Latest PHP Releases Action

A GitHub Action to fetch a list of active PHP releases from php.net.

Outputs

releases

The list of the latest releases, as a list of objects (object[]).

[
    {
        "version": "8.3.8",
        "sources": [
            {
                "filename": "php-8.3.8.tar.gz",
                "name": "PHP 8.3.8 (tar.gz)",
                "sha256": "0ebed9f1471871cf131e504629f3947f2acd38a655cc31b036f99efd0e3dbdeb",
                "date": "06 Jun 2024"
            },
            {
                "filename": "php-8.3.8.tar.bz2",
                "name": "PHP 8.3.8 (tar.bz2)",
                "sha256": "f4a6cb005ae117aba86c2044932cf563899a2e977ac09781aa74b2161ddc563b",
                "date": "06 Jun 2024"
            },
            {
                "filename": "php-8.3.8.tar.xz",
                "name": "PHP 8.3.8 (tar.xz)",
                "sha256": "aea358b56186f943c2bbd350c9005b9359133d47e954cfc561385319ae5bb8d7",
                "date": "06 Jun 2024"
            }
        ]
    }
]

Example usage

name: PHP Latest Releases

on:
  pull_request:
  push:

jobs:
  latest-releases:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      releases: ${{ steps.get-latest-releases.outputs.releases }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: sxbrsky/latest-php-releases-action@v1
        id: get-latest-releases

  print-php-version:
    needs: [ 'latest-releases' ]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        releases: ${{ fromJson(needs.latest-releases.outputs.releases) }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: echo "php-${{ matrix.releases.version }}"

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.