Creating and invoking PHP actions

The process of creating PHP actions is similar to that of other actions. The following sections guide you through creating and invoking a single PHP action, and demonstrate how to bundle multiple PHP files and third party dependencies.

1. Create a Python_app folder and then create a package directory.Now create a Python file with the following content inside our packages/php. For this example, the file name is hello.php.

<?php
//--web true
//--kind php:default
function main(array $args) : array
{
  $name = $args["name"] ?? "stranger";
  $greeting = "Hello $name!";
  echo $greeting;
  return ["greeting" => $greeting];
}
?>

The PHP file might contain additional functions. However, by convention, a function called main must exist to provide the entry point for the action.

Your directory structure should looks like this:

PHP_app
└── packages
    └── php
        └── hello.php

2. Run the following command to deploy the action

ops ide deploy

3. Ops will create the action automatically. For this example, the action is called php/hello.

  /home/openserverless.ops/tmp/deploy.pid
  PID 220917
  > Scan:
  >> Action: packages/php/hello.php
  > Deploying:
  >> Package: php
  $ $OPS package update php 
  ok: updated package php
  >>> Action: packages/php/hello.php
  $ $OPS action update php/hello packages/php/hello.php 
  ok: updated action php/hello
  build process exited with code 0
  UPLOAD ASSETS FROM web
  ==================| UPLOAD RESULTS |==================
  | FILES      : 0
  | COMPLETED  : 0
  | ERRORS     : 0
  | SKIPPED    : 0
  | EXEC. TIME : 2.61 ms
  ======================================================
  URL: http://openserverless.localhost:80

Note: To use a specific version of Python runtime, change the kind property --kind php:8.1, or --kind php:8.3 in the hello.py file.

4. To invoke the action run the following command:

ops action invoke php/hello --param name Marina --result