Rector

Instant Upgrades and Instant Refactorings for PHP Applications. Why do it manually?

#rectorphp

Created by @votrubaT

[Rector @rectorphp]

Simpler, clearer, focused on upgrades and delivery.

New https://t.co/bfsoYXQJKT website is here 🥳🥳🥳

[Rector @rectorphp]

If you'd like to avoid next #php2shell,
and still stuck on PHP 7 or 5,
hire us.

We'll upgrade you to safety👌

https://t.co/LPQUvlBnKM

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

Welcome to patient zero Covid-moment of PHP

Hope everyone will be safe by the end of this week 🙏

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

Not bad improvement for the most used rule in @rectorphp 😍

[Caleb White @calebdw]

Just released Rector-Laravel 2.7.0 with several fixes and new rules---thanks to all the contributors!

https://t.co/TE8TJwBEKu

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

Stuck on legacy in a minefield? We’ll upgrade it for you:
https://t.co/CIfQpIZfYq

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

Inspired by Mago/PHPStan and Rust/Go speed results, poking agents to find slow spots in @rectorphp

It's amazing how obvious improvements some checks are, once you see them, like this one:

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

PHPStan: 60 seconds
Mago (Rust): 3 seconds

I thought it was AI slop. Then I went down the rabbit hole... and ended up learning Go 😅

Is PHP becoming a "Rusty" language? 👇

https://t.co/H0rk53HtNp

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

If you think your PHP codebase is in a great shape,
I got another challenge (and truth) for you 😉

PHPStan level 8, Rector and ECS running at top levels... still found 900 mixed types...

Very dangerous to have these in codebase☢️

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

Are you into PHP? Fancy fresh/bold view on the ecosystem?

There you go - first part 😉

https://t.co/H0rk53HtNp

[Rector @rectorphp]

We've launched a brand new website design couple weeks ago,

with focus on clear docs,
advanced rule filters
and beautiful code snippets 🤩

How do you like it?

(Press "F" or "D" for easter 🥚)

[Rector @rectorphp]

Next Rector release will not blindly run all the Symfony rules, that were useful historically.

Instead, most of rule will be capped by composer version they run on, making Rector run faster and more focused on your current version 👌

Discover more about composer-based sets 👇

https://t.co/Tjr4q38UM5

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

3 books sold just over weekend 😍

And they say technical books are dead!

(btw, this book it not about code)

https://t.co/wSNhihxnW4

[Rector @rectorphp]

Nice selection right here 👇

[Petr Král @kral_petr_88]

pekral/rector-rules 0.6 is out 🚀
- 4 new rules from Rector 2.7.0
- requires rector/rector ^2.7.0
- 2 rules dropped after Rector removed or deprecated them
- 230 curated rules, one import

https://t.co/Id0Mq4UuxC

@rectorphp @laravel

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

Now this is cool and generic PHPStan rule...

...whenever you pass union of object types, and return the same union (-/+ null), the type is most likely generics.

Now spotted in CI 😋

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

This applies for any online/IT/keyboard-based profession.

5 years ago I started to learn skill of electrician, plumber, builder, excavator, gardener and house reconstruction planner/manager.
Many fails, much knowledge and skills obtained.

Most of those are now better paid than devs and and in-shortage in my country.

Handyman who can fix your issue the month you call are gold.

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

I'm freezing my book "Upgrade Every Day" at 90 %.

~280 pages hand-written in 2024-2026.

But since spring 2026 agents changed how we upgrade code, and reading a tech book is now the slowest way to learn

Chapters are there to read

https://t.co/wSNhihwQ6w

[Tomas Votruba @VotrubaT]

It seems Rust is handling big projects really really well,
mid-size even better

ECS in PHP: 50 s
ECS in Go: 4 s
ECS in Rust: 0.8 s 😱

[Aleksei Gagarin @roxblnfk]

Downgrading #PHP vendor packages to 8.1 using @rectorphp in CI

https://t.co/f9VerHNg2O

[Rector @rectorphp]

@DaronSpence Thanks 👌
Also new contents in the docs, naturally order with focus on power features 🎉

[Rector @rectorphp]

"Should we rewrite or upgrade?"

That question costs teams years when it's answered by guessing.

We've reviewed hundreds of PHP codebases. We'll tell you which one your app actually needs - and in what order - in 2 weeks.

https://t.co/OrTOVNEXzc