ci: fallback on gh when the php.net API is down

Author: dunglas

.github/workflows/sanitizers.yaml

@@ -51,10 +51,24 @@ jobs:
             caddy/go.sum
       - name: Determine PHP version
         id: determine-php-version
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
-          curl -fsSL 'https://www.php.net/releases/index.php?json&max=1&version=8.5' -o version.json
-          echo version="$(jq -r 'keys[0]' version.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo archive="$(jq -r '.[] .source[] | select(.filename |endswith(".xz")) | "https://www.php.net/distributions/" + .filename' version.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          # Try php.net API first
+          if curl -fsSL 'https://www.php.net/releases/index.php?json&max=1&version=8.5' -o version.json 2>/dev/null; then
+            version="$(jq -r 'keys[0]' version.json)"
+            archive="$(jq -r '.[] .source[] | select(.filename |endswith(".xz")) | "https://www.php.net/distributions/" + .filename' version.json)"
+            if [ -n "$version" ] && [ "$version" != "null" ] && [ -n "$archive" ] && [ "$archive" != "null" ]; then
+              echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+              echo "archive=$archive" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+              exit 0
+            fi
+          fi
+
+          # Fallback: use the latest GitHub release from php/php-src
+          version=$(gh release list --repo php/php-src --exclude-drafts --exclude-pre-releases --json tagName --jq '[.[].tagName | select(startswith("php-8.5."))] | first | ltrimstr("php-")')
+          echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "archive=https://github.com/php/php-src/archive/refs/tags/php-${version}.tar.gz" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Cache PHP
         id: cache-php
         uses: actions/cache@v5
@@ -65,7 +79,10 @@ jobs:
         name: Compile PHP
         run: |
           mkdir php/
-          curl -fsSL "${URL}" | tar -Jx -C php --strip-components=1
+          case "${URL}" in
+            *.xz) curl -fsSL "${URL}" | tar -Jx -C php --strip-components=1 ;;
+            *)    curl -fsSL "${URL}" | tar -zx -C php --strip-components=1 ;;
+          esac
           cd php/
           ./configure \
             CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" \

build-static.sh

@@ -62,14 +62,25 @@ fi
 if [ -z "${PHP_VERSION}" ]; then
 	get_latest_php_version() {
 		input="$1"
+		# Try php.net API first
 		json=$(curl -s "https://www.php.net/releases/index.php?json&version=$input")
-		latest=$(echo "$json" | jq -r '.version')
+		latest=$(echo "$json" | jq -r '.version' 2>/dev/null)
 
 		if [[ "$latest" == "$input"* ]]; then
 			echo "$latest"
-		else
-			echo "$input"
+			return
 		fi
+
+		# Fallback: use the latest GitHub release from php/php-src
+		if type "gh" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+			latest=$(gh release list --repo php/php-src --exclude-drafts --exclude-pre-releases --json tagName --jq "[.[].tagName | select(startswith(\"php-${input}.\"))] | first | ltrimstr(\"php-\")")
+		fi
+		if [[ "$latest" == "$input"* ]]; then
+			echo "$latest"
+			return
+		fi
+
+		echo "$input"
 	}
 
 	PHP_VERSION="$(get_latest_php_version "8.5")"