phpenv cookbook

Installs phpenv php version manager application in a global way and build php from source.

The cookbook provides LWRPs to easily build new php versions.

Requirements

The cookbook was tested on ubuntu server 12.04 and may not works on other systems.

Requires Chef 10.16.4 or later.

Usage

Add the defaultrecipe to your run list:

{ "run_list": ["recipe[phpenv]"] }

Attributes

By default phpenv will be installed into /opt/phpenv directory and can be used by every user but only root can build a new php version and set the global php version.

You can build different php versions just like specifying e.g. the following attributes:

"phpenv": {
  "phps": [
    {
      "release": "5.3.25",
      "environment": { "LDFLAGS": "-lstdc++" }
    },
    "5.4.15"
  ],
  "global": "5.4.15"
}

See attributes/default.rb for more information.

Recipes

default

Installs the full stack.

base

Installs dependencies for building php from the git source.

install

Installs phpenv and meke it ready to build phps.

phps

Builds different php versions specified by the phps attribute.

LWRPs

phpenv_script

Runs code in a proper phpenv environment. The resource has the same attributes as the script resource and adds the following ones:

phpenv_root: path to the phpenv installation phpenv_version: php version to use

phpenv_php

Builds a php version. Attributes:

release: php release version e.g "5.3.25" or "5.5.0RC2" build: build name e.g. "dev" ini: ini file to use e.g. "production" environment: hash of environment variables

phpenv_php "5.3.25" do
  environment "LDFLAGS" => "-lstdc++"
end

phpenv_global

Sets the global php version. Attributes:

phpenv_version: php version to use as global environment: hash of environment variables

phpenv_global "5.3.25"

Author

Author:: Gábor Egyed (egyed.gabor@mentha.hu)