docker-php-src

php-src development with Docker Compose and VSCode Dev Containers

How to get started

Make sure you have the Dev Containers extension installed in VSCode.

Clone this project and open in VSCode
Select Dev Containers: Reopen in Container from the command palette
Obtaining and building source code as follows:

Obtaining and building source code

When connecting to the container, the current directory is set to /home/build/php-src. Then enter the following command:

# Obtain source code
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git ./

# Generate configure
./buildconf -f

# **For example:** configure the build settings as follows:
./configure \
  --enable-bcmath \
  --enable-calendar \
  --enable-dba \
  --enable-debug \
  --enable-dl-test=shared \
  --enable-exif \
  --enable-ftp \
  --enable-gd \
  --enable-mbstring \
  --enable-option-checking=fatal \
  --enable-pcntl \
  --enable-shmop \
  --enable-soap \
  --enable-sockets \
  --enable-sysvmsg \
  --enable-sysvsem \
  --enable-sysvshm \
  --enable-xmlreader \
  --enable-zend-test \
  --with-bz2 \
  --with-curl \
  --with-ffi \
  --with-freetype \
  --with-gettext \
  --with-gmp \
  --with-iconv \
  --with-jpeg \
  --with-libxml \
  --with-mhash \
  --with-mysqli=mysqlnd \
  --with-openssl \
  --with-pdo-firebird \
  --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd \
  --with-pdo-pgsql \
  --with-pdo-sqlite \
  --with-pgsql \
  --with-readline \
  --with-sodium \
  --with-tidy \
  --with-webp \
  --with-xsl \
  --with-zip \
  --with-zlib \

# Build the binaries
make -j$(nproc)

Remarks

You can connect to PostgreSQL or MySQL by simply typing psql / mysql. No command line options are required.
./sapi/cli/ is set in PATH. Just run php and the binary you built will be executed.

Contribution

I want to support as many extensions and libraries as possible. If there is something that should be addressed on a priority basis, please open an issue. Pull requests are also welcome.

License