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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
- GitHub-Hosted Runner Support
- PHP Extension Support
- Tools Support
- Coverage Support
- Usage
- License
- Contributions
- Support This project
- Dependencies
- Further Reading
🎉 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. See nightly build setup for more information.
☁️ 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 |
➕ 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 onPECL
, it can be installed by specifyingpecl
in the tools input. - On
windows
extensions which havewindows
binary onPECL
can be installed. - On
macOS
extensions which are onPECL
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.ealpha
,beta
,devel
orsnapshot
separated by a-
likemsgpack-beta
. - Extensions which cannot be installed gracefully leave an error message in the logs, the action is not interrupted.
🔧 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
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit
To setup a particular version of a tool, specify it in the form tool:version
.
Latest stable version of composer
is setup by default and accepts v1
, v2
, snapshot
and preview
as versions.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
tools: composer:v2
Version for other tools should be in semver
format and a valid release of the tool.
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.
📶 Coverage Support
Xdebug
Specify coverage: xdebug
to use Xdebug
.
Runs on all PHP versions supported.
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.
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.
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
coverage: none
📝 Usage
Inputs supported by this GitHub Action.
- php-version
required
- extensions
optional
- ini-values
optional
- coverage
optional
- tools
optional
See action.yml and usage 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@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.
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: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
extensions: mbstring, intl #optional, setup extensions
ini-values: post_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On #optional, setup php.ini configuration
coverage: xdebug #optional, setup coverage driver
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit #optional, setup tools globally
Nightly Build Setup
Setup a nightly build of
PHP 8.0.0-dev
from the master branch of PHP.
PECL
is installed by default with this version onUbuntu
andmacOS
.- Some extensions might not support this version currently.
- Refer to this RFC for configuring
PHP JIT
on this version. - Refer to this list of RFCs implemented in this version.
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '8.0'
extensions: mbstring #optional, setup extensions
ini-values: opcache.jit_buffer_size=256M, opcache.jit=1235, pcre.jit=1 #optional, setup php.ini configuration
coverage: pcov #optional, setup PCOV, Xdebug does not support this version yet.
tools: php-cs-fixer, phpunit #optional, setup tools globally
Thread Safe Setup
NTS
versions are setup by default.- On
ubuntu
andmacOS
only NTS versions are supported. - On
windows
bothTS
andNTS
versions are supported.
jobs:
run:
runs-on: windows-latest
name: Setup PHP TS on Windows
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup PHP
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v1
with:
php-version: '7.4'
env:
phpts: ts # specify ts or nts
Cache Dependencies
You can persist composer's internal cache directory using the action/cache
GitHub Action. Dependencies cached are loaded directly instead of downloading them while installation. The files cached are available across check-runs and will reduce the workflow execution time.
Note: Please do not cache vendor
directory using action/cache
as that will have side-effects.
- name: Get composer cache directory
id: composercache
run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
- name: Cache dependencies
uses: actions/cache@v2
with:
path: ${{ steps.composercache.outputs.dir }}
key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
- name: Install Dependencies
run: composer install --prefer-dist
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.
key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.json') }}
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: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Problem Matchers
PHPUnit
You can setup problem matchers for your PHPUnit
output by adding this step after the setup-php
step. This will scan the logs for failing tests and surface that information prominently in the GitHub Actions UI by creating annotations and log file decorations.
- name: Setup Problem Matchers for PHPUnit
run: echo "::add-matcher::${{ 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@v1
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 |
---|---|---|
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 and uses various works. 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
- mlocati/powershell-phpmanager
- ppa:ondrej/php
- shivammathur/homebrew-php
- shivammathur/php-builder