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obiefy's avatar

Modernize legacy OctoberCMS project to Laravel 8

I have an old (kinda legacy) OctoberCMS project which is using Laravel 5.5 version (it's already used by a couple of customers, and they are happy with it). I want to migrate it to pure Laravel 8 app step by step.

After I did some research, I end up with 2 options:

  1. Start it from scratch, and migrate some reusable components from OctoberCMS (which will take much time and risk).
  2. Create a new Laravel app and migrate the legacy features/modules one by one, and deploy them live, till all features are migrated.

So, did anyone face this challenge before? so he can provide me with some advice/recommendations?

Here are some resources I went through:

https://tighten.co/blog/converting-a-legacy-app-to-laravel/

https://jasonmccreary.me/articles/why-your-team-should-not-upgrade-old-laravel-applications/

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jlrdw's avatar

If it is still going to be a cms, you could use a cms based on laravel, just a suggestion.

khatabwedaa's avatar

For me the best way to do this, by upgrading to the version by version until you are on laravel 8 it's long term but it's the better way.

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