We need to update software regularly. E.g. because our framework released a new major version containing breaking changes to APIs. It is a cumber stone and hard and boring task, not meant to be done by humans. Luckily we have computers and software we can use to automate boring tasks. Our example is about TYPO3 and Aimeos updates. TYPO3 is an open source CMS while Aimeos is an open source shop framework. I'll share my experience how to automate the boring tasks during one update and how to use the automation while upgrading further installations. We will check out rector and show how you can use existing rules with custom configuration to auto mate your code migrations.

https://daniel-siepmann.de/auto-migrate-php-code-via-configuration.html