Add xmlwriter extension

[DanielVera987]

What were you trying to do?

I have a system so that I can read xml file and export them as excel, the problem is that at the time of reading xml files appears me that is missing extension, how can I urge it?

What happened?

After reading the N xml is exported in an excel that I make use of the larave-excel library and can download the file

How to reproduce the bug

Package Versions

0.6.3

PHP Version

8.2.0

Laravel Version

10.10

Node Version

16.10.0

Which operating systems have you seen this occur on?

No response

OS version

macos 14.4.1

Notes

No response

[simonhamp]

Hey @DanielVera987. The xmlwriter extension isn't compiled into the binaries currently.

It looks like there's wide support for it across all platforms, so it would just be a case of compiling it in.

But I'm not sure if this makes sense for the central binaries we ship though, so I'm moving this to the Ideas board so we can gather feedback on how much need there is for it.

[chack1172]

@simonhamp I tried building my own PHP binaries adding xmlwriter, but running native:serve does not start the app.
Looking at laravel.log I'm getting: Invalid crypto_method request option: TLS 1.2 not supported by your version of cURL.
It is not related to xmlwriter, did I do something wrong?
I forked nativephp/php-bin, added xmlwriter to php-extensions.txt and manually run the Build PHP action.
PHP 8.4, Windows x64

[DanielVera987]

@simonhamp some news on the subject?

[simonhamp]

@DanielVera987 you will still need to compile your own binaries.

[PeteBishwhip]

@simonhamp I tried building my own PHP binaries adding xmlwriter, but running native:serve does not start the app. Looking at laravel.log I'm getting: Invalid crypto_method request option: TLS 1.2 not supported by your version of cURL. It is not related to xmlwriter, did I do something wrong? I forked nativephp/php-bin, added xmlwriter to php-extensions.txt and manually run the Build PHP action. PHP 8.4, Windows x64

We're unable to provide support with custom binary builds however, it sounds like your binary is using an older version of Curl. You'll need to rectify that.

[kyagie]

Setting the path for custom binaries seems not to work as well. What other ways can this be done.

[kyagie]

@DanielVera987 @PeteBishwhip Please add the xmlwriter extension. We are having little success with compiling it in the custom binary builds

[uluumbch]

any update on this? or maybe any guide to build the custom with php xmlwriter enabled?

[Sethisme99]

is there any update on this problem yet?

[Lea-Reift]

@uluumbch @Sethisme99 and everyone who needs a more detailed instruction on the build process, here is what I did:

clone repo

git clone https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli.git --depth=1
cd static-php-cli

IMPORTANT

ALL THESE COMMANDS WERE RUN IN THE static-php-cli DIR

Setup runtime

This will generate a php binary (with the minimun version required for the build) and the composer binary (I recommend using these instead)

bin/setup-runtime

You need to install the PHP environment first before running Composer and this project. The installation method can be referred to below.

./runtime/php.exe ./runtime/composer.phar update

Prepare dependencies

The docs of static-php-cli set the order as:

1. download
2. doctor

But what worked for me was running them like this:

./runtime/php.exe ./bin/spc doctor --auto-fix

#then
./runtime/php.exe ./bin/spc download php-src \ #note the `php-src` argument
    --with-php={desired_php_version} \
    --for-extensions={list_of_extensions_comma_separated}
    --for-libs={list_of_libs_comma_separated} //or directly --all and you save the extensions and libs options

Build command

Now you can build your php binary as desired, with the format in the docs.

./runtime/php.exe ./bin/spc build \
    "{list_of_extensions_comma_separated}" \
    --build-cli \ # or the target you need
    --with-libs="{list_of_libs_comma_separated}"
    -I "{php_ini_variable_assignation}" \ # (you can add as much as you need individually)
    --debug # just to get the output in case something doesn't work

If you did everything correctly, you should see a new php binary in ./buildroot/bin

EXTRA

If the build works, you should compress your binary with --with-upx-pack like this:

./runtime/php.exe ./bin/spc install-pkg upx # install upx first

./runtime/php.exe ./bin/spc build --with-upx-pack # then your extensions, libs and options

Also, what I did before compiling, was listing my current extensions and formatting them into a comma separated list:

php -m | grep -vE '^\[.*\]|^[A-Z]' | paste -sd, -