Method __construct
has 35 lines of code (exceeds 25 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
public function __construct()
{
$this->alpha = 255;
// a set of 3 colours
Function __construct
has a Cognitive Complexity of 9 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
public function __construct()
{
$this->alpha = 255;
// a set of 3 colours
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Cognitive Complexity
Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.
A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:
- Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
- Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
- Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"
Further reading
Reduce the number of returns of this function 4, down to the maximum allowed 3. Open
public function asString($format = 'RGB(%d,%d,%d)')
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- Exclude checks
Having too many return statements in a function increases the function's essential complexity because the flow of execution is broken each time a return statement is encountered. This makes it harder to read and understand the logic of the function.
Noncompliant Code Example
With the default threshold of 3:
function myFunction(){ // Noncompliant as there are 4 return statements if (condition1) { return true; } else { if (condition2) { return false; } else { return true; } } return false; }
Define and throw a dedicated exception instead of using a generic one. Open
throw new \Exception("Unknown special colour type");
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- Exclude checks
If you throw a general exception type, such as ErrorException, RuntimeException, or Exception in a library or framework, it forces consumers to catch all exceptions, including unknown exceptions that they do not know how to handle.
Instead, either throw a subtype that already exists in the Standard PHP Library, or create your own type that derives from Exception.
Noncompliant Code Example
throw new Exception(); // Noncompliant
Compliant Solution
throw new InvalidArgumentException(); // or throw new UnexpectedValueException();
See
- MITRE, CWE-397 - Declaration of Throws for Generic Exception
- CERT, ERR07-J. - Do not throw RuntimeException, Exception, or Throwable