My friend ask me about FreeBSD PHP7 ports and he already check if the ports not exist yet. He just feel more comfortable with ports than using git or source.

I search Google and found github repository of PHP 7 ports. I give it a try with my vps and it looks good.

Lets get start!

# freebsd-update update
# freebsd-update install
# pkg update
# portsnap fetch
# portsnap extract

Install git

# pkg install -y git

Clone

# git clone https://github.com/SentaLtd/freebsd-php7-ports.git
Cloning into ‘freebsd-php7-ports’…
remote: Counting objects: 210, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (13/13), done.
remote: Total 210 (delta 16), reused 13 (delta 13), pack-reused 184
Receiving objects: 100% (210/210), 40.52 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (68/68), done.
Checking connectivity… done.

Copying all files

# mv /root/freebsd-php7-ports/bsd.php.mk /usr/ports/Mk/

Lang

# mv /root/freebsd-php7-ports/lang/php7-extensions /usr/ports/lang/
# mv /root/freebsd-php7-ports/lang/php7-extensions /usr/ports/lang/

Archivers

# cd /root/freebsd-php7-ports/archivers/
# mv php7-* /usr/ports/archivers/

Converters

# cd /root/freebsd-php7-ports/converters/
# mv php7-* /usr/ports/converters/

Databases

# cd /root/freebsd-php7-ports/databases/
# mv php7-* /usr/ports/databases/

Continue to others 🙂

Install PHP7 ports

# cd /usr/ports/freebsd-php7-ports/lang/php7
# make install

Test

# php -v
PHP 7.0.2 (cli) (built: Jan 30 2016 07:50:43) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies

# php --ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /usr/local/etc
Loaded Configuration File: (none)
Scan for additional .ini files in: /usr/local/etc/php
Additional .ini files parsed: (none)