PHP路由多此一举,php代码这样写是不是多此一举？？

class PHPExcel_Shared_File

{

protected static $_useUploadTempDirectory = FALSE;

public static function sys_get_temp_dir()

{

if (self::$_useUploadTempDirectory) {

// use upload-directory when defined to allow running on environments having very restricted

// open_basedir configs

if (ini_get('upload_tmp_dir') !== FALSE) {

if ($temp = ini_get('upload_tmp_dir')) {

if (file_exists($temp))

return realpath($temp);

}

}

}

// sys_get_temp_dir is only available since PHP 5.2.1

// http://php.net/manual/en/function.sys-get-temp-dir.php#94119

if ( !function_exists('sys_get_temp_dir')) {

if ($temp = getenv('TMP') ) {

if ((!empty($temp)) && (file_exists($temp))) { return realpath($temp); }

}

if ($temp = getenv('TEMP') ) {

if ((!empty($temp)) && (file_exists($temp))) { return realpath($temp); }

}

if ($temp = getenv('TMPDIR') ) {

if ((!empty($temp)) && (file_exists($temp))) { return realpath($temp); }

}

// trick for creating a file in system's temporary dir

// without knowing the path of the system's temporary dir

$temp = tempnam(__FILE__, '');

if (file_exists($temp)) {

unlink($temp);

return realpath(dirname($temp));

}

return null;

}

// use ordinary built-in PHP function

// There should be no problem with the 5.2.4 Suhosin realpath() bug, because this line should only

// be called if we're running 5.2.1 or earlier

return realpath(sys_get_temp_dir());

}

}

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这是摘出来的一段代码。两个问题

1：protected static $_useUploadTempDirectory = FALSE; 恒假，那么if (self::$_useUploadTempDirectory)这个判断就不成立，为什么还要写这个if语句呢？

2:if ( !function_exists('sys_get_temp_dir')) 这个if语句就在sys_get_temp_dir函数中，也就是说这个函数一直存在啊？？ 那么下面的语句也就不会执行了啊

不知道我理解的对不对？？ 这个也算是一个比较成熟的cms里的代码了。。 为什么会这么写呢？？