Function _getTracks
has a Cognitive Complexity of 38 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
protected function _getTracks($trackType, $pageRef, $trackTypeDescription)
{
switch ($trackType) {
case 'tracks':
$action = 'create';
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Cognitive Complexity
Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.
A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:
- Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
- Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
- Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"
Further reading
Method _getTracks
has 137 lines of code (exceeds 25 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
protected function _getTracks($trackType, $pageRef, $trackTypeDescription)
{
switch ($trackType) {
case 'tracks':
$action = 'create';
Function getHtmlOutput
has a Cognitive Complexity of 17 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
public function getHtmlOutput(\Zend_View_Abstract $view)
{
$pageRef = array(\MUtil_Model::REQUEST_ID => $this->request->getParam(\MUtil_Model::REQUEST_ID));
$output = false;
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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 getHtmlOutput
has 35 lines of code (exceeds 25 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
public function getHtmlOutput(\Zend_View_Abstract $view)
{
$pageRef = array(\MUtil_Model::REQUEST_ID => $this->request->getParam(\MUtil_Model::REQUEST_ID));
$output = false;
The method _getTracks() has 166 lines of code. Current threshold is set to 100. Avoid really long methods. Open
protected function _getTracks($trackType, $pageRef, $trackTypeDescription)
{
switch ($trackType) {
case 'tracks':
$action = 'create';
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The method _getTracks() has an NPath complexity of 5292. The configured NPath complexity threshold is 200. Open
protected function _getTracks($trackType, $pageRef, $trackTypeDescription)
{
switch ($trackType) {
case 'tracks':
$action = 'create';
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NPathComplexity
Since: 0.1
The NPath complexity of a method is the number of acyclic execution paths through that method. A threshold of 200 is generally considered the point where measures should be taken to reduce complexity.
Example
class Foo {
function bar() {
// lots of complicated code
}
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/codesize.html#npathcomplexity
The method _getTracks() has a Cyclomatic Complexity of 20. The configured cyclomatic complexity threshold is 10. Open
protected function _getTracks($trackType, $pageRef, $trackTypeDescription)
{
switch ($trackType) {
case 'tracks':
$action = 'create';
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CyclomaticComplexity
Since: 0.1
Complexity is determined by the number of decision points in a method plus one for the method entry. The decision points are 'if', 'while', 'for', and 'case labels'. Generally, 1-4 is low complexity, 5-7 indicates moderate complexity, 8-10 is high complexity, and 11+ is very high complexity.
Example
// Cyclomatic Complexity = 11
class Foo {
1 public function example() {
2 if ($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
The method getHtmlOutput() has a Cyclomatic Complexity of 11. The configured cyclomatic complexity threshold is 10. Open
public function getHtmlOutput(\Zend_View_Abstract $view)
{
$pageRef = array(\MUtil_Model::REQUEST_ID => $this->request->getParam(\MUtil_Model::REQUEST_ID));
$output = false;
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CyclomaticComplexity
Since: 0.1
Complexity is determined by the number of decision points in a method plus one for the method entry. The decision points are 'if', 'while', 'for', and 'case labels'. Generally, 1-4 is low complexity, 5-7 indicates moderate complexity, 8-10 is high complexity, and 11+ is very high complexity.
Example
// Cyclomatic Complexity = 11
class Foo {
1 public function example() {
2 if ($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
The class AddTracksSnippet has a coupling between objects value of 14. Consider to reduce the number of dependencies under 13. Open
class AddTracksSnippet extends \MUtil_Snippets_SnippetAbstract
{
/**
*
* @var \Zend_Cache_Core
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CouplingBetweenObjects
Since: 1.1.0
A class with too many dependencies has negative impacts on several quality aspects of a class. This includes quality criteria like stability, maintainability and understandability
Example
class Foo {
/**
* @var \foo\bar\X
*/
private $x = null;
/**
* @var \foo\bar\Y
*/
private $y = null;
/**
* @var \foo\bar\Z
*/
private $z = null;
public function setFoo(\Foo $foo) {}
public function setBar(\Bar $bar) {}
public function setBaz(\Baz $baz) {}
/**
* @return \SplObjectStorage
* @throws \OutOfRangeException
* @throws \InvalidArgumentException
* @throws \ErrorException
*/
public function process(\Iterator $it) {}
// ...
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/design.html#couplingbetweenobjects
Avoid unused parameters such as '$view'. Open
public function getHtmlOutput(\Zend_View_Abstract $view)
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UnusedFormalParameter
Since: 0.2
Avoid passing parameters to methods or constructors and then not using those parameters.
Example
class Foo
{
private function bar($howdy)
{
// $howdy is not used
}
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/unusedcode.html#unusedformalparameter
Avoid unused parameters such as '$pageRef'. Open
protected function _getTracks($trackType, $pageRef, $trackTypeDescription)
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UnusedFormalParameter
Since: 0.2
Avoid passing parameters to methods or constructors and then not using those parameters.
Example
class Foo
{
private function bar($howdy)
{
// $howdy is not used
}
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/unusedcode.html#unusedformalparameter
Similar blocks of code found in 2 locations. Consider refactoring. Open
case 'respondents':
$select = $this->db->select();
$select->from('gems__surveys', ['gsu_id_survey', 'gsu_survey_name'])
->join('gems__groups', 'gsu_id_primary_group = ggp_id_group', [])
->where('gsu_surveyor_active = 1')
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Duplicated Code
Duplicated code can lead to software that is hard to understand and difficult to change. The Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle states:
Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system.
When you violate DRY, bugs and maintenance problems are sure to follow. Duplicated code has a tendency to both continue to replicate and also to diverge (leaving bugs as two similar implementations differ in subtle ways).
Tuning
This issue has a mass of 99.
We set useful threshold defaults for the languages we support but you may want to adjust these settings based on your project guidelines.
The threshold configuration represents the minimum mass a code block must have to be analyzed for duplication. The lower the threshold, the more fine-grained the comparison.
If the engine is too easily reporting duplication, try raising the threshold. If you suspect that the engine isn't catching enough duplication, try lowering the threshold. The best setting tends to differ from language to language.
See codeclimate-duplication
's documentation for more information about tuning the mass threshold in your .codeclimate.yml
.
Refactorings
- Extract Method
- Extract Class
- Form Template Method
- Introduce Null Object
- Pull Up Method
- Pull Up Field
- Substitute Algorithm
Further Reading
- Don't Repeat Yourself on the C2 Wiki
- Duplicated Code on SourceMaking
- Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler. Duplicated Code, p76
Similar blocks of code found in 2 locations. Consider refactoring. Open
case 'staff':
$select = $this->db->select();
$select->from('gems__surveys', ['gsu_id_survey', 'gsu_survey_name'])
->join('gems__groups', 'gsu_id_primary_group = ggp_id_group', [])
->where('gsu_surveyor_active = 1')
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Duplicated Code
Duplicated code can lead to software that is hard to understand and difficult to change. The Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle states:
Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system.
When you violate DRY, bugs and maintenance problems are sure to follow. Duplicated code has a tendency to both continue to replicate and also to diverge (leaving bugs as two similar implementations differ in subtle ways).
Tuning
This issue has a mass of 99.
We set useful threshold defaults for the languages we support but you may want to adjust these settings based on your project guidelines.
The threshold configuration represents the minimum mass a code block must have to be analyzed for duplication. The lower the threshold, the more fine-grained the comparison.
If the engine is too easily reporting duplication, try raising the threshold. If you suspect that the engine isn't catching enough duplication, try lowering the threshold. The best setting tends to differ from language to language.
See codeclimate-duplication
's documentation for more information about tuning the mass threshold in your .codeclimate.yml
.
Refactorings
- Extract Method
- Extract Class
- Form Template Method
- Introduce Null Object
- Pull Up Method
- Pull Up Field
- Substitute Algorithm
Further Reading
- Don't Repeat Yourself on the C2 Wiki
- Duplicated Code on SourceMaking
- Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler. Duplicated Code, p76
Avoid variables with short names like $li. Configured minimum length is 3. Open
$li = $top->li()->ul(array('class' => 'dropdown-menu scroll-menu', 'role' => 'menu'), $data)->li();
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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 $db. Configured minimum length is 3. Open
public $db;
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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;
}
}
}