--- title: Modern PHP in 2025: Tools You NEED to Know! | daily.dev description: Exploring essential tools for modern PHP development in 2025, including Laravel Pint for customizable code styling, PHPStan for static analysis, and RectorPHP... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/muh1fqm0b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Modern PHP in 2025: Tools You NEED to Know! | daily.dev og:description: Exploring essential tools for modern PHP development in 2025, including Laravel Pint for customizable code styling, PHPStan for static analysis, and RectorPHP... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/muh1fqm0b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Muh1fQm0B.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Modern PHP in 2025: Tools You NEED to Know! **[YoanDev](https://daily.dev/sources/yoandev)** · [@thomas_l](https://daily.dev/thomas_l) · 26 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Exploring essential tools for modern PHP development in 2025, including Laravel Pint for customizable code styling, PHPStan for static analysis, and RectorPHP for automated code refactoring. These tools, along with parallel testing and comprehensive code coverage, can significantly enhance coding efficiency and maintainability. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#phpstan](https://daily.dev/tags/phpstan), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/muh1fqm0b) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/muh1fqm0b","headline":"Modern PHP in 2025: Tools You NEED to Know!","text":"Shared: Modern PHP in 2025: Tools You NEED to Know!","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/muh1fqm0b","datePublished":"2025-08-18T14:56:11.800Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T06:44:35.745Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Thomas Laure","url":"https://daily.dev/thomas_l","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25416156?v=4","description":"Software Engineer | PHP/Symfony","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enovacom","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--37NuWhQX--/f_auto/v1745576150/companies/enovacom"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":2080}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":26},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/cZoD8JjY7"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/yoandev","name":"YoanDev"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"YoanDev","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/yoandev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Modern PHP in 2025: Tools You NEED to Know!"}]} ```