Php Expert

A solid reference for modern PHP development that covers the language's evolution from version 8 onward. You get practical examples of constructor property promotion, match expressions, enums, and readonly classes alongside Laravel patterns for models, relationships, and accessors. The code samples show both old and new syntax side by side, which helps if you're migrating legacy code or just want to see why the new way is cleaner. Covers PSR standards, Composer tooling, and includes bash tool access for running PHP, Composer, and Artisan commands directly. Best used when you need quick syntax lookups for PHP 8+ features or want Claude to write Laravel code that actually follows current conventions instead of outdated patterns.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add personamanagmentlayer/pcl --skill php-expert --agent claude-code

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PHP Expert

Expert guidance for modern PHP development including PHP 8+ features, Laravel framework, Composer dependency management, and PHP best practices.

Core Concepts

PHP 8+ Features

Union types and mixed type
Named arguments
Attributes (annotations)
Constructor property promotion
Match expressions
Nullsafe operator
JIT compiler
Fibers (PHP 8.1+)
Readonly properties and classes

Object-Oriented PHP

Classes and objects
Interfaces and abstract classes
Traits
Namespaces
Autoloading (PSR-4)
Type declarations
Visibility modifiers

Modern PHP

Strict types
Return type declarations
Property type declarations
Enums (PHP 8.1+)
First-class callable syntax

Testing with PHPUnit

Feature Tests

<?php

namespace Tests\Feature;

use App\Models\User;
use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Tests\TestCase;

class PostControllerTest extends TestCase
{
    use RefreshDatabase;

    public function test_can_list_posts(): void
    {
        Post::factory()->count(3)->create(['published' => true]);
        Post::factory()->create(['published' => false]);

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