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
Windows Server 2016 R2	windows-2016
Ubuntu 18.04	ubuntu-latest or ubuntu-18.04
Ubuntu 16.04	ubuntu-16.04
macOS X Mojave 10.14	macOS-latest or macOS-10.14

🔧 PHP Extension Support

• On ubuntu extensions which have the package in apt are installed.
• On windows and macOS PECL extensions are 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

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
    ini-values-csv: post_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On #optional
    coverage: xdebug #optional
- 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
        ini-values-csv: post_max_size=256M, short_open_tag=On #optional
        coverage: xdebug #optional
    - 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 cache you dependencies using the action/cache GitHub Action and add a condition in your composer install step to run only if your dependencies are not cached. The files cached using this method are available across check-runs and will reduce the workflow execution time.

- name: Cache dependencies
- uses: actions/cache@preview
  id: cache
  with:
    path: vendor     
    key: ${{ runner.os }}-php-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
    restore-keys: |
      ${{ runner.os }}-php-
- name: Install dependencies
  if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
  run: composer install

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