GitHub CI Workflow for PHP applications

Mattias Geniar has shared his GitHub Workflow to make GitHub do the CI work for PHP applications:

on: push
name: Run phpunit testsuite
jobs:
  phpunit:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container:
      image: mattiasgeniar/php73

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      with:
        fetch-depth: 1

    - name: Install composer dependencies
      run: |
        composer install --prefer-dist --no-scripts -q -o;
    - name: Prepare Laravel Application
      run: |
        cp .env.example .env
        php artisan key:generate
    - name: Compile assets
      run: |
        yarn install --pure-lockfile
        yarn run production --progress false
    - name: Set custom php.ini settings
      run: echo 'short_open_tag=off' >> /usr/local/etc/php/php.ini
    - name: Run Testsuite
      run: vendor/bin/phpunit tests/

Tests get run in a custom mattiasgeniar/php73 Docker container, which contains PHP 7.3 and extensions (including imagick).

With some fiddling you can easily adjust this to:

1. Run these tests for pull requests too (just like you can automatically run linters on pull requests)
2. Extend it to become a CI/CD pipeline to automatically deploy your code too

A github CI workflow tailored to modern PHP applications →