PHP from source

Every version of PHP, built and run side by side.

php-build compiles PHP from source and installs versions in parallel, standalone or as a phpenv plugin. Fully automatic.

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Parallel versions

Install 5.6 through 8.x at once and pin a version per project. No system-wide clobbering.

From source

Compiles each release from source with your own configure options and build environment.

phpenv native

Drops in as a phpenv plugin so phpenv install just works, or run it fully standalone.

Definition driven

Version recipes live as definitions. List, extend, or add your own build targets.

Install

Two ways in

1. As a phpenv plugin — the installer wires up phpenv and php-build together:

$ curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phpenv/phpenv-installer/master/bin/phpenv-installer | bash

2. Standalone — clone and install to a prefix you control:

$ git clone https://github.com/php-build/php-build.git
$ cd php-build
$ PREFIX=$HOME/local ./install.sh

Usage

Build a version

php-build --help
php-build --definitions
php-build [-i <environment_or_inifile>] <definition> <prefix>

Build 8.3.0 in development configuration into a chosen prefix:

$ php-build -i development 8.3.0 ~/local/php/8.3.0

Before your first build

Build dependencies

Debian / Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get install -y \
    autoconf bison re2c pkg-config \
    libxml2-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
    libreadline-dev libzip-dev libsqlite3-dev

macOS (Homebrew)

$ brew install pkg-config autoconf \
    openssl icu4c re2c bison libzip

Maintainers

Core team

Christoph Hochstrasser Mark David Dumlao Marco De Bortoli Koichi Matsumoto Graham Campbell

Legal

License

php-build is released under the MIT License. Copyright © 2011–2015 Christoph Hochstrasser.

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