code quality improvements + add boolean in a ctive link helper to check if url is active without displaying link

composer.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=8.1",
+        "php": ">=8.2",
         "cakephp/cakephp": "^5.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {

phpstan.neon

@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ parameters:
     bootstrapFiles:
         - tests/bootstrap.php
     treatPhpDocTypesAsCertain: false
+    ignoreErrors:
+        - identifier: trait.unused

src/Controller/AppController.php

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace CheeseCake\Controller;
 
-use App\Controller\AppController as BaseController;
+use Cake\Controller\Controller;
 
-class AppController extends BaseController {
+class AppController extends Controller {
 }

src/View/Helper/ActiveLinkHelper.php

@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ namespace CheeseCake\View\Helper;
 
 use Cake\Routing\Router;
 use Cake\View\Helper;
+use Cake\View\Helper\HtmlHelper;
 
 /**
  * ActiveLink helper
+ *
+ * @property HtmlHelper $Html
  */
 class ActiveLinkHelper extends Helper {
     
@@ -42,9 +45,9 @@ class ActiveLinkHelper extends Helper {
 		if (!array_key_exists('target', $options) || !$currentUrl) {
 			return $this->Html->link($title, $url, $options);
 		}
+
 		$target = $options['target'];
 		$activeClass = $options['activeClass'] ?? $this->getConfig('activeClass');
-		
 		unset($options['target']);
 		unset($options['activeClass']);
 
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ class ActiveLinkHelper extends Helper {
 
 	/**
      * @param array $providedOptions
+     * @param string $toAdd
      *
      * @return string
      */
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@ class ActiveLinkHelper extends Helper {
      * @param string $targetString
      * @param string $title
      * @param array|string|null $url
+     * @param string $activeClass
      * @param array $options
      *
      * @return string