Function block_lw_courses_get_sorted_courses
has a Cognitive Complexity of 21 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function block_lw_courses_get_sorted_courses($showallcourses = false) {
global $USER;
$limit = block_lw_courses_get_max_user_courses($showallcourses);
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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"
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Method block_lw_courses_get_sorted_courses
has 45 lines of code (exceeds 25 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function block_lw_courses_get_sorted_courses($showallcourses = false) {
global $USER;
$limit = block_lw_courses_get_max_user_courses($showallcourses);
Method block_lw_courses_get_child_shortnames
has 30 lines of code (exceeds 25 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function block_lw_courses_get_child_shortnames($courseid) {
global $DB;
$ctxselect = context_helper::get_preload_record_columns_sql('ctx');
$sql = "SELECT c.id, c.shortname, $ctxselect
FROM {enrol} e
Function block_lw_courses_get_overviews
has a Cognitive Complexity of 10 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function block_lw_courses_get_overviews($courses) {
$htmlarray = array();
if ($modules = get_plugin_list_with_function('mod', 'print_overview')) {
// Split courses list into batches with no more than MAX_MODINFO_CACHE_SIZE courses in one batch.
// Otherwise we exceed the cache limit in get_fast_modinfo() and rebuild it too often.
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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
Function block_lw_courses_get_child_shortnames
has a Cognitive Complexity of 9 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function block_lw_courses_get_child_shortnames($courseid) {
global $DB;
$ctxselect = context_helper::get_preload_record_columns_sql('ctx');
$sql = "SELECT c.id, c.shortname, $ctxselect
FROM {enrol} e
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Cognitive Complexity
Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.
A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:
- Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
- Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
- Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"
Further reading
The function block_lw_courses_get_sorted_courses() has an NPath complexity of 882. The configured NPath complexity threshold is 200. Open
function block_lw_courses_get_sorted_courses($showallcourses = false) {
global $USER;
$limit = block_lw_courses_get_max_user_courses($showallcourses);
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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 function block_lw_courses_get_sorted_courses() has a Cyclomatic Complexity of 14. The configured cyclomatic complexity threshold is 10. Open
function block_lw_courses_get_sorted_courses($showallcourses = false) {
global $USER;
$limit = block_lw_courses_get_max_user_courses($showallcourses);
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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
Missing class import via use statement (line '266', column '16'). Open
return new moodle_url("/pluginfile.php/1/block_lw_courses/courseimagedefault{$fileorfilename}");
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MissingImport
Since: 2.7.0
Importing all external classes in a file through use statements makes them clearly visible.
Example
function make() {
return new \stdClass();
}
Source http://phpmd.org/rules/cleancode.html#MissingImport
Missing class import via use statement (line '258', column '20'). Open
$url = new moodle_url("/pluginfile.php/{$filecontextid}/{$filecomponent}/{$filearea}/{$filepath}/{$filename}");
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MissingImport
Since: 2.7.0
Importing all external classes in a file through use statements makes them clearly visible.
Example
function make() {
return new \stdClass();
}
Source http://phpmd.org/rules/cleancode.html#MissingImport
Avoid assigning values to variables in if clauses and the like (line '95', column '9'). Open
function block_lw_courses_get_myorder() {
if ($value = get_user_preferences('lw_courses_course_sortorder')) {
return explode(',', $value);
}
// If preference was not found, look in the old location and convert if found.
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IfStatementAssignment
Since: 2.7.0
Assignments in if clauses and the like are considered a code smell. Assignments in PHP return the right operand as their result. In many cases, this is an expected behavior, but can lead to many difficult to spot bugs, especially when the right operand could result in zero, null or an empty string and the like.
Example
class Foo
{
public function bar($flag)
{
if ($foo = 'bar') { // possible typo
// ...
}
if ($baz = 0) { // always false
// ...
}
}
}
Source http://phpmd.org/rules/cleancode.html#ifstatementassignment
Avoid assigning values to variables in if clauses and the like (line '124', column '9'). Open
function block_lw_courses_get_child_shortnames($courseid) {
global $DB;
$ctxselect = context_helper::get_preload_record_columns_sql('ctx');
$sql = "SELECT c.id, c.shortname, $ctxselect
FROM {enrol} e
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IfStatementAssignment
Since: 2.7.0
Assignments in if clauses and the like are considered a code smell. Assignments in PHP return the right operand as their result. In many cases, this is an expected behavior, but can lead to many difficult to spot bugs, especially when the right operand could result in zero, null or an empty string and the like.
Example
class Foo
{
public function bar($flag)
{
if ($foo = 'bar') { // possible typo
// ...
}
if ($baz = 0) { // always false
// ...
}
}
}
Source http://phpmd.org/rules/cleancode.html#ifstatementassignment
Avoid assigning values to variables in if clauses and the like (line '100', column '9'). Open
function block_lw_courses_get_myorder() {
if ($value = get_user_preferences('lw_courses_course_sortorder')) {
return explode(',', $value);
}
// If preference was not found, look in the old location and convert if found.
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IfStatementAssignment
Since: 2.7.0
Assignments in if clauses and the like are considered a code smell. Assignments in PHP return the right operand as their result. In many cases, this is an expected behavior, but can lead to many difficult to spot bugs, especially when the right operand could result in zero, null or an empty string and the like.
Example
class Foo
{
public function bar($flag)
{
if ($foo = 'bar') { // possible typo
// ...
}
if ($baz = 0) { // always false
// ...
}
}
}
Source http://phpmd.org/rules/cleancode.html#ifstatementassignment
Avoid assigning values to variables in if clauses and the like (line '48', column '9'). Open
function block_lw_courses_get_overviews($courses) {
$htmlarray = array();
if ($modules = get_plugin_list_with_function('mod', 'print_overview')) {
// Split courses list into batches with no more than MAX_MODINFO_CACHE_SIZE courses in one batch.
// Otherwise we exceed the cache limit in get_fast_modinfo() and rebuild it too often.
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IfStatementAssignment
Since: 2.7.0
Assignments in if clauses and the like are considered a code smell. Assignments in PHP return the right operand as their result. In many cases, this is an expected behavior, but can lead to many difficult to spot bugs, especially when the right operand could result in zero, null or an empty string and the like.
Example
class Foo
{
public function bar($flag)
{
if ($foo = 'bar') { // possible typo
// ...
}
if ($baz = 0) { // always false
// ...
}
}
}
Source http://phpmd.org/rules/cleancode.html#ifstatementassignment
Avoid unused local variables such as '$id'. Open
foreach ($remotecourses as $id => $val) {
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UnusedLocalVariable
Since: 0.2
Detects when a local variable is declared and/or assigned, but not used.
Example
class Foo {
public function doSomething()
{
$i = 5; // Unused
}
}
Source https://phpmd.org/rules/unusedcode.html#unusedlocalvariable
Avoid unused local variables such as '$key'. Open
foreach ($order as $key => $cid) {
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UnusedLocalVariable
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
}
}