This means php packages can now refer to other php packages by looking
them up in the php.packages attribute and gets rid of the internal
recursive set previously defined in php-packages.nix. This also means
that in applications where previously both the php package and the
corresponding version of the phpPackages package set had to be
specified, the php package will now suffice.
This also adds the phpWithExtensions parameter to the
php-packages.nix, which can be used by extensions that need a fully
featured PHP executable.
A slight rewrite of buildEnv which:
1. Makes buildEnv recursively add itself to its output, so that it can
be accessed from any php derivation.
2. Orders the extension text strings according to their internalDeps
attribute - dependencies have to be put before dependants in the
php.ini or they will fail to load due to missing symbols.
This moves yet more extensions from the base build to
phpPackages.ext. Some of the extensions are a bit quirky and need
patching for this to work, most notably mysqlnd and opcache.
Two new parameters are introduced for mkExtension - internalDeps and
postPhpize. internalDeps is used to specify which other internal
extensions the current extension depends on, in order to provide them
at build time. postPhpize is for when patches and quirks need to be
applied after running phpize.
Patch notes:
- For opcache, older versions of PHP have a bug where header files are
included in the wrong order.
- For mysqlnd, the config.h is never included, so we include it in the
main header file, mysqlnd.h. Also, the configure script doesn't add
the necessary library link flags, so we add them to the variable
configure should have added them to.
Also, add opcache to default extensions since it significantly
increases PHP's performance and is by default enabled on Debian based
distributions. Not having it enabled by default results in a puzzling
performance loss for anyone attempting to migrate from Debian/Ubuntu
to NixOS who is unaware of this. Therefore, enable it by default. /talyz
Initially discussed in #55460.
This patch adds a `buildEnv` function to `php` that has the
following features:
* `php.buildEnv { extraConfig = /* ... */; }` to specify custom
`php.ini` args for the CLI.
* `php.buildEnv { exts = phpPackages: [phpPackages.apcu] }` to
create a PHP interpreter for the CLI with the `apcu` extension.
Per https://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.mhash.php, mhash extension
is obsolete, so disabling it here. (Also it doesn't cross-compile)
**Warning**: This could be a breaking change for some packages that
are very old and rely on this extension, maintainer discretion is
advised.
PHP 7.1 is currently on life support, as in only recieving security related patches.
This will only continue until: 2019-12-01
This date are in the middle of the 19.09 lifecycle. So it would be
nice to not have it in the 19.09 stable release. Dropping it now would
also result in less maintanance in updating them.
The death dates can be seen on following links:
- https://endoflife.date/php
- https://php.net/supported-versions.php
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP#Release_history
