Laravel VS Rector

It does not mean you should absolutely use it everywhere, but it can make sense for your case. Many frameworks, like Laravel use it to compose new projects.

https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/00894b89e42a9d707c...

Even Tinker is a few lines of code to extend PsySH and credit is barely given.

Taylor Otwell is a fiend for creating wrappers around solid open source libraries, using PHP magic and encouraging bad practices, all just to breed an ecosystem ultimately to land him a Lambo, fuelled by amazing open source foundations that have barely been contributed back to by him.

This same system has been used in Laravel since version 4.0* albeit in the more PHP plain way, using call_user_func_array (Laravel Model Class).

laravel/framework: https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/47309

And as far as what your title states “not optimized” the answer to this is yes, the code is not optimized. In some cases there are minor optimizations that are bizarre, and in other places, PRs for optimization are closed. It’s a bit arbitrary, but c’est la vie.

For instance, I've always learned to separate into methods when things become complicated/unreadable. Sometimes I see code that has something like this (excuse me on my phone, but Ive seen this a couple of times): https://github.com/laravel/framework/commit/8692f67960cb33a598d46dbed3fd12df15eb4a3f

The framework itself runs tests in public. You can see that the workflow with waiting for the machines takes around 6 minutes, but the run on a single platform e.g. PHP 8.2 - prefer-stable takes 2.5-3.5 minutes only. The tests themselves? Thousands in a minute:

As part of the journey to PHP perfection, you should embrace Rector. It's a amazing, free, and open-source tool for migrations, code quality, type coverage, pushing PHPStan to the highest levels, and yes, it can even auto-fix your existing code! It seamlessly integrates into the CI process, making your development workflow smoother than ever.

If you want to explore more the rules, you can take a look at this page: https://github.com/rectorphp/rector/blob/main/docs/rector_rules_overview.md

Website: https://getrector.com/

Yep... Rector

rector/rector

https://github.com/rectorphp/rector might be useful.

You could give rector a try

Rector is a free and open-source tool written in PHP allowing you to automate various refactoring tasks. It analyses your code and applies whatever rules you've specified in its configuration. It is also possible to create your own rules.

Rector is pretty much the only tool I use anymore.