[rule] add useless regex rule

README.md

@@ -126,6 +126,21 @@ Feature: User Authentication
 
 <br>
 
+### 5. Rerport redundant regex definitions (`redundant-regex-definitions`)
+
+When defining step definitions in Behat, it's common to use regular expressions to match patterns. However, sometimes these regex patterns can be overly complex or redundant, making them harder to read and maintain. This rule identifies such redundant regex definitions:
+
+```diff
+-#[When('#I have apples#')]
++#[When('I have apples')]
+ public function iHaveApples()
+ {
+     // ...
+ }
+```
+
+<br>
+
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src/Analyzer/DuplicatedScenarioTitlesAnalyzer.php

@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ public function analyze(array $featureFiles): array
             }
         }
 
-        return array_filter($scenarioNamesToFiles, fn(array $files): bool => count($files) > 1);
+        return array_filter($scenarioNamesToFiles, fn (array $files): bool => count($files) > 1);
     }
 }

src/Enum/RuleIdentifier.php

@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ final class RuleIdentifier
     public const string DUPLICATED_PATTERNS = 'duplicated-patterns';
 
     public const string UNUSED_DEFINITIONS = 'unused-definitions';
+
+    public const string REDUNDANT_REGEX_DEFINITION = 'redundant-regex-definition';
 }

src/Rule/RedundantRegexDefinitionRule.php

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Behastan\Rule;
+
+use Rector\Behastan\Contract\RuleInterface;
+use Rector\Behastan\Enum\RuleIdentifier;
+use Rector\Behastan\ValueObject\Pattern\RegexPattern;
+use Rector\Behastan\ValueObject\PatternCollection;
+use Rector\Behastan\ValueObject\RuleError;
+use Symfony\Component\Finder\SplFileInfo;
+
+final readonly class RedundantRegexDefinitionRule implements RuleInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @param SplFileInfo[] $contextFiles
+     * @param SplFileInfo[] $featureFiles
+     * @return RuleError[]
+     */
+    public function process(
+        array $contextFiles,
+        array $featureFiles,
+        PatternCollection $patternCollection,
+        string $projectDirectory
+    ): array {
+        $ruleErrors = [];
+
+        /** @var RegexPattern[] $regexPatterns */
+        $regexPatterns = $patternCollection->byType(RegexPattern::class);
+
+        foreach ($regexPatterns as $regexPattern) {
+            // is regex pattern more then just exact start + end?
+            if ($regexPattern->isRegexPatternNeccessary()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $errorMessage = sprintf(
+                'The regex pattern "%s" is redundant. Remove start + end and use plain string exact string instead.',
+                $regexPattern->pattern,
+            );
+
+            $ruleErrors[] = new RuleError(
+                $errorMessage,
+                [$regexPattern->filePath . ':' . $regexPattern->line],
+                $this->getIdentifier()
+            );
+        }
+
+        return $ruleErrors;
+    }
+
+    public function getIdentifier(): string
+    {
+        return RuleIdentifier::REDUNDANT_REGEX_DEFINITION;
+    }
+}

src/ValueObject/Pattern/RegexPattern.php

@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 namespace Rector\Behastan\ValueObject\Pattern;
 
+use Entropy\Utils\Regex;
+
 final class RegexPattern extends AbstractPattern
 {
+    public function isRegexPatternNeccessary(): bool
+    {
+        // simple exact match regexes are redundant
+        if (Regex::match($this->pattern, '/^\/[^\^\$\.\*\+\?\|\(\)\[\]\{\}\\\]+\/$/')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+
+    }
 }

src/ValueObject/PatternCollection.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Rector\Behastan\ValueObject;
 
-use InvalidArgumentException;
 use Rector\Behastan\ValueObject\Pattern\AbstractPattern;
 use Rector\Behastan\ValueObject\Pattern\ExactPattern;
 use Rector\Behastan\ValueObject\Pattern\RegexPattern;
@@ -62,41 +61,17 @@ public function byType(string $type): array
         return array_filter($this->patterns, fn (AbstractPattern $pattern): bool => $pattern instanceof $type);
     }
 
-    public function regexPatternString(): string
-    {
-        $regexPatterns = $this->byType(RegexPattern::class);
-
-        $regexPatternStrings = array_map(
-            fn (RegexPattern $regexPattern): string => $regexPattern->pattern,
-            $regexPatterns
-        );
-
-        return $this->combineRegexes($regexPatternStrings, '#');
-    }
-
     /**
-     * @param string[] $regexes Like ['/foo/i', '~bar\d+~', '#baz#u']
+     * @return string[]
      */
-    private function combineRegexes(array $regexes, string $delimiter = '#'): string
+    public function regexPatternsStrings(): array
     {
-        $parts = [];
-
-        foreach ($regexes as $regex) {
-            // Very common case: regex is given like "/pattern/flags"
-            // Parse: delimiter + pattern + delimiter + flags
-            if (! preg_match('~^(.)(.*)\\1([a-zA-Z]*)$~s', $regex, $m)) {
-                throw new InvalidArgumentException('Invalid regex: ' . $regex);
-            }
-
-            $pattern = $m[2];
-            $flags = $m[3];
+        $regexPatterns = $this->byType(RegexPattern::class);
 
-            // If you truly have mixed flags per-regex, you can't naively merge them.
-            // Best practice: normalize flags beforehand (same for all).
-            // We'll ignore per-regex flags here and let the caller decide final flags.
-            $parts[] = '(?:' . $pattern . ')';
-        }
+        $regexPatternStrings = array_map(function (RegexPattern $regexPattern): string {
+            return $regexPattern->pattern;
+        }, $regexPatterns);
 
-        return $delimiter . '(?:' . implode('|', $parts) . ')' . $delimiter;
+        return array_values($regexPatternStrings);
     }
 }

tests/ValueObject/Pattern/RegexPatternTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Behastan\Tests\ValueObject\Pattern;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Rector\Behastan\ValueObject\Pattern\RegexPattern;
+
+final class RegexPatternTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test(): void
+    {
+        $regexPattern = new RegexPattern('/foo/', 'someFilePath', 123, 'SomeClass', 'someMethod');
+        $this->assertFalse($regexPattern->isRegexPatternNeccessary());
+
+        $regexPattern = new RegexPattern('/foo (.*) and that/', 'someFilePath', 123, 'SomeClass', 'someMethod');
+        $this->assertTrue($regexPattern->isRegexPatternNeccessary());
+    }
+}

tests/ValueObject/PatternCollectionTest.php

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ public function testRegexPatterns(): void
             new RegexPattern('#here is more#', 'file1.php', 10, 'SomeClass', 'someMethod'),
         ]);
 
-        $this->assertSame('#(?:(?:this is it)|(?:here is more))#', $patternCollection->regexPatternString());
-
+        $this->assertSame(['#this is it#', '#here is more#'], $patternCollection->regexPatternsStrings());
     }
 }