Add intl extension

[hellomohsinhello]

function format_number(float | int $number): string
 {

        $formatter = new NumberFormatter(app()->getLocale(), NumberFormatter::DECIMAL);

        return $formatter->format($number);
}

format_number(2);

This code won't run as expected.

[MarceauKa]

Fixed it requiring symfony/polyfill-intl-icu

[buchin]

Fixed it requiring symfony/polyfill-intl-icu

Hi @MarceauKa, could you please elaborate required step to solve this issue?
I got this issue and requiring symfony/polyfill-intl-icu does not resolve it.

Thank you

[pmffromspace]

Hi I did a lot of research and this is the closest I got to an solution for this exact problem. Im trying to pack a filamenphp laravel webapp into a desktop programm with the help of nativePHP and I just cant find a way to remove the error „php extension intl not found“

@MarceauKa could you please just quickly tell us in which file (and maybe how) you fixed this?
I tried a lot of ways already, but Im unfortunatly new to php so I would really appreciate the help! :)

Kind regards

[simonhamp]

This is because the intl extension isn't built into the PHP binaries we're using yet.

I also noticed that it's apparently not available for Windows yet.

I will test and see what needs doing to get this in place on the binary side so we don't need to mess around with polyfills.

[pmffromspace]

Thanks for this quick response!

In the meantime I tried to build the php binaries manually with this approach:

composer require nativephp/php-bin --dev

git clone https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli.git --depth=1
cd static-php-cli
bin/spc download --clean
bin/spc download --with-php=8.2 --for-extensions "intl,bcmath,ctype,curl,dom,fileinfo,filter,mbstring,openssl,pdo,pdo_sqlite,session,simplexml,sockets,sqlite3,tokenizer,xml,zlib"
bin/spc build --build-cli --build-embed "intl,bcmath,ctype,curl,dom,fileinfo,filter,mbstring,openssl,pdo,pdo_sqlite,session,simplexml,sockets,sqlite3,tokenizer,xml,zlib"

##-> copying to vendor directory...
# Doing the same for 8.3

bin/spc download --clean
bin/spc download --with-php=8.3 --for-extensions "intl,bcmath,ctype,curl,dom,fileinfo,filter,mbstring,openssl,pdo,pdo_sqlite,session,simplexml,sockets,sqlite3,tokenizer,xml,zlib"
bin/spc build --build-cli --build-embed "intl,bcmath,ctype,curl,dom,fileinfo,filter,mbstring,openssl,pdo,pdo_sqlite,session,simplexml,sockets,sqlite3,tokenizer,xml,zlib"

I then (Im on MacOS) right clicked the php bin and compressed it to a .zip file and renamed and replaced the supposingly old php bins at vendor/nativephp/php-bin/bin/mac/arm64/php-8.2.zip

But I stillt get the same error. (with php artisan native:serveor php artisan native:build)

Did I miss something when replacing the php binary or is it just not that simple?

Kind regards.

[simonhamp]

In theory, what you've done is correct...

What version of PHP are you running locally? php -v

[pmffromspace]

PHP 8.3.6 (cli) (built: Apr 12 2024 00:13:56) (NTS)

maybe I should zip it using a cli tool?

[simonhamp]

So the thing to check is if the PHP you've built actually includes intl

So you can check the PHP8.3 binary you generated:

/path/to/binary/php -i | grep intl

[pmffromspace]

I get following (I cant interpret if this is sufficient)

cd <directroy-of-generated-php-bin>
./php-8.3 -i | grep intl

Output:

intl
intl.default_locale => no value => no value
intl.error_level => 0 => 0
intl.use_exceptions => Off => Off

[simonhamp]

That means intl extension is enabled and working

[simonhamp]

It's possible that even after copying it into the vendor folder it gets wiped away

Can you also check the version that gets built into the app?

[pmffromspace]

Im having trouble finding a way to check that - in the developer tools I cant find the php version. Im also unable to build php-8.1.
How would I check the final build php version?

[simonhamp]

There are some instructions in the docs

[pmffromspace]

I was able to solve this issue 🚀with following steps thanks to the very helpful and kind person @simonhamp - many thanks!! (I will list all above discussed steps again so people stumbeling over it with the same issue have a better overview:

---

DISCLAIMER:

1. !! adapt the manual build to your php-version !!
2. I think this work around only works for the OS+Arch your manually building and replacing the php bin!

---

Setup:

• Filamentphp
• Laravel
• nativePHP
• basically the app enables users to input data into tables with the help of forms and displays them with charts on the app dashboard
  -> Trying to create a desktop app version off my laravel filament web app.

Problem:

• everything with nativePHP works fine, Desktop App starts and looks good.
• starting desktop app I sometimes got error code 500
• When user creates a entry (fills a form to add row to table) there is a fatal php error "php extension intl not found"

Cause:

the static php binaries currently used by nativePHP dont include this extension (yet)

---

Solution:

• basically I got it working by manually building the php binary and replacing the one used by nativePHP.

How I did this:

1. building php binary

• clone git for static-php git
• !! adapt to your php-version !!

composer require nativephp/php-bin --dev

git clone https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli.git --depth=1
cd static-php-cli
bin/spc download --clean
bin/spc download --with-php=8.3 --for-extensions "intl,bcmath,ctype,curl,dom,fileinfo,filter,mbstring,openssl,pdo,pdo_sqlite,session,simplexml,sockets,sqlite3,tokenizer,xml,zlib"
bin/spc build --build-cli --build-embed "intl,bcmath,ctype,curl,dom,fileinfo,filter,mbstring,openssl,pdo,pdo_sqlite,session,simplexml,sockets,sqlite3,tokenizer,xml,zlib"

2. move php binary to nativePHP

• rename original /path/to/your/app/vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/resources/php/php
  to php.original

copy the newly built php binary from /static-php-cli/buildroot/bin/php to the nativePHP directory of your project /path/to/your/app/vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/resources/php/php

3. build with nativePHP

• run php artisan native:build and/or php artisan native:serve

---

i: Interestingly, it seems like the php binary gets copied from the dev to the prod build at dist so it seems to work.

verifying the build worked:

checking newly build php bin:

cd /static-php-cli/buildroot/bin/
./php -i | grep intl
./php -v

checking after 'php artisan native:build` run

# for DEV build
cd /path/to/your/app/vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/resources/php/php
./php -i | grep intl
./php -v

# for PROD build
cd /path/to/your/app/dist/mac-arm64/YOU_APP/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/resources/php/
./php -i | grep intl
./php -v

Helpful link to debug nativePHP related stuff: https://nativephp.com/docs/1/getting-started/debugging#check-your-app-and-php

[rogerznts]

I understand, I'm developing an application to solve my problem, without any great expectations. I'll continue exploring this combination, which is very interesting.

[simonhamp]

For the support.js issue, check here

[rogerznts]

@simonhamp awesome! Thanks

[kdrmlhcn]

I was able to solve this issue 🚀with following steps thanks to the very helpful and kind person @simonhamp - many thanks!! (I will list all above discussed steps again so people stumbeling over it with the same issue have a better overview:

DISCLAIMER:

1. !! adapt the manual build to your php-version !!
2. I think this work around only works for the OS+Arch your manually building and replacing the php bin!

Setup:

• Filamentphp
• Laravel
• nativePHP
• basically the app enables users to input data into tables with the help of forms and displays them with charts on the app dashboard
  -> Trying to create a desktop app version off my laravel filament web app.

Problem:

• everything with nativePHP works fine, Desktop App starts and looks good.
• starting desktop app I sometimes got error code 500
• When user creates a entry (fills a form to add row to table) there is a fatal php error "php extension intl not found"

Cause:

the static php binaries currently used by nativePHP dont include this extension (yet)

Solution:

• basically I got it working by manually building the php binary and replacing the one used by nativePHP.

How I did this:

1. building php binary

• clone git for static-php git
• !! adapt to your php-version !!

composer require nativephp/php-bin --dev

git clone https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli.git --depth=1
cd static-php-cli
bin/spc download --clean
bin/spc download --with-php=8.3 --for-extensions "intl,bcmath,ctype,curl,dom,fileinfo,filter,mbstring,openssl,pdo,pdo_sqlite,session,simplexml,sockets,sqlite3,tokenizer,xml,zlib"
bin/spc build --build-cli --build-embed "intl,bcmath,ctype,curl,dom,fileinfo,filter,mbstring,openssl,pdo,pdo_sqlite,session,simplexml,sockets,sqlite3,tokenizer,xml,zlib"

2. move php binary to nativePHP

• rename original /path/to/your/app/vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/resources/php/php
  to php.original

copy the newly built php binary from /static-php-cli/buildroot/bin/php to the nativePHP directory of your project /path/to/your/app/vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/resources/php/php

3. build with nativePHP

• run php artisan native:build and/or php artisan native:serve

i: Interestingly, it seems like the php binary gets copied from the dev to the prod build at dist so it seems to work.

verifying the build worked:

checking newly build php bin:

cd /static-php-cli/buildroot/bin/
./php -i | grep intl
./php -v

checking after 'php artisan native:build` run

# for DEV build
cd /path/to/your/app/vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/resources/php/php
./php -i | grep intl
./php -v

# for PROD build
cd /path/to/your/app/dist/mac-arm64/YOU_APP/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/resources/php/
./php -i | grep intl
./php -v

Helpful link to debug nativePHP related stuff: https://nativephp.com/docs/1/getting-started/debugging#check-your-app-and-php

I solved problem on MacOS but it still exists on Windows. Is anyone solved this issue on Windows? @simonhamp @pmffromspace

[danie1net0]

I'm on MacOS and reproduced these steps, but they didn't solve the problem. I copied the PHP bin from /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php/8.4.2/bin/php to vendor/nativephp/electron/resources/js/resources/php/ and this is the output when I run the command ./php -i | grep intl:

intl
intl.default_locale => no value => no value
intl.error_level => 0 => 0
intl.use_exceptions => Off => Off

But when I open the Filament listing page, the error continues.

[robot-iraq]

I was excited to discover this tool, but the PHP development experience on Windows is far from ideal. It's not just the "intl" extension that's essential for PHP development—other critical extensions like PCNTL, which is used in Horizon, Octane, and Laravel's concurrency features, are also unavailable on Windows. Unfortunately, I don’t see any support or implementation for these extensions coming anytime soon.

[danie1net0]

Actually Windows can't provide you a good PHP development experience in general.

[robot-iraq]

well, is it the OS responsibility, or the language?