Illuminate Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Replatforming strategy (rewrite vs. incremental): Enables a phased "strangler" migration from Yii2 to Laravel instead of a big-bang rewrite, so leadership can choose a lower-risk cutover model.
• Build vs. buy: Informs whether we hand-roll an interop/adapter layer or adopt a community bridge to run Laravel/Illuminate components alongside an existing Yii2 application.
• Roadmap sequencing: Lets the team ship Laravel-based features into the current Yii2 product before the platform migration completes — the feature roadmap is no longer gated by replatforming.
• Platform consolidation: Supports a decision to standardize new development on Laravel while keeping Yii2 in maintenance mode, with a defined coexistence period.
• Typical use cases: dual-run periods, shared auth/session/container concerns, module-by-module porting, and upskilling the team on Laravel without freezing delivery.
• Not a driver for: greenfield products, teams already on Laravel, or shops with no meaningful Yii2 footprint.

When to Consider This Package

Adopt as a candidate when:

• You have a substantial, revenue-bearing Yii2 codebase in production and a committed direction toward Laravel.
• The migration will span multiple quarters and you need coexistence rather than a flag-day cutover.
• You want to reuse Laravel packages/ecosystem inside Yii2, or expose existing Yii2 functionality to a new Laravel app.
• You have engineering capacity to own it: pin versions, vendor/fork, and write the integration tests yourself.

Look elsewhere when:

• The Yii2 footprint is small — a straight rewrite is cheaper and cleaner than a bridge.
• There is no Yii2 in the stack, or the target framework isn't Laravel.
• License is NOASSERTION — this is a blocker until legal clears it; do not put it on a production path first.
• Community signals are thin (~115 stars, low activity): treat it as a reference implementation, not a supported dependency.
• You operate under strict security, compliance, or long-term vendor-support requirements.
• You need documented, warrantied migration tooling from a commercial vendor.

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

Executive summary. This is an open-source bridge that makes a Yii2→Laravel transition incremental rather than a risky rewrite. It lets us run Laravel capabilities alongside existing Yii2 code, so we can keep shipping roadmap features during the migration and reduce cutover risk. The trade-offs are real: a small community (~115 stars), an unclear license (NOASSERTION) that requires legal review, and a strong likelihood we fork and maintain it ourselves. Recommendation: run a short, time-boxed spike to validate fit — not a commitment. Budget for ownership, and don't make it load-bearing until license and maintenance are resolved.

For engineering. Treat it as scaffolding, not a product. Keep a clean seam between the bridge and our domain code so it can be deleted when the migration lands, and assume we own the code from day one.