Laravel 8.x Shift

[driesvints]

This pull request includes the changes for upgrading to Laravel 8.x. Feel free to commit any additional changes to the shift-35839 branch.

Before merging, you need to:

• Checkout the shift-35839 branch
• Review all pull request comments for additional changes
• Update your dependencies for Laravel 8
• Run composer update (if the scripts fail, add --no-scripts)
• Thoroughly test your application (no tests?)

If you need help with your upgrade, check out the Human Shifts. You may also join the Shifty Coders Slack workspace to level-up your Laravel skills.

[driesvints]

❌ Shift could not upgrade the following files since they differed from the default Laravel version. You will need to compare these files against the default Laravel 8 versions and merge any changes:

• public/index.php

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ℹ️ Laravel 8 streamlined the Exception Handler into a single register method to make it easier to add custom logic around rendering or reporting errors within your application.

While this change is not required, Shift recommends comparing yours against the Laravel 8.x version as an opportunity to reduce code and be fully up-to-date.

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❌ To match the other auth middleware, Laravel 8 now allows multiple guards for the RedirectIfAuthenticated middleware.

Shift attempted to automate these changes, but detected customizations. You will need to compare your app/Http/Middleware/RedirectIfAuthenticated.php with the default Laravel 8 version to finalize the upgrade.

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ℹ️ The RouteServiceProvider no longer prefixes the controller namespace by default in Laravel 8. While you may still set this property, you are encouraged to register your routes using static ::class references.

You may automate the conversion to static class references using the Shift Workbench.

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❌ Laravel 8 condenses the RouteServiceProvider as well as configured the new rate limiters. Shift was unable to automate this change. You should compare yours against the Laravel 8.x version and merge any changes.

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ℹ️ Laravel 8 introduced class based factories. Shift automated this change. However, if you were using a community package for factories or other custom code, you should review your factories for additional changes.

If you encounter an issue, you may revert this commit and temporarily install the laravel/legacy-factories package. You may then automate the conversion to class based factories using the Shift Workbench.

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ℹ️ Laravel 8 added a uuid column to the failed_jobs table to support the new job batching features.

If your application is currently using the failed_jobs table, you may generate a custom migration for this command by running:

php artisan make:migration AddUuidToFailedJobsTable

Then copy and paste the contents from Shift's AddUuidToFailedJobsTable class.

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ℹ️ Laravel 8 added a new ENV variable of LOG_LEVEL. While the log level is defaulted in the configuration, you may take this opportunity to set it accordingly in your environments.

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⚠️ Shift upgraded your configuration files by defaulting them and merging your true customizations. These include values which are not changeable through core ENV variables. This should make maintaining your config files easier.

You should review this commit for any additional customizations. If you have a lot of customizations, you may wish to undo this commit with git revert and make these config file changes manually.

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ℹ️ Shift detected a dependency for livewire/livewire. Livewire 2 is now available. However, this requires additional changes to your application.

Shift did not update your dependency as it is compatible with Laravel 8.

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ℹ️ Shift updated your dependencies for Laravel 8. While many of the popular packages are reviewed, you may have to update additional packages in order for your application to be compatible with Laravel 8.

Watch dealing with dependencies for tips on handling package incompatibilities.

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⚠️ Laravel 8 now requires PHPUnit 9 which made some configuration changes to its config file. You may automate these changes by running vendor/bin/phpunit --migrate-configuration or comparing your phpunit.xml to the Laravel 8 version and merging any changes.

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⚠️ The paginator now uses Tailwind for its default styling in Laravel 8. If you wish to continue using Bootstrap, you should add the following snippet to the boot method of your AppServiceProvider:

\Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator::useBootstrap();

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⚠️ Shift detected you are using a Laravel package like Horizon or Nova which may need to have its published assets regenerated after upgrading. Be sure to use artisan to republish these assets as well as php artisan view:clear to avoid any errors.

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🎉 Congratulations, you're now running the latest version of Laravel.

The following Shifts may be used ensure your application is fully upgraded and easier to maintain in the future:

• Upgrade Checker ensures your application is fully upgraded by detecting any outdated code.
• Laravel Fixer automates many of the suggestions found by the Laravel Linter and other Shifts.
• Tests Generator intelligently generates model factories, HTTP Tests, and unit tests for your application to give you a head start on testing.

You may run these Shifts and stay upgraded forever as well by subscribing to a Shifty Plans.

[joedixon]

@driesvints I think this is good to go

[driesvints]

@joedixon just a few remarks.

[joedixon]

@driesvints pinging you here as I can't add request a review as it's your PR. Made all changes except the one I commented on above.

[joedixon]

How's that?

[driesvints]

Perfect. Thanks Joe!