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

@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ 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 {
-
+    
 	/**
      * Default configuration.
      *
@@ -42,12 +45,12 @@ 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']);
-        
+		$activeClass = $options['activeClass'] ?? $this->getConfig('activeClass');
+		unset($options['target']);
+		unset($options['activeClass']);
+
 		if (is_string($target)) {
 			return $this->_linkFromStringTarget($currentUrl, $target, $title, $url, $activeClass, $options);
 		}
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ class ActiveLinkHelper extends Helper {
 		}
 
 		$options['class'] = $this->_addClass($options, $activeClass);
-  
+
 		return $this->Html->link($title, $url, $options);
 	}
 
@@ -113,18 +116,20 @@ class ActiveLinkHelper extends Helper {
 
 	/**
      * @param array $providedOptions
+     * @param string $toAdd
      *
      * @return string
      */
 	protected function _addClass(array $providedOptions, string $toAdd): string {
 		return array_key_exists('class', $providedOptions) ? $providedOptions['class'] . ' ' . $toAdd : $toAdd;
 	}
-    
-    /**
+
+	/**
      * @param array $current
      * @param string $targetString
      * @param string $title
      * @param array|string|null $url
+     * @param string $activeClass
      * @param array $options
      *
      * @return string
@@ -138,8 +143,8 @@ class ActiveLinkHelper extends Helper {
 
 		return $this->Html->link($title, $url, $options);
 	}
-    
-    /**
+
+	/**
      * @param array $current
      * @param array $targetUrl
      *

tests/TestCase/View/Helper/ActiveLinkHelperTest.php

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class ActiveLinkHelperTest extends TestCase {
 		// matches specific controller action
 		$specificActionResult = $helper->link('goto', ['prefix' => 'Admin', 'controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'index'], [
 			'target' => ['controller' => 'Events', 'action' => 'index'],
-            'current' => ['prefix' => 'Admin', 'controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'index'],
+			'current' => ['prefix' => 'Admin', 'controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'index'],
 			'activeClass' => 'awesome-active-class',
 			'class' => 'link-class',
 		]);