PHP builds failing on "phpenv: command not found"

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1

My builds keep failing when it attempts to set the PHP version. I get a message that says “Looks like we had a bug in our infrastructure…”, so is a possible Circle CI bug?

Here is the action message when it fails:

/opt/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc: line 1: readlink: command not found
/home/ubuntu/.circlerc: line 47: phpenv: command not found
((phpenv global “7.0.4”)) returned exit code 127((phpenv global “7.0.4”)) returned exit code 127
Action failed: set php version to 7.0.4

And here is my circle.yml, if it helps:

machine:
  timezone:
    America/Chicago
  php:
    version: 7.0.4
  hosts:
    trackatron.dev: 127.0.0.1
  environment:
    APP_ENV: circle
    APP_DEBUG: true
    DB_HOST: 127.0.0.1
    DB_DATABASE: circle_test
    DB_USERNAME: ubuntu
    CACHE_DRIVER: file
    SESSION_DRIVER: file
    QUEUE_DRIVER: sync
    PATH: /home/ubuntu/bin, ~/.composer/vendor/bin
dependencies:
  post:
    - composer global require "laravel/envoy=~1.0"
    - php artisan key:generate
    - php artisan migrate --seed
general:
  branches:
    only:
      - master
      - develop
deployment:
  production:
    branch: master
    commands:
      - envoy run deploy
2

Hi,

If you’re running on the Trusty container, can you try using PHP version 7.0.3 instead of 7.0.4 to see if that works?

3

Just tried 7.0.3, same problem:

/opt/google-cloud-sdk/path.bash.inc: line 1: readlink: command not found
/home/ubuntu/.circlerc: line 47: phpenv: command not found

((phpenv global “7.0.3”)) returned exit code 127((phpenv global “7.0.3”)) returned exit code 127

Action failed: set php version to 7.0.3

4

Hi Michelle,

Sorry for the delay. I was running a bunch of test to figure out what the problem was here and I think I got it. It looks like when you set PATH in circle.yml, you’re killing something that is needed to properly load PHP. Based on the circle.yml snippet you provided above, I think I have a solution for you.

If you’re on a Trusty container, please make the following two changes to the machine section:

machine:
  php:
    version: 7.0.3
  environment:
    PATH: "${PATH}:${HOME}/.composer/vendor/bin"

For Precise, the following is good:

machine:
  php:
    version: 7.0.4
  environment:
    PATH: "${PATH}:${HOME}/.composer/vendor/bin"

Let me know if that fixes the issue. Also, if this works for you I’ll be sure to update our documentation to making using the PATH variable clearer.

5

Awesome, that seems to have fixed it. Thanks for your help! :slight_smile:

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6

I have the same error, but I don’t have PATH defined.

7

Hi,

Can you please create a new topic then as this sounds like a different issue? circle.yml (without any sensitive info) and the error text would be helpful.

Thanks.