First pass at upgrading to laravel 9 - lots to do, but the site works

app/Helpers/TwitterImage.php

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace App\Helpers;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+
 class TwitterImage
 {
 
@@ -21,22 +23,11 @@ public static function get(string $username) {
 
     }
 
-    private static function getImageUrl(string $username) {
-
-        $url = sprintf('https://twitter.com/%s/profile_image?size=original', $username);
-
-        $client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client([
-            'allow_redirects' => true
-        ]);
-
-        $client->get($url, [
-            'on_stats' => function (\GuzzleHttp\TransferStats $stats) use (&$url) {
-                $url = (string) $stats->getEffectiveUri();
-            },
-        ]);
-
-        return $url;
+    // Doesn't actually work anymore - Twitter have updated their APIs - https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/v1/accounts-and-users/follow-search-get-users/api-reference/get-users-show
+    // This would be a good PR :)
 
+    private static function getImageUrl(string $username) {
+        return sprintf('https://twitter.com/%s/profile_image?size=original', $username);
     }
 
-}
+}

app/Http/Middleware/EncryptCookies.php

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 class EncryptCookies extends Middleware
 {
+
+    protected static $serialize = true;
+
     /**
      * The names of the cookies that should not be encrypted.
      *

app/Http/Middleware/TrustProxies.php

@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ class TrustProxies extends Middleware
     protected $proxies;
 
 
-    protected $headers = Request::HEADER_X_FORWARDED_ALL;
+    protected $headers = Request::HEADER_FORWARDED;
 }

app/Models/Post.php

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Post extends Model
 
     /** @var array $fillable */
     protected $fillable = ['title', 'body', 'slug', 'user_id', 'post_type', 'approved', 'approved_by'];
-    
+
     /** @var array $appends */
     protected $appends = ['excerpt'];
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Post extends Model
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    public function sluggable()
+    public function sluggable() : array
     {
         return [
             'slug' => [

bootstrap/app.php

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 $app->singleton(
     Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler::class,
-    App\Exceptions\Handler::class
+    \Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler::class
 );
 
 /*

composer.json

@@ -5,25 +5,24 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "type": "project",
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=7.0.0",
-        "cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable": "^4.3",
-        "cviebrock/eloquent-taggable": "^3.3",
+        "php": ">=8.0.0",
+        "cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable": "^9.0",
+        "cviebrock/eloquent-taggable": "^9.0",
         "doctrine/dbal": "^2.7",
-        "fideloper/proxy": "~4.0",
-        "joepriest/passwordreset": "^1.2.1",
-        "laravel/framework": "5.6.*",
-        "laravel/passport": "^4.0",
-        "laravel/socialite": "^3.0",
-        "laravel/tinker": "~1.0",
-        "mashape/unirest-php": "^3.0",
-        "socialiteproviders/slack": "^3.0"
+        "fideloper/proxy": "^4.0",
+        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.0.1",
+        "laravel/framework": "^9.0",
+        "laravel/legacy-factories": "^1.3",
+        "laravel/ui": "^4.1",
+        "mashape/unirest-php": "^3.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "^3.1",
         "filp/whoops": "~2.0",
         "fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",
+        "laravel/sail": "^1.16",
         "mockery/mockery": "~1.0",
-        "phpunit/phpunit": "~6.0",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.0",
         "symfony/thanks": "^1.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
@@ -62,6 +61,9 @@
     "config": {
         "preferred-install": "dist",
         "sort-packages": true,
-        "optimize-autoloader": true
+        "optimize-autoloader": true,
+        "allow-plugins": {
+            "symfony/thanks": true
+        }
     }
 }