A pragmatic approach to modernizing legacy PHP code.

I started this website to share some of my learnings and some of the pitfalls I've encountered while modernizing legacy PHP code (my clients' code as well as my own side projects).
I ordered it in a way that I think makes sense, but since there are different "levels" of legacy, feel free to jump around as you see fit. I hope you find it useful.

Fearless refactoring, it does a lot of smart checks to find certain errors.

Design Patterns & Refactoring.

I'm SourceMaking. I will tell you a lot of stories about good software architecture and teach you how to create it with design patterns. I will guide you through anti-patterns, common pitfalls and mistakes that people make when they plan, create, and manage software projects. In the end, I will teach you how to smell a bad code and improve it with refactoring.

Automated Way to Instantly Upgrade and Refactor any PHP code.

Rector instantly upgrades and refactors the PHP code of your application.

Rector @ GitHub.

Refactoring.Guru makes it easy for you to discover everything you need to know about refactoring, design patterns, SOLID principles, and other smart programming topics.

Rector is a CLI tool written in PHP. It can instantly upgrade old PHP code and handle automated refactorings.