diff --git a/php/README.md b/php/README.md
index 91ca1475..d67cfec1 100644
--- a/php/README.md
+++ b/php/README.md
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@ PHPUnit `composer phpstan` can be run:
 ps
 ```
 
-**Happy coding**!
+## ffff
diff --git a/php/composer.json b/php/composer.json
index 1e0ecb7d..71eff6c3 100644
--- a/php/composer.json
+++ b/php/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "emilybache/gilded-rose-refactoring-kata",
     "description": "A kata to practice refactoring, tests and polymorphism",
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0"
+        "php": "^8.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
         "approvals/approval-tests": "^1.4"
     },
     "scripts": {
-        "checkcode": "phpcs src tests --standard=PSR12",
-        "fixcode": "phpcbf src tests --standard=PSR12",
-        "test": "phpunit",
-        "tests": "phpunit",
-        "test-coverage": "phpunit --coverage-html build/coverage",
-        "check-cs": "ecs check",
-        "fix-cs": "ecs check --fix",
-        "phpstan": "phpstan analyse --ansi"
+        "checkcode": "php vendor/bin/phpcs src tests --standard=PSR12",
+        "fixcode": "php vendor/bin/phpcbf src tests --standard=PSR12",
+        "test": "php vendor/bin/phpunit",
+        "tests": "php vendor/bin/phpunit",
+        "test-coverage": "php vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-html build/coverage",
+        "check-cs": "php vendor/bin/ecs check",
+        "fix-cs": "php vendor/bin/ecs check --fix",
+        "phpstan": "php vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --ansi"
     }
 }
diff --git a/php/fixtures/texttest_fixture.php b/php/fixtures/texttest_fixture.php
index 7363c773..c8d13c20 100644
--- a/php/fixtures/texttest_fixture.php
+++ b/php/fixtures/texttest_fixture.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ $items = [
 
 $app = new GildedRose($items);
 
-$days = 2;
+$days = 31;
 if (count($argv) > 1) {
     $days = (int) $argv[1];
 }
diff --git a/php/src/GildedRose.php b/php/src/GildedRose.php
index cfb7f78a..552a94c5 100644
--- a/php/src/GildedRose.php
+++ b/php/src/GildedRose.php
@@ -1,69 +1,127 @@
 <?php
 
-declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+======================================
+Gilded Rose Requirements Specification
+======================================
+
+Hi and welcome to team Gilded Rose. As you know, we are a small inn with a prime location in a
+prominent city ran by a friendly innkeeper named Allison. We also buy and sell only the finest goods.
+Unfortunately, our goods are constantly degrading in quality as they approach their sell by date. We
+have a system in place that updates our inventory for us. It was developed by a no-nonsense type named
+Leeroy, who has moved on to new adventures. Your task is to add the new feature to our system so that
+we can begin selling a new category of items. First an introduction to our system:
+
+	- All items have a SellIn value which denotes the number of days we have to sell the item
+	- All items have a Quality value which denotes how valuable the item is
+	- At the end of each day our system lowers both values for every item
+
+Pretty simple, right? Well this is where it gets interesting:
+
+	- Once the sell by date has passed, Quality degrades twice as fast
+	- The Quality of an item is never negative
+	- "Aged Brie" actually increases in Quality the older it gets
+	- The Quality of an item is never more than 50
+	- "Sulfuras", being a legendary item, never has to be sold or decreases in Quality
+	- "Backstage passes", like aged brie, increases in Quality as its SellIn value approaches;
+	Quality increases by 2 when there are 10 days or less and by 3 when there are 5 days or less but
+	Quality drops to 0 after the concert
+
+We have recently signed a supplier of conjured items. This requires an update to our system:
+
+	- "Conjured" items degrade in Quality twice as fast as normal items
+
+Feel free to make any changes to the UpdateQuality method and add any new code as long as everything
+still works correctly. However, do not alter the Item class or Items property as those belong to the
+goblin in the corner who will insta-rage and one-shot you as he doesn't believe in shared code
+ownership (you can make the UpdateQuality method and Items property static if you like, we'll cover
+for you).
+
+Just for clarification, an item can never have its Quality increase above 50, however "Sulfuras" is a
+legendary item and as such its Quality is 80 and it never alters.
+*/
+
 
 namespace GildedRose;
 
 final class GildedRose
 {
-    /**
-     * @var Item[]
-     */
-    private $items;
-
-    public function __construct(array $items)
+    public function __construct(private array $items)
     {
-        $this->items = $items;
     }
 
     public function updateQuality(): void
     {
+        /** @var Item $item */
         foreach ($this->items as $item) {
-            if ($item->name != 'Aged Brie' and $item->name != 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
-                if ($item->quality > 0) {
-                    if ($item->name != 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros') {
-                        $item->quality = $item->quality - 1;
+            //conjured quality -2  + test. test first!
+//            if ($item->name === 'Conjured Mana Cake') {
+//                $this->lowerQuality($item, 1);
+//            }
+
+            //spare Sulfuras from quality drop
+            if ($item->name === 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros') {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $disabledNames = ['Aged Brie', 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert'];
+            if (in_array($item->name, $disabledNames)) {
+                if ($item->quality < 50) {
+                    $this->increaseQuality($item, 1);
+                    if ($item->name === 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
+                        if ($item->sell_in <= 10 && $item->sell_in > 5) {
+                            $this->increaseQuality($item, 1);
+                        }
+                        elseif ($item->sell_in <= 5) {
+                            $this->increaseQuality($item, 2);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             } else {
-                if ($item->quality < 50) {
-                    $item->quality = $item->quality + 1;
-                    if ($item->name == 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
-                        if ($item->sell_in < 11) {
-                            if ($item->quality < 50) {
-                                $item->quality = $item->quality + 1;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        if ($item->sell_in < 6) {
-                            if ($item->quality < 50) {
-                                $item->quality = $item->quality + 1;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
+                if ($item->quality > 0) {
+                    $this->lowerQuality($item, 1);
                 }
             }
 
-            if ($item->name != 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros') {
-                $item->sell_in = $item->sell_in - 1;
-            }
-
-            if ($item->sell_in < 0) {
-                if ($item->name != 'Aged Brie') {
-                    if ($item->name != 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
-                        if ($item->quality > 0) {
-                            if ($item->name != 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros') {
-                                $item->quality = $item->quality - 1;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        $item->quality = $item->quality - $item->quality;
+            if ($item->sell_in <= 0) {
+                if ($item->name === 'Aged Brie') {
+                    if ($item->quality < 50) {
+                        $this->increaseQuality($item, 1);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    if ($item->quality < 50) {
-                        $item->quality = $item->quality + 1;
+                    if ($item->name === 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
+                        $this->lowerQuality($item, $item->quality);
+                    } else {
+                        if ($item->quality > 0) {
+                            $this->lowerQuality($item, 1);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
+            $this->lowerSellIn($item, 1);
         }
     }
-}
+
+    private function lowerQuality(Item $item, int $amount)
+    {
+        if ($item->quality - $amount > 0) {
+            $item->quality -= $amount;
+        } else {
+            $item->quality = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function increaseQuality(Item $item, int $amount)
+    {
+        if ($item->quality + $amount <= 50) {
+            $item->quality += $amount;
+        } else {
+            $item->quality = 50;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function lowerSellIn(Item $item, int $amount)
+    {
+        $item->sell_in -= $amount;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/php/tests/GildedRoseTest.php b/php/tests/GildedRoseTest.php
index 52e7ddc6..18d389bd 100644
--- a/php/tests/GildedRoseTest.php
+++ b/php/tests/GildedRoseTest.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
 namespace Tests;
 
 use GildedRose\GildedRose;
@@ -15,6 +13,81 @@ class GildedRoseTest extends TestCase
         $items = [new Item('foo', 0, 0)];
         $gildedRose = new GildedRose($items);
         $gildedRose->updateQuality();
-        $this->assertSame('fixme', $items[0]->name);
+        self::assertSame('foo', $items[0]->name);
+        self::assertSame(-1, $items[0]->sell_in);
+
     }
-}
+
+    public function testNotBelowZero(): void
+    {
+        $items = [new Item('foo', 0, 1)];
+        $gildedRose = new GildedRose($items);
+        $gildedRose->updateQuality();
+        self::assertSame(0, $items[0]->quality);
+        self::assertSame(-1, $items[0]->sell_in);
+    }
+
+    public function testQualityDropsTwice(): void
+    {
+        $items = [new Item('foo', 0, 2)];
+        $gildedRose = new GildedRose($items);
+        $gildedRose->updateQuality();
+        self::assertSame(0, $items[0]->quality);
+        self::assertSame(-1, $items[0]->sell_in);
+    }
+
+    public function testAgedBrieQualityIncreases(): void
+    {
+        $items = [new Item('Aged Brie', 0, 1)];
+        $gildedRose = new GildedRose($items);
+        $gildedRose->updateQuality();
+        self::assertSame(3, $items[0]->quality);
+        self::assertSame(-1, $items[0]->sell_in);
+    }
+
+    public function testQualityNotMoreThan50(): void
+    {
+        $items = [new Item('Aged Brie', -1, 47)];
+        $gildedRose = new GildedRose($items);
+        $gildedRose->updateQuality();
+        self::assertSame(49, $items[0]->quality);
+        self::assertSame(-2, $items[0]->sell_in);
+    }
+
+    public function testSulfurasQualityAndSellinStays(): void
+    {
+        $items = [new Item('Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros', 1, 47)];
+        $gildedRose = new GildedRose($items);
+        $gildedRose->updateQuality();
+        self::assertSame(47, $items[0]->quality);
+        self::assertSame(1, $items[0]->sell_in);
+    }
+
+    /** @dataProvider BackstageScenario */
+    public function testBackstageQuality(array $scenario): void
+    {
+        $items = [new Item('Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert', $scenario['data']['sell_in'], $scenario['data']['quality'])];
+        $gildedRose = new GildedRose($items);
+        $gildedRose->updateQuality();
+        self::assertSame($scenario['expect']['quality'], $items[0]->quality);
+        self::assertSame($scenario['expect']['sell_in'], $items[0]->sell_in);
+    }
+
+    public function BackstageScenario(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            [[
+                'data' => ['sell_in' => 1, 'quality' => 47],
+                'expect' => ['sell_in' => 0, 'quality' => 50],
+            ]],
+            [[
+                'data' => ['sell_in' => 5, 'quality' => 50],
+                'expect' => ['sell_in' => 4, 'quality' => 50],
+            ]],
+            [[
+                'data' => ['sell_in' => 9, 'quality' => 40],
+                'expect' => ['sell_in' => 8, 'quality' => 42],
+            ]]
+        ];
+    }
+}
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