Discussion on: Simplify your code

Nice article!

About the "early return" - most of the time there are more things to check (fail) before reaching the "happy path" and that's why it is usually placed at the end of the method. Your example should looks like:

function canDriveACar(User $user): bool
{
    if (! $user->isAdult()) {
        return false;
    }

    if (! $user->learnInAccompaniedDriving) {
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}