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Keep your PHP code up to date using Rector

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+title: Keep your PHP code up to date using Rector
+date: 2025-01-31
+permalink: daily/2025/01/31/rector
+tags:
+  - software-development
+  - php
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+  Do you want to keep your PHP code up to date with the latest standards and using the latest features? You can automate this with Rector.
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+Do you want to make it easier to keep your PHP code up to date with the latest standards and using the latest features?
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+Rector is a tool for refactoring PHP code and it was presets for different versions of PHP.
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+It can refactor your code to follow best practices such as using early returns, having private methods by default and enabling strict typing - making code cleaner whilst using the latest PHP features.
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+Once installed, it can be executed and will make changes to your files, but what about keeping it up to date going forward?
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+Why not add `rector --dry-run` to your CI pipeline and have it checked automatically?
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+Then, if code is committed that doesn't match the latest standards, the pipeline will fail and the code can be updated.
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+This will ensure the code is always up to date and you won't be stuck on old or unsupported PHP versions.