show_active accesses the super-global variable $_POST. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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class Foo {
public function bar() {
$name = $_POST['foo'];
}
}
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show_active accesses the super-global variable $_POST. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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Since: 0.2
Accessing a super-global variable directly is considered a bad practice. These variables should be encapsulated in objects that are provided by a framework, for instance.
Example
class Foo {
public function bar() {
$name = $_POST['foo'];
}
}
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show_active accesses the super-global variable $_POST. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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Superglobals
Since: 0.2
Accessing a super-global variable directly is considered a bad practice. These variables should be encapsulated in objects that are provided by a framework, for instance.
Example
class Foo {
public function bar() {
$name = $_POST['foo'];
}
}
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show_active accesses the super-global variable $_POST. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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Superglobals
Since: 0.2
Accessing a super-global variable directly is considered a bad practice. These variables should be encapsulated in objects that are provided by a framework, for instance.
Example
class Foo {
public function bar() {
$name = $_POST['foo'];
}
}
Source
show_active accesses the super-global variable $_SESSION. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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Superglobals
Since: 0.2
Accessing a super-global variable directly is considered a bad practice. These variables should be encapsulated in objects that are provided by a framework, for instance.
Example
class Foo {
public function bar() {
$name = $_POST['foo'];
}
}
Source
Method show_active
has 35 lines of code (exceeds 25 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
Function show_active
has a Cognitive Complexity of 6 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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Cognitive Complexity
Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.
A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:
- Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
- Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
- Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"
Further reading
Avoid using undefined variables such as '$db' which will lead to PHP notices. Open
$xresponse=$db->query("SELECT * FROM events_listing WHERE event_type='Attendance' ORDER BY event_name");
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Since: 2.8.0
Detects when a variable is used that has not been defined before.
Example
class Foo
{
private function bar()
{
// $message is undefined
echo $message;
}
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/cleancode.html#undefinedvariable
Avoid unused local variables such as '$db'. Open
$xresponse=$db->query("SELECT * FROM events_listing WHERE event_type='Attendance' ORDER BY event_name");
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Since: 0.2
Detects when a local variable is declared and/or assigned, but not used.
Example
class Foo {
public function doSomething()
{
$i = 5; // Unused
}
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/unusedcode.html#unusedlocalvariable
A file should declare new symbols (classes, functions, constants, etc.) and cause no other side effects, or it should execute logic with side effects, but should not do both. The first symbol is defined on line 27 and the first side effect is on line 2. Open
<?php
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$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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$position = id_to_position($user_id);
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{
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<form method='post' action=''>
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echo "<option value='" . $result['event_id'] . "'>" . $result['event_name'] . "</option>";
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$active_page = True;
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global $current_semester;
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echo 'done';
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<p>event:</p>
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}
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<?php
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if (isset($_POST['excuse']))
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include('retrieve_event.php');
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add_excuse($_POST['user_id'],$_POST['instance'],$_POST['excuse'],$current_semester);
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<input type='text' name='excuse'>
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<input type='submit' name='submit'>
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<p>excuse:</p>
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?>
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}
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if ($position == "Webmaster" || $position == "Recording Secretary") {
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}
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$public_page = False;
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{
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<p>user id:</p>
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<select name='instance' onchange="this.form.submit()">
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<?php
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<input type='text' name='user_id'>
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while($result=mysqli_fetch_array($xresponse))
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<br>
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if ($position == "Webmaster" || $position == "Recording Secretary") {
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?>
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<option value='null' selected>-- select one --</option>
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$exec_page = False;
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include('mysql_access.php');
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$xresponse=$db->query("SELECT * FROM events_listing WHERE event_type='Attendance' ORDER BY event_name");
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</select>
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</form>
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include('retrieve_user.php');
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$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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include('mysql_access.php');
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<?php
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$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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add_excuse($_POST['user_id'],$_POST['instance'],$_POST['excuse'],$current_semester);
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add_excuse($_POST['user_id'],$_POST['instance'],$_POST['excuse'],$current_semester);
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if (isset($_POST['excuse']))
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function show_active() {
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while($result=mysqli_fetch_array($xresponse))
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echo 'done';
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{
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require_once ('session.php');
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add_excuse($_POST['user_id'],$_POST['instance'],$_POST['excuse'],$current_semester);
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}
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require_once ('mysql_access.php');
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if (isset($_POST['excuse']))
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global $current_semester;
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while($result=mysqli_fetch_array($xresponse))
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include('retrieve_event.php');
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add_excuse($_POST['user_id'],$_POST['instance'],$_POST['excuse'],$current_semester);
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while($result=mysqli_fetch_array($xresponse))
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function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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Since: 0.2
It is considered best practice to use the camelCase notation to name variables.
Example
class ClassName {
public function doSomething() {
$data_module = new DataModule();
}
}
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The variable $user_id is not named in camelCase. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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Since: 0.2
It is considered best practice to use the camelCase notation to name variables.
Example
class ClassName {
public function doSomething() {
$data_module = new DataModule();
}
}
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The variable $current_semester is not named in camelCase. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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CamelCaseVariableName
Since: 0.2
It is considered best practice to use the camelCase notation to name variables.
Example
class ClassName {
public function doSomething() {
$data_module = new DataModule();
}
}
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The variable $user_id is not named in camelCase. Open
function show_active() {
include('mysql_access.php');
include('retrieve_user.php');
$user_id = $_SESSION['sessionID'];
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CamelCaseVariableName
Since: 0.2
It is considered best practice to use the camelCase notation to name variables.
Example
class ClassName {
public function doSomething() {
$data_module = new DataModule();
}
}