secret('Your desired password'); if (!$password) { $this->error('Passwords cannot be empty. You know that.'); continue; } $confirmedPassword = $this->secret('Again, just to be sure'); } while (!$this->comparePasswords($password, $confirmedPassword ?? null)); return $password; } private function comparePasswords(?string $password, ?string $confirmedPassword): bool { if (!$password || !$confirmedPassword) { return false; } if (strcmp($password, $confirmedPassword) !== 0) { $this->error('The passwords do not match. Try again maybe?'); return false; } return true; } }