Northeast PHP Hack-a-thon notes

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Northeast PHP Hack-a-thon (php-src) 2017

• Set up GitHub account + add your SSH keys
• Fork php-src repo to your GitHub account
• Clone source (or use USB stick) & cd into directory
• Update origin remote URL with your fork

$ git remote set-url origin {your-fork-URL}

• Install the deps or use Docker

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install git \
  build-essential autoconf valgrind \
  re2c bison \
  libxml2-dev lcov

• If using Docker, build, run & access TTY:

$ docker-compose build
$ docker-compose up
$ docker exec -it -u sammyk phptscreencast_web_1 bash

• Configure with at least the following

$ ./configure --enable-maintainer-zts \
  --enable-debug \
  --enable-cli

• Compile all the things

$ make

• Check version number

$ sapi/cli/php --version

• Run some tests (for example for ext/libxml)

$ make test TESTS=ext/libxml/tests/

• Visit PHP: Test and Code Coverage Analysis and search for some code that needs coverage
• Or make a failing test for a bug: PHP :: Bugs