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PHP Rector: Automated Code Upgrades and Refactoring Made Simple

01June 28, 2024 · 13 min readTooling

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PHP Rector: Automated Code Upgrades and Refactoring Made

Introduction to Rector: running existing rule sets for PHP upgrades, writing custom rules, and integrating into CI/CD pipelines.

PHP
Rector
Refactoring
Tooling
CI

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This filtered archive keeps related Tooling posts together so the topic is easier to scan before opening a detailed article.

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Architecture decisionsBoundaries, interfaces, ownership, and long-term code shape.
Performance workQueries, workers, profiling, cache behavior, and production speed.
Debugging practiceTrace failures, isolate causes, and make bugs reproducible.
Security reviewsAuth, inputs, uploads, secrets, headers, and release risk.

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Tooling articles

16 articles filed under Tooling.

11April 3, 2024 · 13 min readTooling

Mastering PHP Composer Plugins: Extend Your Build Pipeline

Shows how to write, test, and publish Composer plugins for code generation, post-install hooks, and asset compilation automation.

PHP
Composer
Tooling
Build Pipeline

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12October 11, 2023 · 17 min readTooling

PHP Serverless With Bref on AWS Lambda: Cold Starts

Guide to running Laravel/Symfony on Lambda via Bref, covering layer management, cold start mitigation, and real-world cost analysis.

PHP
Bref
AWS Lambda
Serverless

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13August 7, 2023 · 13 min readTooling

Building CLI Tools With PHP and Symfony Console Component

Creates a feature-rich CLI application with commands, progress bars, table output, interactive prompts, and PHAR compilation.

PHP
Symfony Console
CLI
PHAR

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14February 20, 2023 · 17 min readTooling

Deploying PHP Apps to AWS: EC2, ECS Fargate & Lambda

Compares deployment approaches for PHP on AWS - from traditional EC2 to containerized Fargate and serverless Bref Lambda functions.

PHP
AWS
EC2
ECS Fargate

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15January 12, 2021 · 15 min readTooling

Composer Best Practices: Autoloading, Version Constraints

Essential Composer tips including PSR-4 autoloading, semantic versioning strategies, and managing a PHP monorepo with path repositories.

Composer
PHP
Autoloading
Monorepos

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16October 5, 2020 · 14 min readTooling

How to Use Docker With PHP: Complete Local Development

Shows how to containerize a PHP app with PHP-FPM, Nginx, and MySQL using Docker Compose for reproducible dev environments.

Docker
PHP
PHP-FPM
Docker Compose

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Archive overview

Tooling notes with production context.

Production contextArticles focus on live-application problems: slow queries, fragile releases, unclear ownership, failed jobs, admin workflow friction, and code paths that are hard to review.
Implementation detailThe archive favors concrete Laravel and PHP decisions: Eloquent, Blade, queues, Filament, testing, security, structured data, deployment checks, and operational cleanup.
Discovery surfaceEvery listing keeps a stable URL, excerpt, date, reading time, local responsive image, category, tags, RSS entry, sitemap entry, and local search-index data.