Phpactor
Mainly a PHP Language Server with more features than you can shake a stick at (by phpactor)
Rector
Instant Upgrades and Automated Refactoring of any PHP 5.3+ code (by rectorphp)
| Phpactor | Rector | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 114 | |
| 1,257 | 8,241 | |
| 2.8% | 1.0% | |
| 9.3 | 9.9 | |
| 4 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| PHP | PHP | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Phpactor
Posts with mentions or reviews of Phpactor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-20.
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VSCode for PHP and Laravel
# Download phpactor.phar curl -Lo phpactor.phar https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor/releases/latest/download/phpactor.phar
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Sharing my Laravel language server integration progress
The other path is a pull request on https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor/pull/1991 which takes care of the lsp side of things.
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Best Neovim PHP IDE option?
Even I'm a PHPStorm user. I still have neovim installed and using there PHPActor: https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor
- What would be better VS Code or PHP Storm?
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How could I make vim generate boilerplate from my php file every time I create a new file in my project?
Or use phpactor/phpactor with a template to always get it right.
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Working on improved LSP tooling for Laravel blade bringing intellisense to all editors!
Now experimenting more by exposing public properties of a Livewire component via https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor in blade files.
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Does anyone use vim to develop in PHP with Symfony?
Im using this https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor with ncm2 with ale. Im quite happy with it.
Rector
Posts with mentions or reviews of Rector.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-15.
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Updating legacy code to php 8.x
For the next phase of updates, I installed PHP Rector.
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Fix PHP 8.4 deprecation: Implicitly marking parameter as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead
Rector is an excellent tool for refactoring and modernizing code. In our case, we will only use the ExplicitNullableParamTypeRector rule.
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Rector keeps your PHP code base fresh and perfect
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.
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Starting with Rector PHP: Improving Your PHP Code with Automation
Website: https://getrector.com/
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What Would You Do? PHP 8 and WordPress Theme
If you want a speed boost, there's a tool: https://github.com/rectorphp/rector
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How to investigate PHP 8.0 compatibility in my application
Rector can help automating some changes.
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Materials/Topics for Senior dev new to PHP
Yep... Rector
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Upgrading PHP 7.4 to 8.0
I'd also recommend taking a look at Rector to help automate some of this.
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Avoiding empty() in PHP
rector/rector
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7.4 to 8.x upgrade help
https://github.com/rectorphp/rector might be useful.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Phpactor and Rector you can also consider the following projects:
vscode-intelephense - PHP intellisense for Visual Studio Code
PHP CS Fixer - A tool to automatically fix PHP Coding Standards issues
Laravel-Zero - A PHP framework for console artisans
PHPStan - PHP Static Analysis Tool - discover bugs in your code without running it!
coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.
PHP Code Sniffer - PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards.
WordPress Packagist - WordPress Packagist — manage your plugins with Composer
Psalm - A static analysis tool for finding errors in PHP applications
Spout - Read and write spreadsheet files (CSV, XLSX and ODS), in a fast and scalable way
PHPCompatibility - PHP Compatibility check for PHP_CodeSniffer
vim-like-pile - Sources of Big Pile of Vim-like
rector-laravel - Rector upgrades rules for Laravel