EscolaLMS/Consultations

Define a constant instead of duplicating this literal "executed_at" 3 times.
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            $table->dateTime('executed_at')->nullable();

Found in database/migrations/2022_03_23_140827_change_columns_in_consultationuser_table.php by sonar-php

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Duplicated string literals make the process of refactoring error-prone, since you must be sure to update all occurrences.

On the other hand, constants can be referenced from many places, but only need to be updated in a single place.

Noncompliant Code Example

With the default threshold of 3:

function run() {
  prepare('action1');                              // Non-Compliant - 'action1' is duplicated 3 times
  execute('action1');
  release('action1');
}

Compliant Solution

ACTION_1 = 'action1';

function run() {
  prepare(ACTION_1);
  execute(ACTION_1);
  release(ACTION_1);
}

Exceptions

To prevent generating some false-positives, literals having less than 5 characters are excluded.