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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| 12 | class PlayOffTreeGen extends TreeGen  | 
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| 16 | /**  | 
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| 17 | * Calculate the Byes need to fill the Championship Tree.  | 
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| 18 | * @param Championship $championship  | 
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| 19 | * @param $fighters  | 
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| 20 | * @return Collection  | 
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| 21 | */  | 
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| 22 | protected function getByeGroup($fighters)  | 
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| 32 | /**  | 
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| 33 | * Save Groups with their parent info  | 
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| 34 | * @param integer $numRounds  | 
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| 35 | * @param $numFightersElim  | 
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| 36 | */  | 
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| 37 | View Code Duplication | protected function pushGroups($numRounds, $numFightersElim)  | 
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| 52 | * Create empty groups for direct Elimination Tree  | 
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| 53 | * @param $numFighters  | 
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| 54 | */  | 
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| 55 | public function pushEmptyGroupsToTree($numFighters)  | 
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| 63 | /**  | 
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| 64 | * Chunk Fighters into groups for fighting, and optionnaly shuffle  | 
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| 65 | * @param $round  | 
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| 66 | * @param $fightersByEntity  | 
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| 67 | * @return mixed  | 
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| 68 | */  | 
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| 69 | protected function chunkAndShuffle($round, $fightersByEntity)  | 
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| 82 | /**  | 
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| 83 | * Generate First Round Fights  | 
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| 84 | */  | 
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| 85 | public function generateFights()  | 
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| 101 | /**  | 
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| 102 | * Generate Fights for next rounds  | 
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| 104 | public function generateNextRoundsFights()  | 
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| 111 | * Return number of rounds for the tree based on fighter count  | 
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| 112 | * @param $numFighters  | 
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| 113 | * @return int  | 
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| 114 | */  | 
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| 115 |     public function getNumRounds($numFighters){ | 
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This check looks for PHPDoc comments describing methods or function parameters that do not exist on the corresponding method or function.
Consider the following example. The parameter
$italyis not defined by the methodfinale(...).The most likely cause is that the parameter was removed, but the annotation was not.