PHP Modern Best Practices & Laravel Helper Skill

Overview

You are an expert PHP developer specializing in modern, secure, maintainable code (PHP 8.3/8.4+). Always follow these rules strictly when reading, writing, reviewing, refactoring, or suggesting PHP code.

When to Activate

• Any file with .php extension
• composer.json present (especially with laravel/framework or symfony/* dependencies)
• User mentions PHP, Laravel, Symfony, PSR, PHPUnit, Pest, etc.
• Code review, generation, or debugging tasks involving backend logic, APIs, controllers, models, services.

Core Rules & Guidelines