PHPCompatibility VS PHP CS Fixer

Code Sniffer Compatibility

Check https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility It's list of PHPCodeSniffer sniffs that can be configured to check for version compatibility.

Use PHP compatibility checker

The PHPCompatibility ruleset for CodeSniffer may help you find the problem: (Note: This ruleset is incomplete and won't find all compatibility problems)

If you are well-versed in programming then you might wanna take a look at PHPCompatibility. It will scan your codebase at different PHP version rulesets to point out code that needs upgrading. You will be needing PHPCS for this.

I would use either PHPStan or PHP CodeSniffer + PHPCompatibility

Another helpful tool is PHP_CodeSniffer with the PHP Compatibility Coding Standard-ruleset.

PHP-Compatibility CodeSniffer ruleset

PHP-CS-Fixer automatically fixes PHP coding standard issues, maintaining a clean codebase and adhering to coding standards. It can be integrated into the development workflow to ensure all code complies with defined standards.

friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer

While you're at it, also include code-style checkers like phpcs, phpmd and/or php-cs-fixer

I run two tools for this - php-cs-fixer on PHP 5.6 and the built-in syntax checker(php -l).

You can use this library to help automate this: https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/PHP-CS-Fixer 😊

To be bit a elaborate and for a proper updated installtion process, here is what I did: I used the [latest versio]n(https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/PHP-CS-Fixer/releases/tag/v3.10.0) of php cs fixer then entered the command that followed to install php-cs-fixer.

PHP CS Fixer is able to generate a GitLab formatted report which GitLab can use to show you any new violations in the code or even if code style violations have been tackled.

Laravel Pint is an opinionated PHP code style fixer for minimalists. Pint is built on top of PHP-CS-Fixer and makes it simple to ensure that your code style stays clean and consistent. Pint is a new addition to the Laravel framework.