PHP Modernization Skill

Modernize PHP applications to PHP 8.x with type safety, Symfony patterns, and static analysis.

Expertise Areas

• PHP 8.x: Constructor promotion, readonly, enums, match, attributes, union types
• Type Safety: Generics via PHPDoc, ArrayTypeHelper, PHPStan level 9+
• Symfony: DI patterns, PHP config, PSR-14 events

Reference Files

• references/php8-features.md - PHP 8.0-8.4 features
• references/type-safety.md - Type system strategies
• references/symfony-patterns.md - Modern Symfony architecture
• references/phpstan-compliance.md - Static analysis configuration
• references/migration-strategies.md - Version upgrade planning

Quick Patterns

Constructor promotion (PHP 8.0+):

readonly class UserDTO {
    public function __construct(
        public string $name,
        public string $email,
    ) {}
}

Typed arrays (PHPDoc generics):

/** @return array<int, User> */
public function getUsers(): array

Migration Checklist

• declare(strict_types=1) in all files
• Return types and parameter types on all methods
• Replace annotations with attributes
• Use readonly, enums, match expressions
• Configure PHPStan level 9+

Verification

./scripts/verify-php-project.sh /path/to/project

Contributing: https://github.com/netresearch/php-modernization-skill