If's sufficient to list the first version where the interface appears. | ||
| 27 | * | ||
| 28 | * @var array(string => array(string => int|string|null)) | ||
| 29 | */ | ||
| 30 | protected $newInterfaces = array( | ||
| 31 | 'Traversable' => array( | ||
| 32 | '4.4' => false, | ||
| 33 | '5.0' => true | ||
| 34 | ), | ||
| 35 | |||
| 36 | 'Countable' => array( | ||
| 37 | '5.0' => false, | ||
| 38 | '5.1' => true | ||
| 39 | ), | ||
| 40 | 'OuterIterator' => array( | ||
| 41 | '5.0' => false, | ||
| 42 | '5.1' => true | ||
| 43 | ), | ||
| 44 | 'RecursiveIterator' => array( | ||
| 45 | '5.0' => false, | ||
| 46 | '5.1' => true | ||
| 47 | ), | ||
| 48 | 'SeekableIterator' => array( | ||
| 49 | '5.0' => false, | ||
| 50 | '5.1' => true | ||
| 51 | ), | ||
| 52 | 'Serializable' => array( | ||
| 53 | '5.0' => false, | ||
| 54 | '5.1' => true, | ||
| 55 | ), | ||
| 56 | 'SplObserver' => array( | ||
| 57 | '5.0' => false, | ||
| 58 | '5.1' => true | ||
| 59 | ), | ||
| 60 | 'SplSubject' => array( | ||
| 61 | '5.0' => false, | ||
| 62 | '5.1' => true | ||
| 63 | ), | ||
| 64 | |||
| 65 | 'JsonSerializable' => array( | ||
| 66 | '5.3' => false, | ||
| 67 | '5.4' => true | ||
| 68 | ), | ||
| 69 | 'SessionHandlerInterface' => array( | ||
| 70 | '5.3' => false, | ||
| 71 | '5.4' => true | ||
| 72 | ), | ||
| 73 | |||
| 74 | 'DateTimeInterface' => array( | ||
| 75 | '5.4' => false, | ||
| 76 | '5.5' => true | ||
| 77 | ), | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | 'Throwable' => array( | ||
| 80 | '5.6' => false, | ||
| 81 | '7.0' => true | ||
| 82 | ), | ||
| 83 | |||
| 84 | ); | ||
| 85 | |||
| 86 | /** | ||
| 87 | * A list of methods which cannot be used in combination with particular interfaces. | ||
| 88 | * | ||
| 89 | * @var array(string => array(string => string)) | ||
| 90 | */ | ||
| 91 | protected $unsupportedMethods = array( | ||
| 92 | 'Serializable' => array( | ||
| 93 | '__sleep' => 'http://php.net/serializable', | ||
| 94 | '__wakeup' => 'http://php.net/serializable', | ||
| 95 | ), | ||
| 96 | ); | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | /** | ||
| 99 | * Returns an array of tokens this test wants to listen for. | ||
| 100 | * | ||
| 101 | * @return array | ||
| 102 | */ | ||
| 103 | public function register() | ||
| 122 | |||
| 123 | |||
| 124 | /** | ||
| 125 | * Processes this test, when one of its tokens is encountered. | ||
| 126 | * | ||
| 127 | * @param PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile The file being scanned. | ||
| 128 | * @param int $stackPtr The position of the current token in | ||
| 129 | * the stack passed in $tokens. | ||
| 130 | * | ||
| 131 | * @return void | ||
| 132 | */ | ||
| 133 | public function process(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr) | ||
| 154 | |||
| 155 | |||
| 156 | /** | ||
| 157 | * Processes this test for when a class token is encountered. | ||
| 158 | * | ||
| 159 | * - Detect classes implementing the new interfaces. | ||
| 160 | * - Detect classes implementing the new interfaces with unsupported functions. | ||
| 161 | * | ||
| 162 | * @param PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile The file being scanned. | ||
| 163 | * @param int $stackPtr The position of the current token in | ||
| 164 | * the stack passed in $tokens. | ||
| 165 | * | ||
| 166 | * @return void | ||
| 167 | */ | ||
| 168 | private function processClassToken(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr) | ||
| 219 | |||
| 220 | |||
| 221 | /** | ||
| 222 | * Processes this test for when a function token is encountered. | ||
| 223 | * | ||
| 224 | * - Detect new interfaces when used as a type hint. | ||
| 225 | * | ||
| 226 | * @param PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile The file being scanned. | ||
| 227 | * @param int $stackPtr The position of the current token in | ||
| 228 | * the stack passed in $tokens. | ||
| 229 | * | ||
| 230 | * @return void | ||
| 231 | */ | ||
| 232 | private function processFunctionToken(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr) | ||
| 252 | |||
| 253 | |||
| 254 | /** | ||
| 255 | * Get the relevant sub-array for a specific item from a multi-dimensional array. | ||
| 256 | * | ||
| 257 | * @param array $itemInfo Base information about the item. | ||
| 258 | * | ||
| 259 | * @return array Version and other information about the item. | ||
| 260 | */ | ||
| 261 | public function getItemArray(array $itemInfo) | ||
| 265 | |||
| 266 | |||
| 267 | /** | ||
| 268 | * Get the error message template for this sniff. | ||
| 269 | * | ||
| 270 | * @return string | ||
| 271 | */ | ||
| 272 | protected function getErrorMsgTemplate() | ||
| 276 | |||
| 277 | |||
| 278 | }//end class | ||
| 279 | 
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.