PHP SCL

An Ansible role to install PHP from the Software Collections Library.

Requirements

This role is designed to install PHP from the SCL. It could be used to install and configure the default PHP version too, however it hasn't been developed / tested for that. As it's developed for SCL it will only support RHEL family operating systems

Role Variables

php_scl_install_scl_repo

Should this role install the Software Collections Library repo? Valid values are yes, true, no or false

Default value: yes

php_scl_scl_utils_packages

List of packages to install for SCL utils

The packages will only be installed if php_scl_install_scl_repo is set to yes|true

Default value:

  - scl-utils

php_scl_scl_repo_url

Full URL of the RPM to install if php_scl_install_scl_repo is set to yes|true

Default value: "https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/php/epel-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}/download/rhscl-php-epel-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}.noarch.rpm"

php_scl_install_php

Should this role install the PHP packages? Valid values are yes, true, no or false

Default value: yes

php_scl_php_packages

List of packages this role should install

Packages are only installed if php_scl_install_php is set to yes|true

Default value:

  - php
  - php-php-cli

php_scl_configure

Should this role manage the configuration of PHP? Valid values are yes, true, no or false

Default value: yes

php_scl_timezone

Timezone to set in the php.ini file

Default value: UTC

php_scl_configure_options

List of configuration files and options to insert

Will only be added if php_scl_configure is yes|true`

- file: /absolute/file/path.ini
  values:
    - { section: ini_section, key: config_key, value: config_value }
    - { section: ini_section, key: config_key2, value: another_value }
- file: /another/config/file.ini
  values:
    - { section: ini_section, key: config_key, value: value }

Default value:

  - file: /opt/rh/php/root/etc/php.ini
    values:
      - { section: date, key: date.timezone, value: "{{ php_scl_timezone }}" }

php_scl_backup_ini_files

Should the role create a backup of the ini files before overwriting? Valid values are yes, true, no or false

Default value: yes

php_scl_enable_globally

Should we enable PHP for all users? Valid values are yes, true, no or false

Default value: no

php_scl_profile_d_directory

Absolute path to the profile.d directory.

This is used to add a script that will enable PHP for all users if php_scl_enable_globally is yes|true

Default value: /etc/profile.d

Dependencies

The role itself does not have any dependencies, however, you cannot run PHP from SCL in any Apache other than the 2.4 version from SCL. Luckily I created a role for that too - https://galaxy.ansible.com/detail#/role/6261

Even though CentOS 7 ships with Apache 2.4, you must use the SCL version with the SCL version on PHP (CentOS 7 still only ships PHP 5.4 by default)

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: jchristi.php-scl }

License

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MIT

Author Information

Role created by Dave Kirk