From 835efdb1a3d3e8b8ad7581278c1a371736b9ab8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michele Locati Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 11:41:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add notes about the pecl-info project --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 01db74a..d2ad0a1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -325,6 +325,13 @@ Test: gd, zip, -STOP- See [this pull request](https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/pull/43) for an example. +### PHP requirements and configure options + +PHP extensions published on the PECL archive contain a `package.xml` (or `package2.xml`) file describing the supported PHP versions and the options that can be used to compile it. +When we add support for a new PHP extension, and when a new version of a PHP extension is released, we have to check those constraints. + +It's a rather tedious taks, so I developed a project that lets you easily check those constraints: you can find it at https://mlocati.github.io/pecl-info ([here](https://github.com/mlocati/pecl-info) you can find its source code). + ## For the maintainers See the [`MAINTAINERS.md`](https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/blob/master/MAINTAINERS.md) file.