Specifying php.ini params as a configuration

[vitalybaev]

Feature request

PHP provider from Nixpacks is great, but when I had to set some parameters (like post_max_size or upload_max_filesize) I had to append commands to nixpacks.toml to search php.ini and to append these lines there, but I believe it can be done easier.

Motivation

Changing parameters in php.ini is a common task and it would save some time and improve DX of Nixpacks

Contribution

I've already taken a glance at the source code both Nixpacks and Nix packages, but so far cannot see clear path to solve the issue, but I'm opened to help and continue to delve into source code

[Burnwood1911]

@vitalybaev ive been trying to set postmaxsize and uploadmaxfilesize but failed how did you achieve this here is my toml file

[phases.build]
dependsOn = ['install']
cmds = [
'npm run build',
]

[phases.install]
dependsOn = ['setup']
cmds = [
'mkdir -p /var/log/nginx && mkdir -p /var/cache/nginx',
'composer install --ignore-platform-reqs',
'npm ci',
]

[phases.setup]
nixPkgs = [
'(php82.withExtensions (pe: pe.enabled ++ [ pe.all.imagick ]))',
'nginx',
'libmysqlclient',
'php82Packages.composer',
'php82Extensions.imagick',
'nodejs_18',
'npm-9_x',
]

[vitalybaev]

@Burnwood1911 I've ended up with this workaround in my nixpacks.toml:

[variables]
    UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE = '10M'
    POST_MAX_SIZE = '10M'

[phases.setup]
    cmds = ['PHP_INI_PATH=$(php --ini | grep "Additional .ini files parsed:" | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d " "); echo "PHP_INI_PATH is $PHP_INI_PATH"; echo "upload_max_filesize=10M" >> $PHP_INI_PATH; echo "post_max_size=10M" >> $PHP_INI_PATH; echo "Content of php.ini below:"; cat "$PHP_INI_PATH"']

[Burnwood1911]

It worked @vitalybaev thank you so much I spent like 6 hours trying to get this to work

[lolautruche]

I 💯 second this issue!
We could imagine providing a php.ini in the codebase, just like nginx.conf. This is how the symfony CLI works for example.