PHP Continuous Integration & Deployment

🚀 PHP Continuous Integration & Deployment (CI/CD) – Automate Your Workflow

Imagine never having to manually test or deploy your PHP projects again! With CI/CD (Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment), you can automate these tasks and make your workflow faster, smoother, and error-free. 🚀

📌 What is CI/CD?

  • Continuous Integration (CI) → Automatically tests code when new changes are pushed to the repository.
  • Continuous Deployment (CD) → Automatically deploys the tested code to production.

CI/CD tools help automate testing, building, and deployment, making PHP development much easier!

🛠 Popular CI/CD Tools for PHP

  • ✅ GitHub Actions – Built-in CI/CD for GitHub repositories.
  • ✅ Jenkins – Open-source automation server.
  • ✅ GitLab CI/CD – Integrated into GitLab repositories.
  • ✅ CircleCI – Cloud-based CI/CD.

📝 Setting Up CI/CD for a PHP Project

🔹 Using GitHub Actions

Let’s create a simple GitHub Actions workflow to run PHPUnit tests automatically.

📌 Step 1: Create a Workflow File

Inside your GitHub repository, create a file: .github/workflows/php-ci.yml

name: PHP CI

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout Code
      uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Set Up PHP
      uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
      with:
        php-version: '8.1'

    - name: Install Dependencies
      run: composer install --no-interaction --prefer-dist

    - name: Run Tests
      run: vendor/bin/phpunit tests/

Now, every time you push code, GitHub Actions will automatically test it! 🎉

🔹 Using Jenkins for CI/CD

Jenkins is a powerful CI/CD tool for PHP projects. Here’s how to set it up:

  1. ✅ Install Jenkins on your server.
  2. ✅ Install the required PHP plugins for Jenkins.
  3. ✅ Configure a new pipeline job to build and test your PHP code.

Jenkins will now automatically test and deploy your PHP applications. 🚀

🎯 Summary

  • ✅ CI/CD automates testing and deployment for PHP projects.
  • ✅ Use GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI/CD for automation.
  • ✅ Automating testing improves code quality and deployment speed.

🚀 Next Steps

Try setting up CI/CD for your PHP projects today! Your future self will thank you. 😉