if/else Backwards pattern

if-else-backwards.php

<?php
namespace KnowTheCode;

/**
 * Smelly code version.  Why?
 *
 * 1. The `if` conditional expression is working on a falsey state.
 * 2. The work is being done in the `else` code block.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 *
 * @param string $event_name
 *
 * @return int
 */
function count_number_of_times_fired( $event_name ) {
	static $events = array();

	if ( ! isset( $events[ $event_name ] ) ) {
		$events[ $event_name ] = 1;
	} else {
		$events[ $event_name ]++;
	}

	return $events[ $event_name ];
}


d( count_number_of_times_fired( 'loop_start' ) );