Add Rector

This will help us keep ahead of deprecations and help us write more
modern code when we contribute, teaching some about newer ways PHP can
do certain things

Author: phily245

.github/workflows/checks.yml

@@ -73,3 +73,20 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run mess detector
         run: composer phpmd
+
+  rector:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      name: Rector
+
+      steps:
+        - name: Checkout code
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+        - name: Setup
+          uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+          with:
+            php_version: 8.3
+            laravel_version: 11
+
+        - name: Run mess detector
+          run: composer rector

composer.json

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
         "orchestra/testbench": "^8.0|^9.0",
         "phpmd/phpmd": "^2.15",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0|^11.0",
+        "rector/rector": "^1.2",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.10"
     },
     "suggest": {
@@ -85,14 +86,18 @@
     "scripts": {
         "standards:check": [
             "@phpcs",
-            "@phpmd"
+            "@phpmd",
+            "@rector"
         ],
         "standards:fix": [
-            "@phpcs:fix"
+            "@phpcs:fix",
+            "@rector:fix"
         ],
         "test": "phpunit",
         "phpcs": "./vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=PSR12 --ignore=vendor .",
         "phpcs:fix": "./vendor/bin/phpcbf --standard=PSR12 --ignore=vendor .",
-        "phpmd": "./vendor/bin/phpmd . github .phpmd/ruleset.xml --color"
+        "phpmd": "./vendor/bin/phpmd . github .phpmd/ruleset.xml --color",
+        "rector": "./vendor/bin/rector process --dry-run",
+        "rector:fix": "./vendor/bin/rector process"
     }
 }

rector.php

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\Concat\JoinStringConcatRector;
+use Rector\CodeQuality\Rector\Empty_\SimplifyEmptyCheckOnEmptyArrayRector;
+use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
+use Rector\Php83\Rector\ClassMethod\AddOverrideAttributeToOverriddenMethodsRector;
+use Rector\Strict\Rector\Empty_\DisallowedEmptyRuleFixerRector;
+
+return RectorConfig::configure()
+    ->withPaths([
+        __DIR__ . '/',
+    ])
+    ->withSkip([
+        __DIR__ . '/vendor',
+    ])
+    ->withSkip([
+        AddOverrideAttributeToOverriddenMethodsRector::class,
+        JoinStringConcatRector::class,
+        SimplifyEmptyCheckOnEmptyArrayRector::class,
+        DisallowedEmptyRuleFixerRector::class
+    ])
+    ->withPhpSets()
+    ->withPreparedSets(
+        true,
+        true,
+        false,
+        true
+    );