PHP Version 8.4

[remicollet]

According to PHP roadmap version 8.4.0 GA is planed for end of year

Plan is

• provides SCL only for alpha/beta
• provides both SCL and base packages (modules) for RC

Start to test, fix and build extensions, especially after RC1 (final API)

Current state

• php-8.4.1-1 (Module stream as php:remi-8.4)
• php84-php-8.4.1-1 (Software Collections as php84)

Extensions (checked are available as RPM, not checked have been tested but not built, missing have not been tested yet) :

• ahocorasick 0.0.7 with previous patches
• amqp 2.1.2
• apcu 5.1.23 ignoring 1 failed test
• apfd 1.0.3
• ast 1.1.2
• awscrt 1.2.6
• base58 1.0.2
• bitset 3.2.0
• brotli 0.15.0
• bsdiff 0.1.2
• cassandra 1.3.2 with previous patches
• couchbase 4.2.2
• crypto 0.3.2 using patch from PR #42
• csv 0.4.2
• dbase 7.1.1 with previous patches
• decimal 1.5.0
• dio 0.3.0
• ds 1.5.0
• eio 3.1.3
• env 0.2.1 with previous patches
• ev 1.2.0
• event 3.1.4 was fixed using patch for test suite failure
• excimer 1.2.2 was fixed by PR #8 for build failure
• fann 1.2.0
• gearman 2.1.2
• geoip 1.1.1 with previous patches
• geos 1.0.0 with previous patches
• geospatial 0.3.2 using PR #31 for test suite
• gmagick 2.0.6RC1
• GnuPG 1.5.14
• grpc 1.65.0
• handlebars 1.0.0 using patch from PR #78 for test suite failure
• hdr_histogram 0.5.0
• http using PR #135 for build failure
• igbinary 3.2.16, using PR #393, was fixed by PR #390 for test suite failure
• imagick 3.7.0
• imap 1.0.2 with upstream patches
• immutable_cache build failure
• ion 0.2.1 using PR #10 for test suite failure
• inotify 3.0.0
• ip2location 8.2.0
• ip2proxy 3.0.3
• jsonpath 2.1.0
• json_post 1.1.0
• krb5 1.2.2
• leveldb 0.3.0
• libvirt 0.5.8
• LuaSanbox 4.1.2
• lz4 0.4.3
• lzf 1.7.0
• mailparse 3.1.8, was fixed by patch
• maxminddb 1.11.1
• mcrypt 1.0.7 using PR #19 for build failure
• memcache 8.2
• memcached 3.2.0
• memprof 3.0.2
• mongodb 1.19..3
• msgpack 3.0.0RC1, previously using PR #174 for test suite failure
• mustache 0.9.3
• mysql 1.0.0-dev
• mysql-xdevapi build failure
• mysqlnd-krb5 1.0.0
• nsq 3.5.1
• oauth 2.0.9 was fixed by PR #30 for new build failure
• oci8 3.4.0
• opencensus build failure, project has been archived
• openswoole build failure
• opentelemetry 1.1.0beta3
• PAM 2.2.5
• parle 0.8.5
• pcsc 0.5.1
• pcov using PR #111 for build failure
• pdlib build failure
• pdo_oci 1.1.0
• phpiredis 1.0.1
• php_trie 0.1.2
• phpy 1.0.6
• pkcs11 1.1.2
• pq 2.2.3
• protobuf 4.27.2
• ps 1.4.4
• pspell 1.0.1
• psr test suite failure
• quickhash 1.1.1
• raphf 2.0.1
• rdkafka 6.0.3
• realcache_turbo 3.0.4 with previous patches
• recode 1.0.0-dev
• redis 6.0.2 with upstream patches
• rnp test suite failure (segfault)
• rpminfo 1.1.0
• rrd 2.0.3
• scoutapm test suite failure
• scrypt 2.0.1
• sdl 2.7.0
• sdl_image 0.4.0
• sdl_mixer 0.4.0
• sdl_ttf 0.3.0
• SeasClick 0.1.1
• SeasLog build failure
• SeasSnowflake 1.0.0 with previous patches
• selinux 0.6.0
• simple_kafka_client 0.1.4
• skywalking 5.0.1
• skywalking_agent build failure
• smbclient 1.1.1
• snappy 0.2.1
• snuffleupagus 0.11.0
• solr build failure
• ssdeep 1.1.0 with previous patches
• ssh2 1.4.1
• stats 2.0.3 with previous patches
• stomp 2.0.3
• swoole 6.0.0-beta using PR #5537
• sync 1.1.3
• teds 1.3.0 using PR #205
• trader 0.5.1
• transit 0.7.1
• uopz test suite failure
• uploadprogress 2.0.2
• uuid 1.2.0
• uv 0.3.0
• var_representation 0.1.4
• varnish 1.2.6
• vips 1.0.13
• vld 0.18.0 using upstream patches and PR #83
• xattr 1.4.0
• xdebug 3.4.0beta1
• xdiff 2.1.1
• xhprof 2.3.10, was fixed by PR #87
• xlswriter 1.5.7 using PR #531
• xmldiff 1.1.3 using PR #2
• xpass 1.0.0RC1
• xxtea 1.0.11 with previous patches
• yac 2.3.1
• yaconf 1.1.2
• yaf 3.3.6 using PR #594
• yaml 2.2.4
• yar 2.3.3
• yaz 1.2.4
• zephir_parser 1.6.1
• zip 1.22.3 with upstream patches
• zmq 1.1.3 with previous patches
• zstd 0.13.3

Additional SAPIs:

• unit-php 1.32.1
• uwsgi-php 2.0.26

Feedback is welcome, feel free to ask for extensions you need for your tests.

[remicollet]

New build (RC1) are now available both as SCLs and modules

[remicollet]

All compatible extensions are now available (so this issue is considered as "fixed")

Broken build will need more work

[remicollet]

PHP 8.4.1 is announced upstream: https://www.php.net/archive/2024.php#2024-11-21-4
And on the blog: https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2024/11/21/PHP-version-8.4-is-released

[akebar]

There is no pecl-parallel extension for 8.4 and no zts-php build?

[remicollet]

There is no pecl-parallel extension for 8.4 and no zts-php build?

Indeed

Too much issues and segfault with ZTS

ZTS build dropped with PHP 8.4, and for all versions in Fedora >= 41 and EL >= 10 packages

[akebar]

There is no pecl-parallel extension for 8.4 and no zts-php build?

Indeed

Too much issues and segfault with ZTS

ZTS build dropped with PHP 8.4, and for all versions in Fedora >= 41 and EL >= 10 packages

OK. So what's the future for the parallel extension?

[andypost]

FYI fixed last issue on arm64 php/php-src#16902 (comment)

[remicollet]

OK. So what's the future for the parallel extension?

I will provide new builds only for old versions

I'm sorry, but maintaining 11 PHP versions, 2 architectures, 2 packaging (modules + SCLs) and 6 distributions is a lot of work, and ZTS doubles the work for very, very little benefit.