This is a base image used by all php-actions repositories. It contains all compiled versions of PHP that are currently supported:
- 8.0
- 7.4 (latest)
- 7.3
- 7.2
- 7.1
The default version to be put on the PATH is latest. To change the version of PHP that is on the path, use the `switch-php-version- and pass the version number as the only argument. For example, to switch to PHP version 8.0:
switch-php-version 8.0The following extensions are enabled by default:
- libxml
- curl
- zip
- mysqli
- pdo-mysql
- bcmath
- gd
- intl
- mbstring
If you require any other extensions, please open an issue and, if possible, describe the way in which the extension should be compiled.
Currently the image is based off ubuntu:latest, to match the base image that many Github Actions use. Then there are multiple versions of PHP compiled within the image, which creates a larger base image than usual. This can cause Github Actions to run slowly, as for some reason some workflows insist on ignoring any caching of image layers. If you know how to improve the speed, please let us know in the issue tracker.
The list of extensions above are enabled by default, but it might be an improvement to only enable extensions that are required, by adjusting the php.ini file on-the-fly. This is just an idea for now, but if it sounds like it would be an improvement, please let us know your suggestions in the issue tracker.
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