Refactor GitHub Actions workflow to update PHP and Laravel matrix configurations and upgrade checkout action version

Author: frkcn

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -7,34 +7,6 @@ on:
 jobs:
     test:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        strategy:
-            fail-fast: true
-            matrix:
-                php: ['8.0', 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4]
-                laravel: [8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
-                exclude:
-                    - php: '8.0'
-                      laravel: 10
-                    - php: '8.0'
-                      laravel: 11
-                    - php: '8.1'
-                      laravel: 11
-                    - php: '8.1'
-                      laravel: 12
-                    - php: '8.2'
-                      laravel: 8
-                    - php: '8.3'
-                      laravel: 8
-                    - php: '8.3'
-                      laravel: 9
-                    - php: '8.4'
-                      laravel: 8
-                    - php: '8.4'
-                      laravel: 9
-                    - php: '8.4'
-                      laravel: 10
-
-        name: P${{ matrix.php }} - L${{ matrix.laravel }} - ${{ matrix.dependency-version }}
 
         services:
             mysql:
@@ -46,9 +18,18 @@ jobs:
                     - 3306
                 options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
 
+        strategy:
+            fail-fast: true
+            matrix:
+                php: [8.2, 8.3, 8.4]
+                laravel: [11, 12]
+                stability: [prefer-lowest, prefer-stable]
+
+        name: P${{ matrix.php }} - L${{ matrix.laravel }}
+
         steps:
             - name: Checkout code
-              uses: actions/checkout@v2
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
             - name: Setup PHP
               uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2