🧹 Refactor Init constructor for better readability

[projectedanx]

🎯 What: The __construct method in includes/Config/Init.php was overly complex, handling several stages of application initialization in a single procedural block. It has been refactored by extracting logically grouped operations into smaller, private helper methods.

💡 Why: Constructors should ideally be lightweight. Extracting initialization steps into private methods improves code readability and maintainability by organizing related setup tasks (environment, core features, plugins) into dedicated methods, adhering to single-responsibility principles.

✅ Verification: A PHP syntax check was run to ensure basic correctness. The local test suite was successfully executed with MariaDB set up to verify that existing functionality works as intended. Code reviews confirmed no logical side effects.

✨ Result: The Init class constructor is now much cleaner and easier to read. The initialization logic is preserved exactly as before but modularized into setup_environment(), setup_core(), and setup_plugins() while maintaining the precise placement of the fast-init early return check.

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Code Review

This pull request refactors the Init class constructor by extracting its initialization logic into three new helper methods: setup_environment(), setup_core(), and setup_plugins(). The review feedback recommends changing the visibility of these new helper methods from private to protected to support extensibility and maintain consistency with other helper methods in the class. Additionally, a minor formatting correction is suggested to add a missing space before an opening brace in a conditional statement.

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[gemini-code-assist]

The newly introduced helper method setup_environment is declared as private. Since the Init class is not marked as final and can be extended, and all other helper methods in this class (such as redirect_ssl_if_needed, include_db_files, etc.) are public, using private restricts extensibility and is inconsistent with the rest of the class design. Changing this method to protected allows subclasses to override or hook into specific initialization phases if needed (e.g., during testing or custom bootstrapping).

    protected function setup_environment() {

[gemini-code-assist]

The newly introduced helper method setup_core is declared as private. For consistency and to allow subclasses to override or hook into specific initialization phases, it is recommended to change its visibility to protected.

    protected function setup_core() {

[gemini-code-assist]

The newly introduced helper method setup_plugins is declared as private. For consistency and to allow subclasses to override or hook into specific initialization phases, it is recommended to change its visibility to protected.

    protected function setup_plugins() {

[gemini-code-assist]

There is a missing space between the closing parenthesis and the opening brace ){ which is inconsistent with the rest of the file's formatting and standard PSR-12 style guidelines. Adding a space improves readability.

        if ($this->actions->return_if_fast_init === true && defined('YOURLS_FAST_INIT') && YOURLS_FAST_INIT) {