Hello Nextclouders,
This may be of interest to those of you who want to test Nextcloud 28 with PHP 8.3 on Ubuntu 22.04 (or Debian).
Youâll probably use â the ppa/dpa from OndĹej SurĂ˝ â to get php8.3 in the first place, and you probably do the update with the meanwhile more than 1k times downloaded php-updater script with builtin php.net-defaults and -changelog of the most php-ini directives and a verbose explanation. Install it with:
sudo wget -qO /usr/local/bin/php-updater https://global-social.net/script/php-updater
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/php-updater
Explanation:
- the first line downloads the script into the directory
/usr/local/bin - the second line makes it executable
Once installed, simply run it by caling it:
php-updater
it will update itselve automaticaly.
At the moment Iâm writing this, PHP 8.3 is still in RC5, so in its early stages, and a lot of PHP modules are still not delivered, including some that are absolutely necessary to operate Nextcloud.
- Edited:
Meanwhile all modules used by nextcloud are packaged by OndĹej SurĂ˝.
Nevertheless, some modules are still not packaged and can be built with this script though, even if builds do not succeed with pecl.
Thatâs why I wrote php-module-builder . It makes it easy to build and install all essential modules that are not (yet) available as Debian packages. The modules installed with this tool can also be removed just as easily. So the entire administration for the self-built modules is handled by one script. There is no need to make any changes to the php.ini ; the modules are all integrated into PHP by the script with Debian-style symlinks and locations, along with their own little ini files.
This table lists which modules are involved:
(last updated@28.11.2023)
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Installation of the script:
sudo wget -qO /usr/local/bin/php-module-builder https://global-social.net/script/php-module-builder
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/php-module-builder
Explanation:
- the first line downloads the script into the directory
/usr/local/bin - the second line makes it executable
once installed, simply run
php-module-builder
lua module for File Actions app:
This tool is helpful as well if you make use of the File Actions-files_scripts app, which relies on the Lua module that always has to be built.
Example call, to create php8.3-lua module:
php-module-builder 8.3 lua
It can only build one module per call. So if you need three modules, you will have to run it three times, one for every single module.
I signed the script, and it comes with an integrated updater to stay at the bleeding edge and an automated integrity test that checks after installation and every update.
Here an example echo:
ernolf@nc237:~$ php-module-builder
Usage: php-module-builder <php_version> <module> [--firstrun] [--remove] [--force] [--step]
--firstrun - first run wizard
--remove - remove module instead if install
--force - install or remove modules even though the script does not know if it works
--step - run everything step by step
- supported PHP-versions: 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3
- supported (tested) modules: apcu excimer facedetect igbinary imagick lua lz4 memcache memcached msgpack redis rrd smbclient solr ssh2 stomp swoole tideways uopz uploadprogress uuid vips xdebug xhprof yac yaml zstd
- Built and installed modules:
- PHP Version: 8.1
Module Versions: lua-2.0.7
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- PHP Version: 8.3
Module Versions: apcu-5.1.23 igbinary-3.2.14 imagick-3.7.0 lua-2.0.7 redis-6.0.2 smbclient-1.1.1 xdebug-3.2.2 yaml-2.2.3 zstd-0.13.1
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- you can try to build a not tested module with "--force", please give me feedback about the result.
Happy hacking!
Much and good luck,
ernolf