26 lines
1.1 KiB
Markdown
26 lines
1.1 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
title: Keep your PHP code up to date using Rector
|
|
date: 2025-01-31
|
|
permalink: daily/2025/01/31/rector
|
|
tags:
|
|
- software-development
|
|
- php
|
|
cta: ~
|
|
snippet: |
|
|
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.
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
Do you want to make it easier to keep your PHP code up to date with the latest standards and using the latest features?
|
|
|
|
Rector is a tool for refactoring PHP code and it was presets for different versions of PHP.
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
Once installed, it can be executed and will make changes to your files, but what about keeping it up to date going forward?
|
|
|
|
Why not add `rector --dry-run` to your CI pipeline and have it checked automatically?
|
|
|
|
Then, if code is committed that doesn't match the latest standards, the pipeline will fail and the code can be updated.
|
|
|
|
This will ensure the code is always up to date and you won't be stuck on old or unsupported PHP versions.
|