rspec/rules/S2004/php/rule.adoc

Nesting functions can quickly turn your code into "spaghetti code". Such code is hard to read, refactor and therefore to maintain.

== Noncompliant Code Example

With the default threshold of 3:

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function f () {
  function f_inner () {
    function f_inner_inner() { 
      function f_inner_inner_inner() { // Noncompliant
      }
    }
  }
}
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