Function showAction
has a Cognitive Complexity of 29 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
public function showAction()
{
$this->html->h2($this->getTopicTitle());
$context = $this->_getParam('id', 'gems');
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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
Method showAction
has 37 lines of code (exceeds 25 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
public function showAction()
{
$this->html->h2($this->getTopicTitle());
$context = $this->_getParam('id', 'gems');
The method showAction() has a Cyclomatic Complexity of 11. The configured cyclomatic complexity threshold is 10. Open
public function showAction()
{
$this->html->h2($this->getTopicTitle());
$context = $this->_getParam('id', 'gems');
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CyclomaticComplexity
Since: 0.1
Complexity is determined by the number of decision points in a method plus one for the method entry. The decision points are 'if', 'while', 'for', and 'case labels'. Generally, 1-4 is low complexity, 5-7 indicates moderate complexity, 8-10 is high complexity, and 11+ is very high complexity.
Example
// Cyclomatic Complexity = 11
class Foo {
1 public function example() {
2 if ($a == $b) {
3 if ($a1 == $b1) {
fiddle();
4 } elseif ($a2 == $b2) {
fiddle();
} else {
fiddle();
}
5 } elseif ($c == $d) {
6 while ($c == $d) {
fiddle();
}
7 } elseif ($e == $f) {
8 for ($n = 0; $n < $h; $n++) {
fiddle();
}
} else {
switch ($z) {
9 case 1:
fiddle();
break;
10 case 2:
fiddle();
break;
11 case 3:
fiddle();
break;
default:
fiddle();
break;
}
}
}
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/codesize.html#cyclomaticcomplexity
Avoid unused parameters such as '$n'. Open
public function getTopic($n = 1) {
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UnusedFormalParameter
Since: 0.2
Avoid passing parameters to methods or constructors and then not using those parameters.
Example
class Foo
{
private function bar($howdy)
{
// $howdy is not used
}
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/unusedcode.html#unusedformalparameter
Avoid variables with short names like $n. Configured minimum length is 3. Open
public function getTopic($n = 1) {
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ShortVariable
Since: 0.2
Detects when a field, local, or parameter has a very short name.
Example
class Something {
private $q = 15; // VIOLATION - Field
public static function main( array $as ) { // VIOLATION - Formal
$r = 20 + $this->q; // VIOLATION - Local
for (int $i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) { // Not a Violation (inside FOR)
$r += $this->q;
}
}
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/naming.html#shortvariable
Avoid variables with short names like $to. Configured minimum length is 3. Open
protected function executeAction($from = null, $to = null)
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ShortVariable
Since: 0.2
Detects when a field, local, or parameter has a very short name.
Example
class Something {
private $q = 15; // VIOLATION - Field
public static function main( array $as ) { // VIOLATION - Formal
$r = 20 + $this->q; // VIOLATION - Local
for (int $i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) { // Not a Violation (inside FOR)
$r += $this->q;
}
}
}