Setup PHP in GitHub Actions

Setup PHP with required extensions, php.ini configuration and composer in GitHub Actions. This action can be added as a step in your action workflow and it will setup the PHP environment you need to test your application. Refer to Usage section and examples to see how to use this.

Contents

• PHP Support
• OS/Platform Support
• PHP Extension Support
• Coverage support
  • Xdebug
  • PCOV
  • Disable coverage
• Usage
  • Basic Usage
  • Matrix Testing
  • Cache dependencies
  • Examples
• License
• Contributions
• Support this project
• This action uses the following works
• Further Reading

🎉 PHP Support

PHP Version	Stability	Release Support
5.6	Stable	End of life
7.0	Stable	End of life
7.1	Stable	Security fixes only
7.2	Stable	Active
7.3	Stable	Active
7.4	RC4/RC5	Active

Note: PHP 7.4 is currently in development, do not use in production/release branches.

☁️ OS/Platform Support

Virtual environment	matrix.operating-system
Windows Server 2019	windows-latest or windows-2019
Ubuntu 18.04	ubuntu-latest or ubuntu-18.04
Ubuntu 16.04	ubuntu-16.04
macOS X Catalina 10.15	macOS-latest or macOS-10.15

🔧 PHP Extension Support

• On ubuntu extensions which have the package in APT are installed. If extension is not in APT, you can use PECL to install the extension as fallback by specifying pecl: true.
• 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 which cannot be installed gracefully leave an error message in the logs, the action is not interrupted.

📶 Coverage support

Xdebug

Specify coverage: xdebug to use Xdebug.
Runs on all PHP versions supported

uses: shivammathur/setup-php@master
with:
  php-version: '7.3'  
  coverage: xdebug

PCOV

Specify coverage: pcov to use PCOV.
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-csv input.

uses: shivammathur/setup-php@master
with:
  php-version: '7.3'
  ini-values-csv: 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 disable Xdebug, which will have a positive impact on PHP performance.
• You are using phpdbg for running your tests.

uses: shivammathur/setup-php@master
with:
  php-version: '7.3'
  coverage: none

📝 Usage

Inputs supported by this GitHub Action.

• php-version required
• extension-csv optional
• ini-values-csv optional
• coverage optional
• pecl optional

See action.yml and usage below for more info.

Basic Usage

steps:
- name: Checkout
  uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: Setup PHP
  uses: shivammathur/setup-php@master
  with:
    php-version: '7.3'
    extension-csv: mbstring, xdebug #optional, setup extensions
    ini-values-csv: post_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On #optional, setup php.ini configuration
    coverage: xdebug #optional, setup coverage driver
    pecl: true #optional, setup PECL
- name: Check PHP Version
  run: php -v
- name: Check Composer Version
  run: composer -V
- name: Check PHP Extensions
  run: php -m

Matrix Testing

jobs:
  run:    
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.operating-system }}
    strategy:
      max-parallel: 15
      matrix:
        operating-system: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
        php-versions: ['5.6', '7.0', '7.1', '7.2', '7.3']
    name: PHP ${{ matrix.php-versions }} Test on ${{ matrix.operating-system }}
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Setup PHP
      uses: shivammathur/setup-php@master
      with:
        php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
        extension-csv: mbstring, xdebug #optional, setup extensions
        ini-values-csv: post_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On #optional, setup php.ini configuration
        coverage: xdebug #optional, setup coverage driver
        pecl: true #optional, setup PECL
    - name: Check PHP Version
      run: php -v
    - name: Check Composer Version
      run: composer -V
    - name: Check PHP Extensions
      run: php -m

Cache dependencies

You can persist composer's internal cache directory using the action/cache 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.

- name: Get Composer Cache Directory
  id: composer-cache
  run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
- name: Cache on linux and macOS
  if: matrix.operating-system != 'windows-latest'
  uses: actions/cache@v1
  with:
    path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
    key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
    restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
- name: Cache on windows
  if: matrix.operating-system == 'windows-latest'
  uses: actions/cache@v1
  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

Examples

Examples for setting up this GitHub Action with different PHP Frameworks/Packages.

Framework/Package	Runs on	Workflow
CodeIgniter	macOS, ubuntu and windows	codeigniter.yml
Laravel with MySQL and Redis	ubuntu	laravel-mysql.yml
Laravel with PostgreSQL and Redis	ubuntu	laravel-postgres.yml
Laravel without services	macOS, ubuntu and windows	laravel.yml
Lumen with MySQL and Redis	ubuntu	lumen-mysql.yml
Lumen with PostgreSQL and Redis	ubuntu	lumen-postgres.yml
Lumen without services	macOS, ubuntu and windows	lumen.yml
Phalcon with MySQL	ubuntu	phalcon-mysql.yml
Phalcon with PostgreSQL	ubuntu	phalcon-postgres.yml
Slim Framework	macOS, ubuntu and windows	slim-framework.yml
Symfony with MySQL	ubuntu	symfony-mysql.yml
Symfony with PostgreSQL	ubuntu	symfony-postgres.yml
Yii2 Starter Kit with MySQL	ubuntu	yii2-mysql.yml
Yii2 Starter Kit with PostgreSQL	ubuntu	yii2-postgres.yml
Zend Framework	macOS, ubuntu and windows	zend-framework.yml

📜 License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License. This project has multiple dependencies and their licenses can be found in their respective repositories.

👍 Contributions

Contributions are welcome! See Contributor's Guide. If you face any issues while using this or want to suggest a feature/improvement, create an issue here.

💖 Support this project

If this action helped you.

• Please star the project and share it, this helps reach more people.
• If you blog, write about your experience using this.
• Support on this project on or using .

🔖 This action uses the following works

• powershell-phpmanager
• Homebrew
• ppa:ondrej/php
• exolnet/homebrew-deprecated
• phpbrew

📑 Further Reading

• About GitHub Actions
• GitHub Actions Syntax
• Other Awesome Actions