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Legacy PHP Application Audit Checklist
Interactive browser checklist for inherited PHP apps: runtime, framework, Composer, DB, sessions, FPM, cron, tests, and deploy—stored only in localStorage.
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PHP version & runtime
Framework
Composer & autoloading
Deprecated & removed APIs
Database
Sessions, uploads, mail, APIs
Web server & PHP-FPM
Cron / CLI
Tests, backups, logging, deploy
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