Checklist for preparing a PHP application audit
Use this list to collect evidence and ask better questions. It does not produce an automatic score: it separates facts, assumptions and areas requiring specialist review.
Complete the resource with evidence, not ideal answers
A checkbox helps when it represents a verified situation and leads to a conversation or decision.
Bring together people who understand product, development and operations. For each section, identify repositories, configuration, metrics, incidents, screenshots or examples that justify the answer. If evidence does not exist, record the uncertainty: it may matter more than completing the checkbox.
At the end, group findings by impact and dependency. Separate immediate controls, required investigation and structural improvements. The result should state what will be done, who can decide it and how it will be verified, avoiding a wish list without priority.
- EvidenceSource or example supporting each answer.
- ImpactConsequence for users, business or operations.
- PriorityOrder based on risk, dependency and effort.
- ActionOwner, boundary and outcome verification.
Context and ownership
Who decides, operates and understands the system.
Code and dependencies
What can be changed safely.
Data and integrations
Origin, quality and consistency.
Security
Controls related to actual risk.
Testing and delivery
Change without relying on memory.
Operations
Detect and recover.
Turn answers into decisions
- Collect evidence links alongside each answer.
- Separate immediate risk from structural improvement.
- Assign an owner and next check to every unknown.
- Turn findings into a phased plan, not a flat list.
Content connected to this decision
Continue with diagnosis, execution or related experience.