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Setup PHP in GitHub Actions
Setup PHP with required extensions, php.ini configuration, code-coverage support and various tools like composer in GitHub Actions. This action gives you a cross platform interface to 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
- Tools Support
- Coverage support
- Usage
- License
- Contributions
- Support This Project
- Dependencies
- Further Reading
🎉 PHP Support
PHP Version | Stability | Release Support | Runner Support |
---|---|---|---|
5.3 |
Stable |
End of life |
GitHub |
5.4 |
Stable |
End of life |
GitHub |
5.5 |
Stable |
End of life |
GitHub |
5.6 |
Stable |
End of life |
GitHub , self-hosted |
7.0 |
Stable |
End of life |
GitHub , self-hosted |
7.1 |
Stable |
End of life |
GitHub , self-hosted |
7.2 |
Stable |
Security fixes only |
GitHub , self-hosted |
7.3 |
Stable |
Active |
GitHub , self-hosted |
7.4 |
Stable |
Active |
GitHub , self-hosted |
8.0 |
Experimental |
In development |
GitHub , self-hosted |
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. See experimental setup for more information.
☁️ 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 |
Self Hosted | self-hosted |
Note: Refer to the self-hosted setup to use the action on self-hosted runners.
➕ PHP Extension Support
- 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 specifyingpecl
in the tools input.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: pecl
extensions: swoole
-
On
windows
PECL extensions which have theDLL
binary can be installed. -
On
macOS
PECL extensions can be installed. -
Extensions installed along with PHP if specified are enabled.
-
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.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '5.4'
tools: pecl
extensions: swoole-1.9.3
- Pre-release versions of PECL extensions can be setup by suffixing the extension with its state i.e
alpha
,beta
,devel
orsnapshot
.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: pecl
extensions: xdebug-beta
- Non-default extensions can be removed by prefixing it with a
:
.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
extensions: :opcache
-
Extensions which cannot be added or removed gracefully leave an error message in the logs, the action is not interrupted.
-
These extensions have custom support -
gearman
on ubuntu,blackfire
,phalcon3
andphalcon4
on all supported OS.
🔧 Tools Support
These tools can be setup globally using the tools
input.
blackfire
, blackfire-player
, codeception
, composer
, composer-prefetcher
, cs2pr
, deployer
, flex
, infection
, pecl
, phan
, phinx
, phive
, phpcbf
, phpcpd
, php-config
, php-cs-fixer
, phpcs
, phpize
, phpmd
, phpstan
, phpunit
, prestissimo
, psalm
, symfony
, vapor-cli
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit
To setup a particular version of a tool, specify it in this form tool:version
.
Version should be in semver format and a valid release of the tool.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: php-cs-fixer:2.15.5, phpunit:8.5.1
Notes
composer
is setup by default.- Specifying version for
composer
andpecl
has no effect, latest versions of both tools which are compatible with the PHP version will be setup. - Both agent and client will be setup when
blackfire
is specified. - If the version specified for the tool is not in semver format, latest version of the tool will be setup.
- Tools which cannot be setup 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 except 8.0
.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
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.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
ini-values: pcov.directory=api #optional, see above for usage.
coverage: pcov
Disable Coverage
Specify coverage: none
to remove 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. - You are profiling your code using
blackfire
.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
coverage: none
📝 Usage
Inputs
php-version
(required)
- Specify the PHP version you want to setup.
- Accepts a
string
. For example'7.4'
. - See PHP support for supported PHP versions.
extensions
(optional)
- Specify the extensions you want to add or remove.
- Accepts a
string
in csv-format. For examplembstring, :opcache
. - Non-default extensions prefixed with
:
are removed. - See PHP extension support for more info.
ini-values
(optional)
- Specify the values you want to add to
php.ini
. - Accepts a
string
in csv-format. For examplepost_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On
.
coverage
(optional)
- Specify the code coverage driver you want to setup.
- Accepts
xdebug
,pcov
ornone
. - See coverage support for more info.
tools
(optional)
- Specify the tools you want to setup.
- Accepts a
string
in csv-format. For examplephpunit, phpcs
- See tools Support for tools supported.
See below for more info.
Basic Setup
Setup a particular PHP version.
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
extensions: mbstring, intl
ini-values: post_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On
coverage: xdebug
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit
Matrix Setup
Setup multiple PHP versions on multiple operating systems.
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@v2
with:
php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
extensions: mbstring, intl
ini-values: post_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On
coverage: xdebug
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit
Experimental Setup
Setup a nightly build of
PHP 8.0.0-dev
from the master branch of PHP.
- This version is currently in development and is an experimental feature on this action.
PECL
is installed by default with this version onubuntu
.- Some extensions might not support this version currently.
- Refer to this RFC for configuring
PHP JIT
on this version. - Refer to this list of RFCs implemented in this version.
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '8.0'
extensions: mbstring
ini-values: opcache.jit_buffer_size=256M, opcache.jit=1235, pcre.jit=1
coverage: pcov
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit
Self Hosted Setup
Setup PHP on a self-hosted runner.
PHP 5.6
and newer versions are supported on self-hosted runners.Windows 7
and newer,Windows Server 2012 R2
and newer,Ubuntu 18.04
,Ubuntu 16.04
andMacOS X Catalina 10.15
are supported.- To setup a dockerized self-hosted runner, refer to this guide to setup in an
Ubuntu
container and refer to this guide to setup in aWindows
container. - To setup the runner directly on the host OS or in a VM, follow this requirements guide before setting up the self-hosted runner.
Specify the environment variable runner
with the value self-hosted
. Without this your workflow will fail.
jobs:
run:
runs-on: self-hosted
strategy:
matrix:
php-versions: ['5.6', '7.0', '7.1', '7.2', '7.3', '7.4', '8.0']
name: PHP ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
env:
runner: self-hosted # Specify the runner.
Local Testing Setup
Test your
Ubuntu
workflow locally usingnektos/act
.
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
docker image.
# For runs-on: ubuntu-latest
act -P ubuntu-latest=shivammathur/node:latest
# For runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
act -P ubuntu-18.04=shivammathur/node:bionic
# For runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
act -P ubuntu-16.04=shivammathur/node:xenial
Thread Safe Setup
Setup both
TS
andNTS
PHP onWindows
.
NTS
versions are setup by default.- On
Ubuntu
andmacOS
onlyNTS
versions are supported. - On
Windows
bothTS
andNTS
versions are supported.
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@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
env:
phpts: ts # specify ts or nts
Force Update
Update to latest patch of PHP versions.
- Pre-installed PHP versions on the GitHub Actions runner are not updated to their latest patch release by default.
- You can specify the
update
environment variable totrue
to force update to the latest release.
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
env:
update: true # specify true or false
Verbose Setup
Debug your workflow
To debug any issues, you can use the verbose
tag instead of v2
.
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@verbose
with:
php-version: '7.4'
Cache Extensions
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.
runs-on: ${{ matrix.operating-system }}
strategy:
matrix:
operating-system: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
php-versions: ['7.2', '7.3', '7.4']
name: PHP ${{ matrix.php-versions }} Test on ${{ matrix.operating-system }}
env:
extensions: intl, pcov
key: cache-v1 # can be any string, change to clear the extension cache.
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup cache environment
id: cache-env
uses: shivammathur/cache-extensions@v1
with:
php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
extensions: ${{ env.extensions }}
key: ${{ env.key }}
- name: Cache extensions
uses: actions/cache@v2
with:
path: ${{ steps.cache-env.outputs.dir }}
key: ${{ steps.cache-env.outputs.key }}
restore-keys: ${{ steps.cache-env.outputs.key }}
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
extensions: ${{ env.extensions }}
Note: If you setup both TS
and NTS
PHP versions on windows
, add ${{ env.phpts }}
to key
and restore-keys
inputs in actions/cache
step.
Cache Composer Dependencies
If your project uses composer, you can persist composer's internal cache directory. Dependencies cached are loaded directly instead of downloading them while installation. The files cached are available across check-runs and will reduce the workflow execution time.
- name: Get composer cache directory
id: composer-cache
run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(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
Notes
- Please do not cache
vendor
directory usingaction/cache
as that will have side-effects. - In the above example, if you support a range of
composer
dependencies and do not commitcomposer.lock
, you can use the hash ofcomposer.json
as the key for your cache.
key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.json') }}
Cache Node.js Dependencies
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.
- name: Get node.js cache directory
id: node-cache-dir
run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(npm config get cache)" # Use $(yarn cache dir) for yarn
- name: Cache dependencies
uses: actions/cache@v2
with:
path: ${{ steps.node-cache-dir.outputs.dir }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }} # Use '**/yarn.lock' for yarn
restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-node-
Note: Please do not cache node_modules
directory as that will have side-effects.
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
secret for this purpose.
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
env:
COMPOSER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Problem Matchers
PHP
Setup problem matchers for your PHP
output by adding this step after the setup-php
step. This will scan the logs for PHP errors and warnings, and surface them prominently in the GitHub Actions UI by creating annotations and log file decorations.
- name: Setup problem matchers for PHP
run: echo "::add-matcher::${{ runner.tool_cache }}/php.json"
PHPUnit
Setup problem matchers for your PHPUnit
output by adding this step after the setup-php
step. 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.
- name: Setup problem matchers for PHPUnit
run: echo "::add-matcher::${{ runner.tool_cache }}/phpunit.json"
Other Tools
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.
Here is an example with
phpstan
.
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: cs2pr, phpstan
- name: PHPStan
run: phpstan analyse src --error-format=checkstyle | cs2pr
Examples
Examples for setting up this GitHub Action with different PHP Frameworks/Packages.
Framework/Package | Runs on | Workflow |
---|---|---|
Blackfire | macOS , ubuntu and windows |
blackfire.yml |
Blackfire Player | macOS , ubuntu and windows |
blackfire-player.yml |
CakePHP with MySQL and Redis |
ubuntu |
cakephp-mysql.yml |
CakePHP with PostgreSQL and Redis |
ubuntu |
cakephp-postgres.yml |
CakePHP without services | macOS , ubuntu and windows |
cakephp.yml |
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 |
Roots/bedrock | ubuntu |
bedrock.yml |
Roots/sage | ubuntu |
sage.yml |
Slim Framework | macOS , ubuntu and windows |
slim-framework.yml |
Symfony with MySQL |
ubuntu |
symfony-mysql.yml |
Symfony with PostgreSQL |
ubuntu |
symfony-postgres.yml |
Symfony without services | macOS , ubuntu and windows |
symfony.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. 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
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- If you need any help using this, please contact me using Codementor
🔖 Dependencies
- Node.js dependencies
- gplessis/dotdeb-php
- mlocati/powershell-phpmanager
- ppa:ondrej/php
- shivammathur/cache-extensions
- shivammathur/homebrew-php
- shivammathur/php-builder
- shivammathur/php5-darwin
- shivammathur/php5-ubuntu