Add PHP 8.1 images

[stronk7]

This issue is to track adding PHP 8.1 images. At the time of creating this, that version is still under development and will be released later (December 2021).

Till then we'll be building rc/beta images to monitor what's breaking/missing and, also to enable various tests and checks to be performed in advance.

Ongoing work happening @ 8.0-buster...stronk7:8.1-buster

[stronk7]

Ok, 8.1beta3 has been just sent to dockerhub (amd64 only): moodlehq/moodle-php-apache:8.1beta3

Not working (not available yet):

• mongodb extension.
• xmlrpc extension.
• sqlsrv extension.

Surprisingly good for the very first run, let's see how they evolve.

Ciao :-)

[scara]

Hi Eloy,
it's worth looking at https://blog.remirepo.net/pages/PECL-extensions-RPM-status (PHP 8.1 as SCL for RedHat-ish OSs), to get the feeling of the current status from Remi who is still working hard on PHP extensions e.g. mongodb looks like already available for Remi's PHP 8.1 SCL so there would be a chance to get it into the Debian repos too.

Whilst for the others:

• sqlsrv, you're right: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/system-requirements-for-the-php-sql-driver?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=sql-server-ver15. It looks "almost there" in branch dev, even with updated tests
• xmlrpc, looks like now available, still deprecated, from PECL

HTH,
Matteo

[stronk7]

Yeah,

I tried building here both with mongodb and xmlrpc(beta @ PECL) but both failed (with similar compilation errors, from memory, related to Serializable stuff).

And yes, sqlsrv seems to be near, I did read that their next "beta" release was going to include it, cool.

Thanks for your research!

[stronk7]

Have bumped the image to 8.1 rc2: moodlehq/moodle-php-apache:8.1rc2

sqlsrv support added. mongodb and xmlrpc still not working.

[stronk7]

Note I bumped to 8.1 rc5 few days ago, but I did not look to any of:

• Final / better sqlsrv version.
• mongodb
• xmlrpc

Will try whenever I have a few time...

[stronk7]

Bumping to rc6:

• sqlsrv (5.10.0beta1), for debian 10 (buster), previously using debian9 package.
• mongodb

Still not available:

• xmlrpc

[stronk7]

For the records, I've asked @ php/pecl-networking-xmlrpc#2 if there is going to be a new RCX release of the extension @ PECL or no.

We always can built it locally (vs from PECL), so tests continue working and so on...

... but it's becoming an absolute priority to get on XMLRPC to be or not to be ASAP. No matter the answer to the question.

Ciao :-)

[stronk7]

Yay, so now php-xmlrpc 1.0.0RC3 is available and that enables us to complete the PHP 8.1 images.

I'm going to add a comment @ https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-70889, because we need to seriously consider that issue before Moodle 4.1 (that will come with PHP 8.1 support, hopefully).

[stronk7]

Ok, so now the 8.1.0 images are built and published:

• DH: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/moodlehq/moodle-php-apache/tags
• GH: https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-php-apache/pkgs/container/moodle-php-apache

I'm going to close this now, thanks!