ShellExecFunctionCallOverBackticksRector

Replace backticks based with shell_exec() function calls

-$output = `ls -al`;
+$output = shell_exec('ls -al');
 echo "<pre>$output</pre>";

Configure your rector.php:

<?php

use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
use Rector\Php85\Rector\ShellExec\ShellExecFunctionCallOverBackticksRector;

return RectorConfig::configure()
    ->withRules([
        ShellExecFunctionCallOverBackticksRector::class,
    ]);
SETS:  PHP 8.5