Try variable php versioning

Author: iMattPro

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,15 @@ on:
       RUN_MSSQL_JOBS:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: '1'    
+        default: '1'
+      MIN_PHP_VERSION:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: '7.2'
+      ALL_PHP_VERSIONS:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: '["7.2", "7.3", "7.4", "8.0", "8.1", "8.2", "8.3", "8.4"]'
     secrets:
       CODECOV_TOKEN:
         required: false
@@ -62,8 +70,8 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             matrix:
                 include:
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "none"
+                    - php: ${{ inputs.MIN_PHP_VERSION }}
+                      db: 'none'
                       NOTESTS: 1
 
         name: PHP ${{ matrix.php }} - ${{ matrix.db }}
@@ -129,44 +137,22 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ inputs.RUN_MYSQL_JOBS == '1' }}
         runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
         strategy:
-            matrix:
-                include:
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "mariadb:10.1"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "mariadb:10.2"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "mariadb:10.3"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "mariadb:10.4"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "mariadb:10.5"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "mysql:5.6"
-                      db_alias: "MyISAM Tests"
-                      MYISAM: 1
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "mysql:5.6"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "mysql:5.7"
-                      COVERAGE: ${{ inputs.CODECOV == '1' && '1' || '0' }}
-                      db_alias: ${{ inputs.CODECOV == '1' && 'mysql:5.7 with Coverage' || 'mysql:5.7' }}
-                    - php: '7.3'
-                      db: "mysql:5.7"
-                    - php: '7.4'
-                      db: "mysql:5.7"
-                    - php: '7.4'
-                      db: "mysql:8.0"
-                    - php: '8.0'
-                      db: "mysql:5.7"
-                    - php: '8.1'
-                      db: "mysql:5.7"
-                    - php: '8.2'
-                      db: "mysql:5.7"
-                    - php: '8.3'
-                      db: "mysql:5.7"
-                    - php: '8.4'
-                      db: "mysql:5.7"
+          matrix:
+            php: ${{ fromJson(inputs.ALL_PHP_VERSIONS) }}
+            db: ['mysql:5.7']
+            include:
+              - php: ${{ inputs.MIN_PHP_VERSION }}
+                db: ['mariadb:10.1', 'mariadb:10.2', 'mariadb:10.3', 'mariadb:10.4', 'mariadb:10.5']
+              - php: ${{ inputs.MIN_PHP_VERSION }}
+                db: 'mysql:5.6'
+              - php: ${{ inputs.MIN_PHP_VERSION }}
+                db: 'mysql:5.6'
+                db_alias: 'MyISAM Tests'
+                MYISAM: 1
+              - php: ${{ inputs.MIN_PHP_VERSION }}
+                db: 'mysql:8.0'
+                COVERAGE: ${{ inputs.CODECOV == '1' && '1' || '0' }}
+                db_alias: ${{ inputs.CODECOV == '1' && 'mysql:8.0 with Coverage' || 'mysql:8.0' }}
 
         name: PHP ${{ matrix.php }} - ${{ matrix.db_alias != '' && matrix.db_alias || matrix.db }}
 
@@ -274,36 +260,12 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ inputs.RUN_POSTGRESQL_JOBS == '1' }}
         runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
         strategy:
-            matrix:
-                include:
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "postgres:9.5"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "postgres:9.6"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "postgres:10"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "postgres:11"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "postgres:12"
-                    - php: '7.2'
-                      db: "postgres:13"
-                    - php: '7.3'
-                      db: "postgres:13"
-                    - php: '7.4'
-                      db: "postgres:13"
-                    - php: '8.0'
-                      db: "postgres:12"
-                    - php: '8.0'
-                      db: "postgres:13"
-                    - php: '8.1'
-                      db: "postgres:14"
-                    - php: '8.2'
-                      db: "postgres:14"
-                    - php: '8.3'
-                      db: "postgres:14"
-                    - php: '8.4'
-                      db: "postgres:14"
+          matrix:
+            php: ${{ fromJson(inputs.ALL_PHP_VERSIONS) }}
+            db: ['postgres:14']
+            include:
+              - php: ${{ inputs.MIN_PHP_VERSION }}
+                db: ['postgres:9.5', 'postgres:9.6', 'postgres:10', 'postgres:11', 'postgres:12', 'postgres:13']
 
         name: PHP ${{ matrix.php }} - ${{ matrix.db }}
 
@@ -393,12 +355,12 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             matrix:
                 include:
-                    - php: '7.2'
+                    - php: ${{ inputs.MIN_PHP_VERSION }}
                       db: "sqlite3"
-                    - php: '7.2'
+                    - php: ${{ inputs.MIN_PHP_VERSION }}
                       db: "mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-CU27-ubuntu-20.04"
                       db_alias: 'MSSQL 2019'
-                    - php: '7.2'
+                    - php: ${{ inputs.MIN_PHP_VERSION }}
                       db: "mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-CU13-ubuntu-22.04"
                       db_alias: 'MSSQL 2022'