RPM information extension for PHP

Retrieve RPM information from PHP code using librpm.

This extension can be considered as stable, and be used on production environement.

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Sources

• Official git repository: https://git.remirepo.net/cgit/tools/php-rpminfo.git/
• Mirror on github for contributors: https://github.com/remicollet/rpminfo

Build

You need the rpm development files (rpm-devel) version >= 4.13.

From the sources tree

$ phpize
$ ./configure --enable-rpminfo
$ make
$ make test

From https://pecl.php.net/ using pecl command

$ pecl install rpminfo

From https://packagist.org/ using PHP Installer for Extensions

$ pie install remi/rpminfo

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Usage

rpmvercmp

int rpmvercmp(string evr1, string evr2);

Allow to compare 2 EVR (epoch:version-release) strings. The return value is < 0 if evr1 < evr2, > 0 if evr1 > evr2, 0 if equal.

$ php -a
php > var_dump(rpmvercmp("1.0", "1.1"));
int(-1)
php > var_dump(rpmvercmp("1:1.0", "1.1"));
int(1)

rpminfo

rpminfo(string path [, bool full  [, string &error]]): array;

Retrieve information from a rpm file, reading its metadata. If given error will be used to store error message instead of raising a warning. The return value is a hash table, or false if it fails.

$ php -a
php > print_r(rpminfo("tests/bidon.rpm"));
Array
(
    [Name] => bidon
    [Version] => 1
    [Release] => 1.fc25.remi
    [Arch] => x86_64
)

php > print_r(rpminfo("tests/bidon.rpm", true));
Array
(
    [Headeri18ntable] => C
    [Sigsize] => 2304
    [Sigmd5] => 644819c3566819b1e10a5c97943de094
    [Sha1header] => 0a86742fe53973ac9ab4611187a83ffb44f1de5a
    [Sha256header] => 9aab7242a80212ad1fe4fdd3b250c0c4f176c0b3fb1355c0d62ff094fc3f7da0
    [Name] => bidon
    [Version] => 1
    [Release] => 1.fc25.remi
    [Summary] => Bidon
    [Description] => A dummy package
    ...
    [IsSource] => 
)

php > var_dump(rpminfo("missing.rpm"));
Warning: rpminfo(): Can't open 'missing.rpm': No such file or directory in php shell code on line 1
bool(false)

php > var_dump(rpminfo("missing.rpm", false, $error));
bool(false)
php > echo $error;
Can't open 'missing.rpm': No such file or directory

rpmdbinfo

rpmdbinfo(string path [, bool full ]): array;

Retrieve information from rpm database about an installed package. The return value is an array of hash tables, or false if it fails.

$ php -a
php > print_r(rpmdbinfo("php"));
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [Name] => php
            [Version] => 7.3.5
            [Release] => 1.fc31.remi
            [Summary] => PHP scripting language for creating dynamic web sites
            [Arch] => x86_64
        )
)

Retrieve information from rpm database about installed packages using glob or regex. The return value is an array of hash tables, or false if it fails.

$ php -a
php > print_r(rpmdbsearch("php-pecl-r*", RPMTAG_NAME, RPMMIRE_GLOB));
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [Name] => php-pecl-radius
            [Version] => 1.4.0
            [Release] => 0.10.b1.fc31
            [Summary] => Radius client library
            [Arch] => x86_64
        )
    [1] => Array
        (
            [Name] => php-pecl-redis5
            [Version] => 5.2.0
            [Release] => 1.fc31.remi.7.3
            [Summary] => Extension for communicating with the Redis key-value store
            [Arch] => x86_64
        )
    [2] => Array
        (
            [Name] => php-pecl-rpminfo
            [Version] => 0.2.3
            [Release] => 1.fc31.remi.7.3
            [Summary] => RPM information
            [Arch] => x86_64
        )
)

$ php -a
php > print_r(rpmdbsearch("^php-pecl-r", RPMTAG_NAME, RPMMIRE_REGEX));
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [Name] => php-pecl-radius
            [Version] => 1.4.0
            [Release] => 0.10.b1.fc31
            [Summary] => Radius client library
            [Arch] => x86_64
        )
    [1] => Array
        (
            [Name] => php-pecl-redis5
            [Version] => 5.2.0
            [Release] => 1.fc31.remi.7.3
            [Summary] => Extension for communicating with the Redis key-value store
            [Arch] => x86_64
        )
    [2] => Array
        (
            [Name] => php-pecl-rpminfo
            [Version] => 0.2.3
            [Release] => 1.fc31.remi.7.3
            [Summary] => RPM information
            [Arch] => x86_64
        )
)

$ php -a
php > print_r(rpmdbsearch(PHP_BINARY, RPMTAG_INSTFILENAMES));
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [Name] => php-cli
            [Version] => 7.3.15
            [Release] => 1.fc31.remi
            [Summary] => Command-line interface for PHP
            [Arch] => x86_64
        )
)

rpmexpand

rpmexpand($text): string

Retrieve expanded value of a RPM macro

$ php -a
php > var_dump(rpmexpand("%{?fedora:Fedora %{fedora}}%{?rhel:Enterprise Linux %{rhel}}"));
string(9) "Fedora 41"

rpmexpandnumeric

rpmexpandnumeric($text): int

Retrieve numerical value of a RPM macro

$ php -a
php > var_dump(rpmexpandnumeric("%__isa_bits"));
int(64)

rpmdefine

rpmdefine($text): bool

Define or change a RPM macro value.

For example, can be used to set the Database path and backend

$ mock -r almalinux-8-x86_64 init
...
$ mock -r fedora-41-x86_64 init
...
$ php -a
php > // use an old database (bdb) from an EL-8 chroot
php > rpmdefine("_dbpath /var/lib/mock/almalinux-8-x86_64/root/var/lib/rpm");
php > rpmdefine("_db_backend bdb_ro");
php > var_dump(rpmdbinfo("almalinux-release")[0]["Summary"]);
string(22) "AlmaLinux release file"
php > // use a new database (sqlite) from a Fedora-41 chroot
php > rpmdefine("_dbpath /var/lib/mock/fedora-41-x86_64/root/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm");
php > rpmdefine("_db_backend sqlite");
php > var_dump(rpmdbinfo("fedora-release")[0]["Summary"]);
string(20) "Fedora release files"

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LICENSE

Author: Remi Collet

This extension is licensed under The PHP License, version 3.01

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History

Created as a PoC, for fun, see history on https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2018/01/26/About-repomanage-performance-regression