code refactor, updated composer, docs, workflow, tests

.github/workflows/codecov.yml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu-latest
 
         php:
-          - "8.2"
           - "8.3"
           - "8.4"
           - "8.5"
+          - "8.6"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             php${{ matrix.php }}-composer-
 
+      # dot-log, laminas-servicemanager, laminas-validator and laminas-stratigility do not declare PHP 8.6 yet.
+      # Remove the conditional flag once they do.
       - name: Install dependencies with composer
-        run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-interaction --no-progress --optimize-autoloader --ansi
+        run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-interaction --no-progress --optimize-autoloader --ansi ${{ matrix.php == '8.6' && '--ignore-platform-req=php+' || '' }}
 
       - name: Collect code coverage with PHPUnit
         run: vendor/bin/phpunit --colors=always --coverage-clover clover.xml

.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
 name: Run PHPStan checks
 
 jobs:
-  mutation:
+  phpstan:
     name: PHPStan ${{ matrix.php }}-${{ matrix.os }}
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
           - ubuntu-latest
 
         php:
-          - "8.2"
           - "8.3"
           - "8.4"
           - "8.5"
+          - "8.6"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with:
           php-version: "${{ matrix.php }}"
-          coverage: pcov
+          coverage: none
           ini-values: assert.exception=1, zend.assertions=1, error_reporting=-1, log_errors_max_len=0, display_errors=On
           tools: composer:v2, cs2pr
 
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             php${{ matrix.php }}-composer-
 
+      # dot-log, laminas-servicemanager, laminas-validator and laminas-stratigility do not declare PHP 8.6 yet.
+      # Remove the conditional flag once they do.
       - name: Install dependencies with composer
-        run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-interaction --no-progress --optimize-autoloader --ansi
+        run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-interaction --no-progress --optimize-autoloader --ansi ${{ matrix.php == '8.6' && '--ignore-platform-req=php+' || '' }}
 
       - name: Run static analysis with PHPStan
         run: vendor/bin/phpstan analyse

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 clover.xml
 coveralls-upload.json
+.phpunit.cache
 .phpunit.result.cache
 .phpcs-cache
 config/log.global.php

.laminas-ci.json

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {
+  "ignore_php_platform_requirements": {
+    "8.6": true
+  },
   "backwardCompatibilityCheck": true
 }