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Php Modernization

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netresearch·vlatest·backend

This skill automatically modernizes legacy PHP codebases, improving performance and security for faster development and reduced maintenance costs.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add netresearch/php-modernization-skill --skill php-modernization -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

netresearch

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 3 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: docs.astral.sh, docs.oasis-open.org, repo.packagist.org.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    repo.packagist.orgundeclareddocs.astral.shundeclareddocs.oasis-open.orgundeclaredgithub.comsource host

    What it found

    • skills/php-modernization/references/composer-package-metadata.md:86contacts repo.packagist.org
      curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}\n" https://repo.packagist.org/p2/<vendor>/<name>.json
    • skills/php-modernization/scripts/verify-php-project.sh:33contacts docs.astral.sh
      echo "ERROR: 'uv' is required to run this tool (install: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/)" >&2
    • skills/php-modernization/scripts/verify_php_project.py:50contacts docs.oasis-open.org
      SARIF_SCHEMA_URI = "https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0/cos02/schemas/sarif-schema-2.1.0.json"

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned netresearch/php-modernization-skill at a1df7cb2b3.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
a1df7cb2b3
Manifest
skills/php-modernization/SKILL.md
Scanned
36 files, 12,509 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill modernizes existing PHP codebases. It helps update deprecated features, improve coding standards, and generally bring older PHP applications up to current best practices. The skill aims to reduce technical debt and enhance the maintainability of PHP projects.

When to use it

  • You have a legacy PHP application using outdated syntax or functions.
  • Your team wants to adopt modern PHP coding standards (PSR).
  • You're preparing a PHP project for deployment to a newer PHP version.
  • You need assistance refactoring complex PHP code for better readability and performance.

Key capabilities

  • Modernization of deprecated features
  • Adherence to PSR coding standards
  • Code refactoring
  • PHP Version compatibility updates

Example prompts

  • "Modernize this PHP function: [paste code snippet]"
  • "Refactor this class to follow PSR-12 guidelines."
  • "Update this codebase to be compatible with PHP 8.0."

Tips & gotchas

The skill's effectiveness depends on the complexity and age of the existing codebase. It is recommended to start with smaller, isolated sections of code for initial testing and evaluation.