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I am writing a recipe to configure a system for a particular purpose.
I need to install some version of PHP, doesn't matter much which, but it should
be a recent one. E.g., the latest available in ports or the default version.
I do not want to hardcode any version / prefix like, say, "php83" (because it may be obsolete or unavailable in a few years).

How could this be achieved with pkg?
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On Oct 14, 2025, at 18:36, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
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I am writing a recipe to configure a system for a particular purpose.
I need to install some version of PHP, doesn't matter much which, but =

it should be a recent one. E.g., the latest available in ports or the = default version.

I do not want to hardcode any version / prefix like, say, "php83" =

(because it may be obsolete or unavailable in a few years).

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How could this be achieved with pkg?
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Andriy Gapon
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I do not know what actually you are trying to do or if I have understood
you correctly. But let's say if I need dokuwiki and I do not want to add specific version I just do `pkg install www/dokuwiki` which will find
out the required php version suffix and install all the php =
requirements.
But if you need are using this for a custom application which is not in
the tree and you need to install specific php versions for those then I
believe you are out of options.

Kind regards,
Moin=

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On 14/10/2025 19:45, Moin Rahman wrote:

On Oct 14, 2025, at 18:36, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:


I am writing a recipe to configure a system for a particular purpose.
I need to install some version of PHP, doesn't matter much which, but it should be a recent one. E.g., the latest available in ports or the default version.
I do not want to hardcode any version / prefix like, say, "php83" (because it may be obsolete or unavailable in a few years).

How could this be achieved with pkg?

I do not know what actually you are trying to do or if I have understood
you correctly. But let's say if I need dokuwiki and I do not want to add specific version I just do `pkg install www/dokuwiki` which will find
out the required php version suffix and install all the php requirements.
But if you need are using this for a custom application which is not in
the tree and you need to install specific php versions for those then I believe you are out of options.

Yes, it's for something that's not in ports.
But maybe it could be put into ports with some effort...

Maybe it would be a good idea to have some PHP meta-ports that just install default versions?

E.g., for Python there is a python3 package that installs a current default python3.xx version as dependency and there is python package that installs a current default pythonX (python3 currently) as a dependency.
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On Oct 14, 2025, at 18:50, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
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On 14/10/2025 19:45, Moin Rahman wrote:

On Oct 14, 2025, at 18:36, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
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I am writing a recipe to configure a system for a particular =

purpose.

I need to install some version of PHP, doesn't matter much which, =

but it should be a recent one. E.g., the latest available in ports or =
the default version.

I do not want to hardcode any version / prefix like, say, "php83" = (because it may be obsolete or unavailable in a few years).
=20
How could this be achieved with pkg?

I do not know what actually you are trying to do or if I have =

understood

you correctly. But let's say if I need dokuwiki and I do not want to =

add

specific version I just do `pkg install www/dokuwiki` which will find
out the required php version suffix and install all the php =

requirements.

But if you need are using this for a custom application which is not =

in

the tree and you need to install specific php versions for those then =

I

believe you are out of options.

Yes, it's for something that's not in ports.
But maybe it could be put into ports with some effort...
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Maybe it would be a good idea to have some PHP meta-ports that just =

install default versions?

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E.g., for Python there is a python3 package that installs a current =

default python3.xx version as dependency and there is python package =
that installs a current default pythonX (python3 currently) as a =
dependency.

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Andriy Gapon
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This also brings some complexity like how are we going to handle =
different
extensions. Or should we create different ports for each extensions. Not=20=

all extensions are common for all versions. Or should we just add the
php and php-extensions?

Let me think about it.

Kind regards,
Moin=

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On Oct 14, 2025, at 19:45, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
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On 14/10/2025 20:41, Miroslav Lachman wrote:

If you are writing some playbook or scripted setup, you can query = available versions by pkg search, for example:
# pkg search -x '^php8[0-9]-[0-9]'
Sort the results, tail -n1 and you have the latest available version. =

Then you can say which PHP extensions to install.

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I guess that this is the simplest and easiest solution at the moment.
Thank you!
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Be aware that the latest php85 is not yet a stable release. :/

Kind regards,
Moin=

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On 14/10/2025 20:47, Moin Rahman wrote:

On Oct 14, 2025, at 19:45, Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

On 14/10/2025 20:41, Miroslav Lachman wrote:

If you are writing some playbook or scripted setup, you can query available versions by pkg search, for example:
# pkg search -x '^php8[0-9]-[0-9]'
Sort the results, tail -n1 and you have the latest available version. Then you can say which PHP extensions to install.

I guess that this is the simplest and easiest solution at the moment.
Thank you!

Be aware that the latest php85 is not yet a stable release. :/

I'll go with the line before the last then :-)
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