base on Build standalone PHP binary on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Windows, with PHP project together, with popular extensions included. # static-php-cli [](README-zh.md) [](README.md) [](https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli/releases) [](https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli/actions/workflows/tests.yml) [](https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli/blob/main/LICENSE) [](https://static-php.dev/en/guide/extensions.html) **static-php-cli** is a powerful tool designed for building static, standalone PHP runtime with popular extensions. Static PHP built by **static-php-cli** supports `cli`, `fpm`, `embed` and `micro` SAPI. **static-php-cli** also has the ability to package PHP projects along with the PHP interpreter into one single executable file. ## Features static-php-cli (you can call it `spc`) has a lot of features: - :handbag: Build single-file php executable, without any dependencies - :hamburger: Build **[phpmicro](https://github.com/dixyes/phpmicro)** self-extracted executable (glue php binary and php source code into one file) - :pill: Automatic build environment checker (Doctor module) - :zap: `Linux`, `macOS`, `FreeBSD`, `Windows` support - :wrench: Configurable source code patches - :books: Build dependency management - 📦 Provide `spc` own standalone executable (built by spc and [box](https://github.com/box-project/box)) - :fire: Support many popular [extensions](https://static-php.dev/en/guide/extensions.html) - :floppy_disk: UPX integration (significantly reduces binary size) **Single-file standalone php-cli:** <img width="700" alt="out1" src="https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli/assets/20330940/01a2e60f-13b0-4242-a645-f7afa4936396"> **Combine PHP code with PHP interpreter using phpmicro:** <img width="700" alt="out2" src="https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli/assets/20330940/46b7128d-fb72-4169-957e-48564c3ff3e2"> ## Documentation The current README contains basic usage. For all the features of static-php-cli, see <https://static-php.dev> . ## Direct Download If you don't want to build or want to test first, you can download example pre-compiled artifact from [Actions](https://github.com/static-php/static-php-cli-hosted/actions/workflows/build-php-bulk.yml), or from self-hosted server. Below are several precompiled static-php binaries with different extension combinations, which can be downloaded directly according to your needs. | Combination | Extension Count | OS | Comment | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------------------------| | [common](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/common/) | [30+](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/common/README.txt) | Linux, macOS | The binary size is about 7.5MB | | [bulk](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/bulk/) | [50+](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/bulk/README.txt) | Linux, macOS | The binary size is about 25MB | | [minimal](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/minimal/) | [5](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/minimal/README.txt) | Linux, macOS | The binary size is about 3MB | | [spc-min](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/windows/spc-min/) | [5](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/windows/spc-min/README.txt) | Windows | The binary size is about 3MB | | [spc-max](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/windows/spc-max/) | [40+](https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/windows/spc-max/README.txt) | Windows | The binary size is about 8.5MB | > Linux and Windows supports UPX compression for binaries, which can reduce the size of the binary by 30% to 50%. > macOS does not support UPX compression, so the size of the pre-built binaries for mac is larger. ## Build ### Compilation Requirements You can say I made a PHP builder written in PHP, pretty funny. But static-php-cli runtime only requires an environment above PHP 8.1 and extensions mentioned below. - PHP >= 8.1 (This is the version required by spc itself, not the build version) - Extension: `mbstring,tokenizer,phar` - Supported OS with `curl` and `git` installed Here is the supported OS and arch, where :octocat: represents support for GitHub Action builds, :computer: represents support for local manual builds, and blank represents not currently supported. | | x86_64 | aarch64 | |---------|----------------------|----------------------| | macOS | :octocat: :computer: | :octocat: :computer: | | Linux | :octocat: :computer: | :octocat: :computer: | | Windows | :octocat: :computer: | | | FreeBSD | :computer: | :computer: | Currently supported PHP versions for compilation: > :warning: supported but not maintained by static-php-cli authors > > :heavy_check_mark: supported > > :x: not supported | PHP Version | Status | Comment | |-------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 7.2 | :x: | | | 7.3 | :x: | phpmicro and some extensions not supported on 7.x | | 7.4 | :x: | phpmicro and some extensions not supported on 7.x | | 8.0 | :warning: | PHP official has stopped maintenance of 8.0, we no longer provide backport support for version 8.0 | | 8.1 | :heavy_check_mark: | PHP official has security fixes only | | 8.2 | :heavy_check_mark: | | | 8.3 | :heavy_check_mark: | | | 8.4 | :heavy_check_mark: | | > This table shows the support status for static-php-cli in building the corresponding version, > not the official PHP support status for that version. ### Supported Extensions Please first select the extension you want to compile based on the extension list below. - [Supported Extension List](https://static-php.dev/en/guide/extensions.html) - [Command Generator](https://static-php.dev/en/guide/cli-generator.html) > If an extension you need is missing, you can submit an issue. Here is the current planned roadmap for extension support: [#152](https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli/issues/152) . ### Build Online (using GitHub Actions) Use GitHub Action to easily build a statically compiled PHP, and at the same time define the extensions to be compiled by yourself. 1. Fork me. 2. Go to the Actions of the project and select `CI`. 3. Select `Run workflow`, fill in the PHP version you want to compile, the target type, and the list of extensions. (extensions comma separated, e.g. `bcmath,curl,mbstring`) 4. After waiting for about a period of time, enter the corresponding task and get `Artifacts`. If you enable `debug`, all logs will be output at build time, including compiled logs, for troubleshooting. ### Build Locally (using SPC binary, recommended) This project provides a binary file of static-php-cli: `spc`. You can use `spc` binary instead of installing any runtime like golang app. Currently, the platforms supported by `spc` binary are Linux and macOS. Download from self-hosted nightly builds using commands below: ```bash # Download from self-hosted nightly builds (sync with main branch) # For Linux x86_64 curl -fsSL -o spc https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/spc-bin/nightly/spc-linux-x86_64 # For Linux aarch64 curl -fsSL -o spc https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/spc-bin/nightly/spc-linux-aarch64 # macOS x86_64 (Intel) curl -fsSL -o spc https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/spc-bin/nightly/spc-macos-x86_64 # macOS aarch64 (Apple) curl -fsSL -o spc https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/spc-bin/nightly/spc-macos-aarch64 # Windows (x86_64, win10 build 17063 or later) curl.exe -fsSL -o spc.exe https://dl.static-php.dev/static-php-cli/spc-bin/nightly/spc-windows-x64.exe # Add execute perm (Linux and macOS only) chmod +x ./spc # Run (Linux and macOS) ./spc --version # Run (Windows powershell) .\spc.exe --version ``` Self-hosted `spc` is built by GitHub Actions, you can also download from Actions artifacts [here](https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli/actions/workflows/release-build.yml). ### Build Locally (using git source) If you need to modify the static-php-cli source code, or have problems using the spc binary build, you can download static-php-cli using the git source code. ```bash # just clone me! git clone https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli.git ``` If you have not installed php on your system, we recommend that you use the built-in setup-runtime to install PHP and Composer automatically. ```bash cd static-php-cli chmod +x bin/setup-runtime # it will download static php (from self-hosted server) and composer (from getcomposer) bin/setup-runtime # initialize composer deps bin/composer install # chmod chmod +x bin/spc bin/spc --version ``` ### Start Building PHP Basic usage for building php with some extensions: > If you are using the packaged standalone `spc` binary, you need to replace `bin/spc` with `./spc` or `.\spc.exe` in the following commands. ```bash # Check system tool dependencies, auto-fix them if possible ./bin/spc doctor --auto-fix # fetch all libraries ./bin/spc download --all # only fetch necessary sources by needed extensions (recommended) ./bin/spc download --for-extensions="openssl,pcntl,mbstring,pdo_sqlite" # download pre-built libraries first (save time for compiling dependencies) ./bin/spc download --for-extensions="openssl,curl,mbstring,mbregex" --prefer-pre-built # download different PHP version (--with-php=x.y or --with-php=x.y.z, recommend 8.1 ~ 8.3) ./bin/spc download --for-extensions="openssl,curl,mbstring" --with-php=8.1 # with bcmath,openssl,tokenizer,sqlite3,pdo_sqlite,ftp,curl extension, build both CLI and phpmicro SAPI ./bin/spc build "bcmath,openssl,tokenizer,sqlite3,pdo_sqlite,ftp,curl" --build-cli --build-micro # build thread-safe (ZTS) version (--enable-zts) ./bin/spc build "curl,phar" --enable-zts --build-cli # build, pack executable with UPX (linux and windows only) (reduce binary size for 30~50%) ./bin/spc build "curl,phar" --enable-zts --build-cli --with-upx-pack ``` Now we support `cli`, `micro`, `fpm` and `embed` SAPI. You can use one or more of the following parameters to specify the compiled SAPI: - `--build-cli`: build static cli executable - `--build-micro`: build static phpmicro self-extracted executable - `--build-fpm`: build static fpm binary - `--build-embed`: build embed (libphp) - `--build-all`: build all If anything goes wrong, use `--debug` option to display full terminal output: ```bash ./bin/spc build "openssl,pcntl,mbstring" --debug --build-all ./bin/spc download --all --debug ``` ## Different SAPI Usage ### Use cli > php-cli is a single static binary, you can use it like normal php installed on your system. When using the parameter `--build-cli` or `--build-all`, the final compilation result will output a binary file named `./php`, which can be distributed and used directly. This file will be located in the directory `buildroot/bin/`, copy it out for use. ```bash cd buildroot/bin/ ./php -v # check version ./php -m # check extensions ./php your_code.php # run your php code ./php your_project.phar # run your phar (project archive) ``` ### Use micro > phpmicro is a SelF-extracted eXecutable SAPI module, > provided by [phpmicro](https://github.com/dixyes/phpmicro) project. > But this project is using a [fork](https://github.com/static-php/phpmicro) of phpmicro, because we need to add some features to it. > It can put php runtime and your source code together. When using the parameter `--build-all` or `--build-micro`, the final compilation result will output a file named `./micro.sfx`, which needs to be used with your PHP source code like `code.php`. This file will be located in the path `buildroot/bin/micro.sfx`, simply copy it out for use. Prepare your project source code, which can be a single PHP file or a Phar file, for use. ```bash echo "<?php echo 'Hello world' . PHP_EOL;" > code.php cat micro.sfx code.php > single-app && chmod +x single-app ./single-app ``` If you package a PHAR file, just replace `code.php` with the phar file path. You can use [box-project/box](https://github.com/box-project/box) to package your CLI project as Phar, It is then combined with phpmicro to produce a standalone executable binary. ```bash # Use the micro.sfx generated by static-php-cli to combine, bin/spc micro:combine my-app.phar # or you can directly use the cat command to combine them. cat buildroot/bin/micro.sfx my-app.phar > my-app && chmod +x my-app # Use micro:combine combination to inject INI options into the binary. bin/spc micro:combine my-app.phar -I "memory_limit=4G" -I "disable_functions=system" --output my-app-2 ``` > In some cases, PHAR files may not run in a micro environment. Overall, micro is not production ready. ### Use fpm When using the parameter `--build-all` or `--build-fpm`, the final compilation result will output a file named `./php-fpm`, This file will be located in the path `buildroot/bin/`, simply copy it out for use. In common Linux distributions and macOS systems, the package manager will automatically generate a default fpm configuration file after installing php-fpm. Because php-fpm must specify a configuration file before running, the php-fpm compiled by this project will not have any configuration files, so you need to write `php-fpm.conf` and `pool.conf` configuration files yourself. Specifying `php-fpm.conf` can use the command parameter `-y`, for example: `./php-fpm -y php-fpm.conf`. ### Use embed When using the project parameters `--build-embed` or `--build-all`, the final compilation result will output a `libphp.a`, `php-config` and a series of header files, stored in `buildroot/`. You can introduce them in your other projects. If you know [embed SAPI](https://github.com/php/php-src/tree/master/sapi/embed), you should know how to use it. You may require the introduction of other libraries during compilation, you can use `buildroot/bin/php-config` to obtain the compile-time configuration. For an advanced example of how to use this feature, take a look at [how to use it to build a static version of FrankenPHP](https://github.com/dunglas/frankenphp/blob/main/docs/static.md). ## Contribution If the extension you need is missing, you can create an issue. If you are familiar with this project, you are also welcome to initiate a pull request. If you want to contribute documentation, please just edit in `docs/`. Now there is a [static-php](https://github.com/static-php) organization, which is used to store the repo related to the project. ## Sponsor this project You can sponsor my project on [this page](https://github.com/crazywhalecc/crazywhalecc/blob/master/FUNDING.md). A portion of your donation will be used to maintain the **static-php.dev** server. ## Open-Source License This project itself is based on MIT License, some newly added extensions and dependencies may originate from the the other projects, and the headers of these code files will also be given additional instructions LICENSE and AUTHOR. These are similar projects: - [dixyes/lwmbs](https://github.com/dixyes/lwmbs) - [swoole/swoole-cli](https://github.com/swoole/swoole-cli) The project uses some code from [dixyes/lwmbs](https://github.com/dixyes/lwmbs), such as windows static build target and libiconv support. lwmbs is licensed under the [Mulan PSL 2](http://license.coscl.org.cn/MulanPSL2). Due to the special nature of this project, many other open source projects such as curl and protobuf will be used during the project compilation process, and they all have their own open source licenses. Please use the `bin/spc dump-license` command to export the open source licenses used in the project after compilation, and comply with the corresponding project's LICENSE. 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