NC docker uses php8.2

[Minstrel]

Maybe I’m not looking in the right spot, but from what I can see the docker hub instance of Nextcloud installs php 8.2,

while Nextcloud recommends version 8.3 on their website (System requirements — Nextcloud latest Administration Manual latest documentation)

Am I interpreting this correctly? Why is the earlier version being installed? And is there a way around it, other than building a custom docker compose?

Thanks

[wwe]

seem there is a problem with imagick and PHP 8.3 PHP 8.3 for Nextcloud 29 by J0WI · Pull Request #2202 · nextcloud/docker · GitHub PHP 8.2 is still fully supported what is your motivation to upgrade PHP?

[ernolf]

@Minstrel

And is there a way around it, other than building a custom docker compose?

The problem is, that the imagick module needed to build the image is broken; it throws an error when building in 8.3 and aborts the build process.

Here the discussion about that:

Install error "Unterminated preprocessor conditions" in php 8.3

That is the reason why all those out there creating images based on alpine-fpm are still using php8.2

All but Nextcloud All-In-One!

Since the bug has already been fixed in HEAD of the master branch on github, but nobody feels compelled to release it in PECL, I have developed a workaround for All-In-One that elegantly circumvents this problem. Therefore, Nextcloud All-In-One is the only Alpine-fpm based project that fully supports php8.3 at present.

Here the PR:

build(nextcloud): bump php to 8.3

It consists of two commits, one of which is the workaround that builds the imagick module on bases of the HEAD of the master branch.
Feel free to copy it to build your own image or add a note to the commit in the project so that they can copy my solution.

Here you can see, that @jtr already pointet them to my workaround:

PHP 8.3 for Nextcloud 29

h.t.h.

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Much and good luck,
ernolf

[Minstrel]

Thanks for the info. I wasn’t aware of the problem.

I’m currently running Nextcloud on Truenas Core 13.3 with PHP83 (8.3.13) and php83-pecl-imagick-3.7.0_4. The NC version is 29.0.6, though I was running 30.0.1 up to about a week ago. I had to roll back because of an issue syncing calendars with caldav (issue below).

Issue connecting to Calendar after upgrade to NC30

Nextcloud version (eg, 29.0.5): 30.0.1 Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 24.04): Freebsd 13 Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): Apache 2.4.62 PHP version (eg, 8.3): 8.3.12 The issue you are facing: unable to sync calendar with external calendar app (OneCalendar) Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): Y Steps to replicate it: When I link to my Nextcloud account to access the calendar, it appears to link correctly (the correct calendar information appears) …

Everything was installed via package manager with no issues, and I’ve not noticed any problems with the application other than above which I believe is unrelated.

Core is for all intents EOL and I’m looking at moving to Scale and re-installing my apps on docker. Right now I’m trying to familiarise myself with how docker / docker-compose works and what’s involved in setting up my apps

[Minstrel]

Good to know about AIO. I had looked at it but I don’t need all the additional apps so was looking at a basic install. I may reconsider when I’m ready to move to Scale if the issue isn’t fixed by then. And hopefully the caldav issue will also be fixed so I can install the latest version. Otherwise, I’ll have to install 29.0.6.