Re: Checking code for PHP 8.1.6 compatibility before upgrade

On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 7:08 PM Ben Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 5/30/22 10:06, Ian Evans wrote:
> > Long story short, due to some health issues in the past few years, I am WAY
> > behind in upgrading my server and PHP. Still running php 5.5.9!
> >
> > Is there a script that can "lint" my code and tell me what is completely
> > broken if I move to 8.1 and what can wait for a weekend and a pot of
> > coffee? And if so, can that script be run on a 5.5.9 system or do I need to
> > spin up a cheap VPS with 8.1 and run it against the code there?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice.
> >
>
> Check out Rector. It was made for your use case. https://getrector.org
>
> I've never used it myself, but the maintainers are active and
> approachable, and I'm sure they can help with any issue

Thanks, Ben, it looks like an interesting project and might be exactly
what I need.