Setup PHP with required extensions, php.ini configuration, code-coverage support and various tools like composer in [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions "GitHub Actions"). This action gives you a cross platform interface to setup the PHP environment you need to test your application. Refer to [Usage](#memo-usage "How to use this") section and [examples](#examples "Examples of use") to see how to use this.
**Note:** Specifying `8.0` in `php-version` input installs a nightly build of `PHP 8.0.0-dev` with `PHP JIT`, `Union Types v2` and other [new features](https://wiki.php.net/rfc#php_80 "New features implemented in PHP 8"). See [nightly build setup](#nightly-build-setup) for more information.
- On `ubuntu` by default extensions which are available as a package can be installed. PECL extensions if not available as a package can be installed by specifying `pecl` in the tools input.
- Specific versions of PECL extensions can be installed by suffixing the version. This is useful for installing old versions of extensions which support end of life PHP versions.
- These extensions have custom support - `cubrid`, `pdo_cubrid` and `gearman` on `Ubuntu`, and `blackfire`, `ioncube`, `oci8`, `pdo_oci`, `phalcon3` and `phalcon4` on all supported OS.
To setup a particular version of a tool, specify it in the form `tool:version`.
Latest stable version of `composer` is setup by default. You can setup the required version by specifying `v1`, `v2`, `snapshot` or `preview` as version.
```yaml
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: composer:v2
```
Version for other tools should be in `semver` format and a valid release of the tool.
> Setup a nightly build of `PHP 8.0.0-dev` from the [master branch](https://github.com/php/php-src/tree/master "Master branch on PHP source repository") of PHP.
- To setup a dockerized self-hosted runner, refer to this [guide](https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/wiki/Dockerized-self-hosted-runner-on-Ubuntu) to setup in an `Ubuntu` container and refer to this [guide](https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/wiki/Dockerized-self-hosted-runner-on-Windows) to setup in a `Windows` container.
- To setup the runner directly on the host OS or in a virtual machine, follow this [requirements guide](https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/wiki/Requirements-for-self-hosted-runners "Requirements guide for self-hosted runner to run setup-php") before setting up the self-hosted runner.
- If your workflow uses [services](https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idservices "GitHub Actions Services"), then setup the runner on a Linux host or in a Linux virtual machine. GitHub Actions does not support nested virtualization on Linux, so services will not work in a dockerized container.
> Test your `Ubuntu` workflow locally using [`nektos/act`](https://github.com/nektos/act "Project to test GitHub Actions locally").
```yaml
jobs:
run:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
name: PHP 7.4 Test
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: 7.4
```
Run the workflow locally with `act` using [`shivammathur/node`](https://github.com/shivammathur/node-docker "Docker image to run setup-php") docker image.
You can cache PHP extensions using `shivammathur/cache-extensions` and `action/cache` GitHub Actions. Extensions which take very long to setup when cached are available in the next workflow run and are enabled directly. This reduces the workflow execution time.
Refer to [`shivammathur/cache-extensions`](https://github.com/shivammathur/cache-extensions "GitHub Action to cache php extensions") for details.
If your project uses composer, you can persist composer's internal cache directory. Dependencies cached are loaded directly instead of downloading them while installation. The files cached are available across check-runs and will reduce the workflow execution time.
- Please do not cache `vendor` directory using `action/cache` as that will have side-effects.
- In the above example, if you support a range of `composer` dependencies and do not commit `composer.lock`, you can use the hash of `composer.json` as the key for your cache.
If your project has node.js dependencies, you can persist npm's or yarn's cache directory. The cached files are available across check-runs and will reduce the workflow execution time.
If you have a number of workflows which setup multiple tools or have many composer dependencies, you might hit the GitHub's rate limit for composer. To avoid that you can add an `OAuth` token to the composer's config by setting `COMPOSER_TOKEN` environment variable. You can use [`GITHUB_TOKEN`](https://help.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/authenticating-with-the-github_token "GITHUB_TOKEN documentation") secret for this purpose.
Setup problem matchers for your `PHP` output by adding this step after the `setup-php` step. This will scan the logs for PHP errors and warnings, and surface them prominently in the GitHub Actions UI by creating annotations and log file decorations.
Setup problem matchers for your `PHPUnit` output by adding this step after the `setup-php` step. This will scan the logs for failing tests and surface that information prominently in the GitHub Actions UI by creating annotations and log file decorations.
|CakePHP with `MySQL` and `Redis`|`ubuntu`|[cakephp-mysql.yml](./examples/cakephp-mysql.yml "GitHub Action for CakePHP with MySQL and Redis")|
|CakePHP with `PostgreSQL` and `Redis`|`ubuntu`|[cakephp-postgres.yml](./examples/cakephp-postgres.yml "GitHub Action for CakePHP with Postgres and Redis")|
|CakePHP without services|`macOS`, `ubuntu` and `windows`|[cakephp.yml](./examples/cakephp.yml "GitHub Action for CakePHP without services")|
|CodeIgniter|`macOS`, `ubuntu` and `windows`|[codeigniter.yml](./examples/codeigniter.yml "GitHub Action for CodeIgniter")|
|Laravel with `MySQL` and `Redis`|`ubuntu`|[laravel-mysql.yml](./examples/laravel-mysql.yml "GitHub Action for Laravel with MySQL and Redis")|
|Laravel with `PostgreSQL` and `Redis`|`ubuntu`|[laravel-postgres.yml](./examples/laravel-postgres.yml "GitHub Action for Laravel with PostgreSQL and Redis")|
|Laravel without services|`macOS`, `ubuntu` and `windows`|[laravel.yml](./examples/laravel.yml "GitHub Action for Laravel without services")|
- It is highly recommended to use the `v2` tag as `setup-php` version. It is a rolling tag and is synced with latest minor and patch releases. With `v2` you automatically get the bug fixes, new features and support for latest PHP releases. For debugging any issues `verbose` tag can be used temporarily. It outputs all the logs and is also synced with the latest releases.
- Semantic release versions can also be used. It is recommended to [use dependabot](https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/keeping-your-actions-up-to-date-with-github-dependabot "Setup Dependabot with GitHub Actions") with semantic versioning to keep the actions in your workflows up to date.
- Commit SHA can also be used, but are not recommended. They have to be updated with every release manually, without which you will not get any bug fixes or new features.
- Using the `master` branch as version is highly discouraged, it might break your workflow after major releases as they have breaking changes.
- If you are using the `v1` tag or a `1.x.y` version, it is recommended that you [switch to v2](https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/wiki/Switch-to-v2 "Guide for switching from setup-php v1 to v2") as `v1` only gets critical bug fixes. Maintenance support for `v1` will be dropped with the last `PHP 8.0` release.
- This project has multiple [dependencies](#package-dependencies "Dependencies for this PHP Action"). Their licenses can be found in their respective repositories.
- The logo for `setup-php` is a derivative work of [php.net logo](https://www.php.net/download-logos.php) and is licensed under the [CC BY-SA 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ "Creative Commons License").
- See [Contributor's Guide](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md "shivammathur/setup-php contribution guide") before you start.
- If you face any issues while using this or want to suggest a feature/improvement, create an issue [here](https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/issues "Issues reported").
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