💡 Improved asdf-php plugin with OpenSSL compatibility and zero-configuration setup

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Improved asdf-php Plugin

Fork: https://github.com/x-rush/asdf-php

Key Improvements

🔐 Automatic OpenSSL Version Management

Fixes PHP and OpenSSL compatibility issues automatically:

• PHP 5.x: Auto-compiles OpenSSL 1.0.2u
• PHP 7.x/8.0: Auto-compiles OpenSSL 1.1.1w
• PHP 8.1+: Uses system OpenSSL (better performance)

No more manual OpenSSL version handling!

🎯 Smart PHP Extensions Configuration

Automatically configures the best extensions for each PHP version:

PHP 5.x - Compatibility focused:

• Core extensions: bcmath, calendar, exif, ftp, gd, gettext, intl, mbstring, opcache, pcntl, pdo, pdo_mysql, shmop, soap, sockets, xmlrpc, xsl, zip
• Includes: OpenSSL, PEAR, libzip

PHP 7.x - Modern extensions:

• Core extensions +: dom, fileinfo, filter, hash, json, mbregex, mhash, pdo_pgsql, phar, posix, session, simplexml, tokenizer, xml, curl
• Additional: imagick, zip, sodium

PHP 8.x - Latest features:

• All 7.x extensions included
• Extra: gmp, FFI (PHP 8.2+)

Quick Start

# Replace existing plugin
asdf plugin uninstall php
asdf plugin add php https://github.com/x-rush/asdf-php.git

# Zero-config install - auto-handles OpenSSL and extensions
asdf install php 8.2.15
asdf install php 7.4.33
asdf install php 5.6.40

Tested On

• macOS (Apple Silicon M1/M2)
• Ubuntu 22.04+ (Intel/ARM)
• Debian 12+ (Intel/ARM)

PHP versions tested: 5.6.40, 7.4.33, 8.0.30, 8.2.15, 8.3.2

Is this useful?

Try it out and let me know what you think! Any feedback or issues, just open an issue in the fork repo.