Setup PHP in GitHub Actions
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.
## Contents
- [PHP Support](#tada-php-support)
- [GitHub-Hosted Runner Support](#cloud-github-hosted-runner-support)
- [PHP Extension Support](#heavy_plus_sign-php-extension-support)
- [Tools Support](#wrench-tools-support)
- [Coverage Support](#signal_strength-coverage-support)
- [Xdebug](#xdebug)
- [PCOV](#pcov)
- [Disable coverage](#disable-coverage)
- [Usage](#memo-usage)
- [Basic Setup](#basic-setup)
- [Matrix Setup](#matrix-setup)
- [Nightly Build Setup](#nightly-build-setup)
- [Thread Safe Setup](#thread-safe-setup)
- [Cache Dependencies](#cache-dependencies)
- [Composer GitHub OAuth](#composer-github-oauth)
- [Problem Matchers](#problem-matchers)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [License](#scroll-license)
- [Contributions](#1-contributions)
- [Support This project](#sparkling_heart-support-this-project)
- [Dependencies](#bookmark-dependencies)
- [Further Reading](#bookmark_tabs-further-reading)
## :tada: PHP Support
|PHP Version|Stability|Release Support|
|--- |--- |--- |
|5.6|`Stable`|`End of life`|
|7.0|`Stable`|`End of life`|
|7.1|`Stable`|`End of life`|
|7.2|`Stable`|`Security fixes only`|
|7.3|`Stable`|`Active`|
|7.4|`Stable`|`Active`|
|8.0|`Nightly`|`In development`|
**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.
## :cloud: GitHub-Hosted Runner Support
|Virtual environment|YAML workflow label|Pre-installed PHP|
|--- |--- |--- |
|Ubuntu 16.04|`ubuntu-16.04`|`PHP 5.6` to `PHP 7.4`|
|Ubuntu 18.04|`ubuntu-latest` or `ubuntu-18.04`|`PHP 7.1` to `PHP 7.4`|
|Ubuntu 20.04|`ubuntu-20.04`|`PHP 7.4`|
|Windows Server 2019|`windows-latest` or `windows-2019`|`PHP 7.4`|
|macOS 10.15 Catalina|`macos-latest` or `macos-10.15`|`PHP 7.4`|
|macOS 11.0 Big Sur|`macos-11.0`|`PHP 7.4`|
## :heavy_plus_sign: PHP Extension Support
- On `ubuntu` by default extensions which are available as a package can be installed. If the extension is not available as a package but it is on `PECL`, it can be installed by specifying `pecl` in the tools input.
- On `windows` extensions which have `windows` binary on `PECL` can be installed.
- On `macOS` extensions which are on `PECL` can be installed.
- Extensions which are installed along with PHP if specified are enabled.
- Extensions on `PECL` which do not have a latest stable version, their pre-release versions can be installed by suffixing the extension with its state i.e `alpha`, `beta`, `devel` or `snapshot` separated by a `-` like `msgpack-beta`.
- Extensions which cannot be installed gracefully leave an error message in the logs, the action is not interrupted.
## :wrench: Tools Support
These tools can be setup globally using the `tools` input.
`codeception`, `composer`, `composer-prefetcher`, `cs2pr`, `deployer`, `pecl`, `phinx`, `phive`, `phpcbf`, `phpcpd`, `php-config`, `php-cs-fixer`, `phpcs`, `phpize`, `phpmd`, `phpstan`, `phpunit`, `prestissimo`, `psalm`, `symfony`
```yaml
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit
```
To set up a particular version of a tool, specify it in the form `tool:version`.
The latest stable version of `composer` is set up by default. You can set up the required `composer` version by specifying `v1`, `v2`, `snapshot` or `preview` as versions or the exact version in semver format.
```yaml
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: composer:v2
```
If you have specified composer plugins `prestissimo` or `composer-prefetcher` in tools, the latest stable version of `composer v1` will be setup. Unless some of your packages require `composer v1`, it is recommended to drop `prestissimo` and use `composer v2`.
Version for other tools should be in `semver` format and a valid release of the tool.
```yaml
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: php-cs-fixer:2.16.2, phpunit:8.5.1
```
Tools which cannot be installed gracefully leave an error message in the logs, the action is not interrupted.
## :signal_strength: Coverage Support
### Xdebug
Specify `coverage: xdebug` to use `Xdebug`.
Runs on all [PHP versions supported](#tada-php-support "List of PHP versions supported on this GitHub Action").
```yaml
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
coverage: xdebug
```
### PCOV
Specify `coverage: pcov` to use `PCOV` and disable `Xdebug`.
It is much faster than `Xdebug`.
`PCOV` needs `PHP >= 7.1`.
If your source code directory is other than `src`, `lib` or, `app`, specify `pcov.directory` using the `ini-values` input.
```yaml
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
ini-values: pcov.directory=api #optional, see above for usage.
coverage: pcov
```
### Disable Coverage
Specify `coverage: none` to disable both `Xdebug` and `PCOV`.
Consider disabling the coverage using this PHP action for these reasons.
- You are not generating coverage reports while testing.
- It will remove `Xdebug`, which will have a positive impact on PHP performance.
- You are using `phpdbg` for running your tests.
```yaml
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
coverage: none
```
## :memo: Usage
Inputs supported by this GitHub Action.
- php-version `required`
- extensions `optional`
- ini-values `optional`
- coverage `optional`
- tools `optional`
See [action.yml](action.yml "Metadata for this GitHub Action") and usage below for more info.
### Basic Setup
> Setup a particular PHP version.
```yaml
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
extensions: mbstring, intl #optional, setup extensions
ini-values: post_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On #optional, setup php.ini configuration
coverage: xdebug #optional, setup coverage driver
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit #optional, setup tools globally
```
### Matrix Setup
> Setup multiple PHP versions on multiple operating systems.
```yaml
jobs:
run:
runs-on: ${{ matrix.operating-system }}
strategy:
matrix:
operating-system: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
php-versions: ['5.6', '7.0', '7.1', '7.2', '7.3', '7.4']
name: PHP ${{ matrix.php-versions }} Test on ${{ matrix.operating-system }}
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
extensions: mbstring, intl #optional, setup extensions
ini-values: post_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On #optional, setup php.ini configuration
coverage: xdebug #optional, setup coverage driver
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit #optional, setup tools globally
```
### Nightly Build Setup
> 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.
- `PECL` is installed by default with this version on `Ubuntu` and `macOS`.
- Some extensions might not support this version currently.
- Refer to this [RFC](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/jit "PHP JIT RFC configuration") for configuring `PHP JIT` on this version.
- Refer to this [list of RFCs](https://wiki.php.net/rfc#php_80 "List of RFCs implemented in PHP8") implemented in this version.
```yaml
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '8.0'
extensions: mbstring #optional, setup extensions
ini-values: opcache.jit_buffer_size=256M, opcache.jit=1235, pcre.jit=1 #optional, setup php.ini configuration
coverage: pcov #optional, setup PCOV, Xdebug does not support this version yet.
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit #optional, setup tools globally
```
### Thread Safe Setup
- `NTS` versions are setup by default.
- On `ubuntu` and `macOS` only NTS versions are supported.
- On `windows` both `TS` and `NTS` versions are supported.
```yaml
jobs:
run:
runs-on: windows-latest
name: Setup PHP TS on Windows
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
env:
phpts: ts # specify ts or nts
```
### Cache Dependencies
You can persist composer's internal cache directory using the [`action/cache`](https://github.com/actions/cache "GitHub Action to cache files") GitHub Action. 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.
**Note:** Please do not cache `vendor` directory using `action/cache` as that will have side-effects.
```yaml
- name: Get Composer Cache Directory
id: composer-cache
run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
- name: Cache dependencies
uses: actions/cache@v2
with:
path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
- name: Install Dependencies
run: composer install --prefer-dist
```
- If you do not commit `composer.lock`, you can use the hash of `composer.json` as the key for your cache.
```yaml
key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.json') }}
```
- If you support a range of `composer` dependencies and use `prefer-lowest` and `prefer-stable` options, you can store them in your matrix add them to the keys.
```yaml
key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}-${{ matrix.prefer }}-
restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ matrix.prefer }}-
```
### Composer GitHub OAuth
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 a `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.
```yaml
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
env:
COMPOSER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```
### Problem Matchers
Problem matchers are `json` configurations which identify errors and warnings in your logs and surface that information prominently in the GitHub Actions UI by highlighting them and creating code annotations.
#### PHP
Setup problem matchers for your `PHP` output by adding this step after the `setup-php` step.
```yaml
- name: Setup problem matchers for PHP
run: echo "::add-matcher::${{ runner.tool_cache }}/php.json"
```
#### PHPUnit
Setup problem matchers for your `PHPUnit` output by adding this step after the `setup-php` step.
```yaml
- name: Setup problem matchers for PHPUnit
run: echo "::add-matcher::${{ runner.tool_cache }}/phpunit.json"
```
#### PHPStan
PHPStan supports error reporting in GitHub Actions, so no problem matchers are required.
```yaml
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: phpstan
- name: Run PHPStan
run: phpstan analyse src
```
#### Psalm
Psalm supports error reporting in GitHub Actions with an output format `github`.
```yaml
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: psalm
- name: Run Psalm
run: psalm --output-format=github
```
#### Tools with checkstyle support
For tools that support `checkstyle` reporting like `phpstan`, `psalm`, `php-cs-fixer` and `phpcs` you can use `cs2pr` to annotate your code.
For examples refer to [cs2pr documentation](https://github.com/staabm/annotate-pull-request-from-checkstyle).
> Here is an example with `phpcs`.
```yaml
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: cs2pr, phpcs
- name: Run phpcs
run: phpcs -q --report=checkstyle src | cs2pr
```
### Examples
Examples for setting up this GitHub Action with different PHP Frameworks/Packages.
|Framework/Package|Runs on|Workflow|
|--- |--- |--- |
|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")|
|Lumen with `MySQL` and `Redis`|`ubuntu`|[lumen-mysql.yml](./examples/lumen-mysql.yml "GitHub Action for Lumen with MySQL and Redis")|
|Lumen with `PostgreSQL` and `Redis`|`ubuntu`|[lumen-postgres.yml](./examples/lumen-postgres.yml "GitHub Action for Lumen with PostgreSQL and Redis")|
|Lumen without services|`macOS`, `ubuntu` and `windows`|[lumen.yml](./examples/lumen.yml "GitHub Action for Lumen without services")|
|Phalcon with `MySQL`|`ubuntu`|[phalcon-mysql.yml](./examples/phalcon-mysql.yml "GitHub Action for Phalcon with MySQL")|
|Phalcon with `PostgreSQL`|`ubuntu`|[phalcon-postgres.yml](./examples/phalcon-postgres.yml "GitHub Action for Phalcon with PostgreSQL")|
|Roots/bedrock|`ubuntu`|[bedrock.yml](./examples/bedrock.yml "GitHub Action for Wordpress Development using @roots/bedrock")|
|Roots/sage|`ubuntu`|[sage.yml](./examples/sage.yml "GitHub Action for Wordpress Development using @roots/sage")|
|Slim Framework|`macOS`, `ubuntu` and `windows`|[slim-framework.yml](./examples/slim-framework.yml "GitHub Action for Slim Framework")|
|Symfony with `MySQL`|`ubuntu`|[symfony-mysql.yml](./examples/symfony-mysql.yml "GitHub Action for Symfony with MySQL")|
|Symfony with `PostgreSQL`|`ubuntu`|[symfony-postgres.yml](./examples/symfony-postgres.yml "GitHub Action for Symfony with PostgreSQL")|
|Symfony without services|`macOS`, `ubuntu` and `windows`|[symfony.yml](./examples/symfony.yml "GitHub Action for Symfony without services")|
|Yii2 Starter Kit with `MySQL`|`ubuntu`|[yii2-mysql.yml](./examples/yii2-mysql.yml "GitHub Action for Yii2 Starter Kit with MySQL")|
|Yii2 Starter Kit with `PostgreSQL`|`ubuntu`|[yii2-postgres.yml](./examples/yii2-postgres.yml "GitHub Action for Yii2 Starter Kit with PostgreSQL")|
|Zend Framework|`macOS`, `ubuntu` and `windows`|[zend-framework.yml](./examples/zend-framework.yml "GitHub Action for Zend Framework")|
## :scroll: License
- The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE "License for shivammathur/setup-php").
- This project has multiple [dependencies](#bookmark-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").
## :+1: Contributions
Contributions are welcome! See [Contributor's Guide](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md "shivammathur/setup-php contribution guide"). 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").
## :sparkling_heart: Support This Project
If this action helped you.
- Sponsor the project by subscribing on [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/shivammathur "Shivam Mathur Patreon") or by contributing using [Paypal](https://www.paypal.me/shivammathur "Shivam Mathur PayPal"). This project is also available as part of the [Tidelift Subscription](https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/npm-setup-php?utm_source=npm-setup-php&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=enterprise&utm_term=repo "Tidelift Subscription for setup-php") to support delivering enterprise-level maintenance.
- Please star the project and dependencies. If you blog, please share your experience of using this action with the community.
## :bookmark: Dependencies
- [Node.js dependencies](https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/network/dependencies "Node.js dependencies")
- [aaronparker/VcRedist](https://github.com/aaronparker/VcRedist "VcRedist PowerShell package")
- [mlocati/powershell-phpmanager](https://github.com/mlocati/powershell-phpmanager "Package to handle PHP on windows")
- [ppa:ondrej/php](https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php "Packaging active PHP packages")
- [shivammathur/homebrew-php](https://github.com/shivammathur/homebrew-php "Tap for PHP builds for MacOS")
- [shivammathur/homebrew-extensions](https://github.com/shivammathur/homebrew-extensions "Tap for PHP extensions for MacOS")
- [shivammathur/php-builder](https://github.com/shivammathur/php-builder "Nightly PHP package")
## :bookmark_tabs: Further Reading
- [About GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions "GitHub Actions")
- [GitHub Actions Syntax](https://help.github.com/en/articles/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions "GitHub Actions Syntax")
- [Other Awesome Actions](https://github.com/sdras/awesome-actions "List of Awesome GitHub Actions")