DRY is our mantra. Teachers tell us to remove duplication. We need to go beyond.

Problems

Code Duplication
Maintainability
Don't Repeat Yourself

Solutions

Find repeated patterns (not repeated code).
Create an abstraction.
Parametrize abstraction calls.
Use composition and never inheritance.
Unit test new abstraction.

Sample Code

Wrong

<?

final class WordProcessor {

    function replaceText(string $patternToFind, string $textToReplace) {
        $this->text = '<<<' . str_replace($patternToFind, $textToReplace, $this->text) . '>>>';
    }
}

final class Obfuscator {

    function obfuscate(string $patternToFind, string $textToReplace) {
        $this->text = strlower(str_ireplace($patternToFind, $textToReplace, $this->text));
    }
}

Right

<?

final class TextReplacer {
    function replace(string $patternToFind, string $textToReplace, string $subject, string $replaceFunctionName, $postProcessClosure) {
        return $postProcessClosure($replaceFunctionName($patternToFind, $textToReplace, $subject));
    }
}

// Lots of tests on text replacer so we can gain confidence.

final class WordProcessor {

    function replaceText(string $patternToFind, string $textToReplace) {
        $this->text = (new TextReplacer())->replace($patternToFind, $textToReplace, $this->text, 'str_replace', fn($text) => '<<<' . $text . '>>>');
    }
}

final class Obfuscator {

    function obfuscate(string $patternToFind, string $textToReplace) {
        $this->text = (new TextReplacer())->replace($patternToFind, $textToReplace, $this->text, 'str_ireplace', fn($text) => strlower($text));
    }
}