PKG-PHP-TOOLS(7)

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version 1.49build1 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ PKG-PHP-TOOLS(7) ✨

okay bestie, sit down, we're talking about pkg-php-tools — that's the manual page for the debhelper tool suite for PHP PEAR and Composer packages. yes it's a mouthful. yes it slays. let's go 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

pkg-php-tools — debhelper tool suite for PHP PEAR and Composer packages 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so if you wanna just go and not read a whole novel first, bestie, go read one of these:

  • /usr/share/doc/pkg-php-tools/README.PEAR
  • /usr/share/doc/pkg-php-tools/README.Composer

that's the quick start. no cap, start there 🫶

dh_phppear(1) is a debhelper program and its whole job — its entire personality — is generating the ${phppear:*} substitutions and adding them to substvars files. that's it. that's the gig. go read the corresponding manpage for the full tea ✨

dh_phpcomposer(1) is also a debhelper program, and it does the exact same thing but for the ${phpcomposer:*} substitutions, dropping them into substvars files too. again: see the corresponding manpage, iykyk 💜

Debian::Debhelper::Buildsystem::phppear is an extra build system, and it's targeted at PHP PEAR packages — specifically ones that come with a package.xml or package2.xml file. iconic behaviour tbh 🦋

⚠️ okay important, listen up: this tool suite is not part of debhelper. like, it hangs out with debhelper, it's in the friend group, but it is not debhelper. do not come for me later 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go be nosy, bestie, the receipts are all here:

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this masterpiece was written by Mathieu Parent <sathieu@debian.org> 💖 absolute main character energy, we love to see it.

and that's the whole vibe check! 🎀 this was version 1.49build1, dated 2025-12-06, and it came to you from the Debhelper corner of the universe. mwah, go build something cute, bestie 💅✨🌸

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