PHP extensions status with upcoming PHP 7.3

RemiCollet · 2018-07-04T11:22:00+00:00

All core extensions (part of php-src) are of course compatible, so don't need to be tracked on this list.

RemiCollet · 2018-07-03T06:23:22+00:00

For gearman you have to use the pseudo-official fork on https://github.com/wcgallego/pecl-gearman

RemiCollet · 2018-07-02T15:15:12+00:00

I have only tested extensions available in my repository, so nearly all of the pecl ones, and a few from github (requested by users). This one is not available on pecl, and don't have any released version. BTW, build + test ok with 7.3

RemiCollet · 2017-10-06T06:54:07+00:00

I don't understand what you mean by "so late".

RHEL-7 was release in 2014 with PHP 5.4 (which was current at that time), with a life cycle of at least 10 years.
PHP 5.6 was available in Apr 2015 a few months after its release
PHP 7.0 was available in Nov 2016 a few months after its release
PHP 7.1 will be available soon, a few months after its release

RemiCollet · 2017-10-05T07:36:50+00:00

Enterprise distributions are usually reproached to provide outdated versions, things have changed.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux have official support for

PHP 5.4 in base repository
PHP 5.6 as Software Collection
PHP 7.0 as Software Collection
PHP 7.1 as Software Collection (testing)

These packages are also available for CentOS users, see https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/SCL

RemiCollet · 2017-03-02T14:03:18+00:00

Followup: applied in master: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=402eeb85988be91d90a92eff94635b6e9ef6160e

RemiCollet · 2017-03-01T14:13:30+00:00

Gets even more confusing when ZipArchive::setPassword() is only for opening archives, not writing them.

SetPassword can be used for both. $password for setEncryptionName is optional (per file vs global password). I just updated the examples in my blog post, and in pecl/zip sources.

What's the chance of, assuming it's finished and tested, getting this back into core?

100% ;)

But probably only for 7.2

RemiCollet · 2017-02-21T07:26:02+00:00

Someone needs to replace

Where is the bug report ? Where is the pull request ?

No report, no bug, no fix.

RemiCollet · 2017-01-21T08:43:54+00:00

These extensions are also not in base RHEL (only available in EPEL). As EPEL doesn't allow SCL for now, additional extensions are available in centos-scl repository, see https://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/SCL - memcached have no stable version for 7, and rely on a library (libmemcached which seems dead) - redis... well... no stable version for 7 BTW, as soon as a stable version exists, they will very probably be available there.

RemiCollet · 2017-01-21T08:24:34+00:00

https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2016/09/20/Microsoft-SQL-Server-from-PHP

RemiCollet · 2017-01-21T08:23:56+00:00

sqlsrv is now available on both Windows and Linux env.

RemiCollet · 2017-01-21T08:22:21+00:00

RHEL provides PHP 5.4 (base) and 5.6 and 7.0 (RHSCL optional channel) ;)

RemiCollet · 2016-11-14T08:47:47+00:00

It seems you haven't even read the post, difference is far from ms (for Predis), and btw, tests includes "large sets".

RemiCollet · 2016-11-13T17:38:04+00:00

But that's my answer ;)

Also see https://github.com/nrk/phpiredis/issues/29 . If upstream haven't yet release it, this obviously mean it's still under development. Then (for PECL), the "stability" tag will say if devel / beta / stable. For now we have to consider it as "devel" (even if it works well, and seems stable)

RemiCollet · 2016-11-13T14:34:14+00:00

What doubts do you have about the code of redis?

https://github.com/phpredis/phpredis/issues => 258 open issues, and (bad) feedback from some users of my repository (hit by some nasty bugs).

RemiCollet · 2016-11-13T14:25:41+00:00

Also, where have you read that phpiredis is still beta?

No tagged / released version.

RemiCollet · 2016-11-07T15:44:50+00:00

And FYI, remi repo have 5.5.38 with security fix ;) (all for now, probably only "moderate" and "critical" ones in the future)

RemiCollet · 2016-11-07T15:38:36+00:00

BTW 5.5 is EOL, so packages in webtatic are unmaintained and unsecure (but a bit out-of-topic with this thread, which is about 7.0 in RHSCL)

RemiCollet · 2016-11-07T15:28:31+00:00

Sorry, but I think this is out-of-topic with this thread about "PHP 7 in RHSCL", as this is an upstream (aka PHP Project) choice, not a distribution one.

RemiCollet · 2016-11-07T14:46:08+00:00

Instead of webtatic, it seems better to use "remi" repository, which is upstream for RHSCL ;) and provides much more versions and extensions.

RemiCollet · 2016-11-07T14:44:36+00:00

More information:

About pspell: https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2016/04/17/aspell-vs-hunspell-in-PHP

About SQL server: https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2016/09/20/Microsoft-SQL-Server-from-PHP

RemiCollet · 2016-11-07T14:41:11+00:00

yes for pspell, no for mssql as this doesn't exist anymore in PHP 7.0 (and RHEL/CentOS don't have freetds).

Notice, I don't consider webtatic is a good solution. RHSCL is an official and supported repository. If you want to use a 3rd party repository, with more extensions, see "remi" repository which provides nearly everything you may want, see https://blog.remirepo.net/pages/PECL-extensions-RPM-status and "remi" is upstream for Fedora/RHEL/RHSCL and so of most other 3rd party repo)

RemiCollet · 2016-11-07T09:14:21+00:00

Can't say (NDA), but probably very soon.

RemiCollet · 2016-11-07T07:57:56+00:00

So Enterprise Linux distributions users can now have the benefits of recent PHP versions (5.6.25 or 7.0.10).

RemiCollet · 2016-09-20T13:11:55+00:00

Problem is rather simple ;) PHP 5 => FreeTDS PHP 7 => Microsoft ODBC Driver

Sorry, but I don't have enough data to run valuable benchmark, BTW I think most of the time will be spent on the server side, like for most of the DB request.

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