chore: Update composer.json and CI workflow for PHP 8.1 and Laravel 10+ support

- Updated composer.json to require PHP 8.1 and Laravel framework versions 10.0, 11.0, and 12.0.
- Modified CI workflow to test against PHP versions 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4, and limited Laravel versions to 10.*, 11.*, and 12.*.
- Removed deprecated Laravel versions from the testing matrix.

Author: FarhanShares

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        php: [7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3]
-        laravel: [7.*, 8.*, 9.*, 10.*, 11.*, 12.*]
+        php: [8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4]
+        laravel: [10.*, 11.*, 12.*]
         dependency-versions: [prefer-stable]
         include:
           - laravel: 12.*
@@ -18,60 +18,17 @@ jobs:
             testbench: 9.*
           - laravel: 10.*
             testbench: 8.*
-          - laravel: 9.*
-            testbench: 7.*
-          - laravel: 8.*
-            testbench: 6.*
-          - laravel: 7.*
-            testbench: 5.*
         exclude:
           - php: 8.3
-            laravel: 7.*
-          - php: 8.3
-            laravel: 8.*
-          - php: 8.3
-            laravel: 9.*
-
-          - php: 8.2
-            laravel: 7.*
-          - php: 8.2
-            laravel: 8.*
-          - php: 8.2
-            laravel: 9.*
-
-          - php: 8.1
-            laravel: 7.*
-          - php: 8.1
-            laravel: 11.*
-          - php: 8.1
-            laravel: 12.*
-
-          - php: 8.0
             laravel: 10.*
-          - php: 8.0
-            laravel: 11.*
-          - php: 8.0
-            laravel: 12.*
-
-          - php: 7.4
-            laravel: 9.*
-          - php: 7.4
+          - php: 8.4
             laravel: 10.*
-          - php: 7.4
-            laravel: 11.*
-          - php: 7.4
-            laravel: 12.*
 
-          - php: 7.3
-            laravel: 9.*
-          - php: 7.3
-            laravel: 10.*
-          - php: 7.3
+          - php: 8.1
             laravel: 11.*
-          - php: 7.3
+          - php: 8.1
             laravel: 12.*
 
-
     name: PHP ${{ matrix.php }} / Laravel ${{ matrix.laravel }} / ${{ matrix.dependency-versions }}
 
     steps:

composer.json

@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "^8.0|^7.3",
-        "illuminate/support": "^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
-        "illuminate/database": "^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
-        "illuminate/validation": "^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
+        "php": "^8.1",
+        "illuminate/support": "^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
+        "illuminate/database": "^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
+        "illuminate/validation": "^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
         "intervention/image": "^2.5"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "laravel/framework": "^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
-        "orchestra/testbench": "^5.0|^6.0|^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0",
+        "laravel/framework": "^10.0|^11.0|^12.0",
+        "orchestra/testbench": "^8.0|^9.0|^10.0",
         "mockery/mockery": "^1.2.3",
         "laravel/legacy-factories": "^1.3.9"
     },