PHP Guides

• Set Up PHP Development Environment
• PHP Tooling Guide
• PHP Style Guide
• Laravel Development Guides
• Bootstrapping Laravel Project
• Laravel Tooling Guide
• Authentication Support
• Immutable Date Setup
• Security Hardening Setup
• Health Check Setup
• Makefile Snippets

Set Up PHP Development Environment

Installation

sudo apt install php-cli php-curl php-mbstring php-mysql php-pdo php-sqlite3 php-xml php-zip

Install Composer from Official Distribution

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === 'c8b085408188070d5f52bcfe4ecfbee5f727afa458b2573b8eaaf77b3419b0bf2768dc67c86944da1544f06fa544fd47') { echo 'Installer verified'.PHP_EOL; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'.PHP_EOL; unlink('composer-setup.php'); exit(1); }"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"

sudo chown root:root composer.phar
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Install Laravel Globally

composer global require laravel/installer

echo 'export PATH="$(composer global config bin-dir --absolute --quiet):$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc

PHP Tooling Guide

EditorConfig Code Style

# SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: none

[*.html]
indent_size = 2
tab_width = 2

[*.js]
indent_size = 2
tab_width = 2
ij_continuation_indent_size = 4
ij_javascript_enforce_trailing_comma = whenmultiline

[*.php]
indent_size = 4
indent_style = space

[composer.json]
# Tooling uses 4-space indentation; match it.
indent_size = 4
indent_style = space

Exclude Files from Version Tracking

# SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: none

/.phpunit.cache
/.phpunit.result.cache
/vendor

PHP Style Guide

PHP Script Heading

<?php

/**
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Tomáš Havlas <tomas@havlas.me>
 */
declare(strict_types=1);

Laravel Development Guides

Bootstrapping Laravel Project

Create a New Laravel Application

laravel new --pest "[PROJECT_NAME]"

Create a New Laravel Package

laravel package "[PACKAGE_NAME]"

Laravel Tooling Guide

Laravel Package Justfile

# SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: none
#
# Manage the PHP and Laravel toolchain of this package.

# Run the recipes at the project root, not at the `.just` directory.
set working-directory := '..'

HOST := "127.0.0.1"
PORT := "8000"

# Install the Composer dependencies.
install:
    composer install

# Serve the workbench application on the PHP development server.
dev host=HOST port=PORT:
    @php vendor/bin/testbench workbench:build --ansi
    @php vendor/bin/testbench serve --ansi --host="{{ host }}" --port="{{ port }}"

# Run the Pest test suite.
test:
    composer test:unit

# Manage the PHP and Laravel toolchain of this package.
[group('laravel')]
mod laravel '.just/php-laravel.just'

Authentication Support

Installation

composer require laravel/sanctum
composer require laravel/fortify

php artisan install:api
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Laravel\Sanctum\SanctumServiceProvider"
php artisan config:publish cors

php artisan fortify:install
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Laravel\Fortify\FortifyServiceProvider"

Configuration

Immutable Date Setup

Configuration

// in app/Service/ImmutableDateService.php

use Carbon\CarbonImmutable;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ImmutableDateService extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Bootstrap any application services.
     */
    public function boot(): void
    {
        Date::use(CarbonImmutable::class);
    }
}

Security Hardening Setup

Configuration

// in app/Service/SecurityService.php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class SecurityService extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Bootstrap any application services.
     */
    public function boot(): void
    {
        DB::prohibitDestructiveCommands($this->app->isProduction());
    }
}

Health Check Setup

Installation

composer require spatie/laravel-health

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="health-config"
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="health-migrations"

Configuration

// in app/Service/HealthCheckService.php

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Spatie\Health\Checks\Checks\DatabaseCheck;
use Spatie\Health\Checks\Checks\DebugModeCheck;
use Spatie\Health\Checks\Checks\EnvironmentCheck;
use Spatie\Health\Checks\Checks\UsedDiskSpaceCheck;
use Spatie\Health\Facades\Health;

class HealthCheckService extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Bootstrap any application services.
     */
    public function boot(): void
    {
        Health::checks([
            // https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-health/v1/available-checks/environment
            EnvironmentCheck::new()->unless($this->app->environment('local')),
            // https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-health/v1/available-checks/debug-mode
            DebugModeCheck::new()->unless($this->app->environment('local')),
            // https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-health/v1/available-checks/db-connection
            DatabaseCheck::new(),
            // https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-health/v1/available-checks/used-disk-space
            UsedDiskSpaceCheck::new(),
            // https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-health/v1/available-checks/queue
            // https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-health/v1/available-checks/schedule
        ]);
    }
}

// in routes/web.php

use Spatie\Health\Http\Controllers\HealthCheckResultsController;

Route::get('/up', HealthCheckResultsController::class);

// in routes/console.php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schedule;

Schedule::command(\Spatie\Health\Commands\RunHealthChecksCommand::class)->everyMinute();

Custom Health Check Model

// in app/Model/HealthCheckResult.php

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\Table;
use Spatie\Health\Models\HealthCheckResultHistoryItem;

#[Table(name: 'HEALTH_CHECK')]
class HealthCheckResult extends HealthCheckResultHistoryItem
{
    //
}

// in config/health.php

return [
    'result_stores' => [
        EloquentHealthResultStore::class => [
            'model' => HealthCheckResult::class,
        ],
    ],
];

Makefile Snippets

Laravel Based Project

Install Dependencies

.PHONY: local/install
local/install:
	composer install

Update Dependencies

.PHONY: local/update
local/update:
	composer update

Run Local Instance

DEVHOST := 127.27.0.1
DEVPORT := 8081

.PHONY: local/up
local/up:
	php artisan serve --host="$(DEVHOST)" --port="$(DEVPORT)"

Clean Wrokspace

.PHONY: clean
clean:
	-rm .phpunit.cache
	-rm .phpunit.result.cache

.PHONY: distclean
distclean: clean
	git clean --force -Xd