PVM 2.0 - Extension toggling

[hjbdev]

PVM 2.0

A major release introducing the Extensions command and a restructured CLI.

New Features

• Extensions Command (pvm extensions or pvm e)
  • pvm extensions list - Show all regular and Zend extensions for the active PHP version with status (enabled/disabled/available/missing)
  • pvm extensions enable <ext> - Enable extensions in the active version's php.ini
  • pvm extensions disable <ext> - Disable extensions in the active version's php.ini
  • Supports toggling multiple extensions at once (comma-separated)
  • Full Zend extension support

Breaking Changes

• pvm path renamed to pvm bin for clarity

Improvements

• Refactored CLI command structure with cleaner routing
• Improved version handling and command flows
• Better error reporting and consistency
• Added e alias for extensions command

Testing

• Added comprehensive test coverage for extensions, install, use, list, and help commands
• Added shared command test utilities
• Regression tests for php.ini comment parsing

Infrastructure

• GitHub Actions release tagging for automated releases

[malchikovma]

This is a great feature. I've run into two problems though:

1. When I install a new PHP version, I have to go to its directory and manually create php.ini: cp php.ini.development php.ini.
2. For extensions to be discovered I should uncomment and change its path to the absolute:

-;extension=openssl
+extension=C:\Users\Username\.pvm\bin\ext\php_openssl.dll

[hjbdev]

Yeah good catch on #1. My current thinking is to rename the development ini to PHP.ini then add a --production flag to do production instead.

As for #2, I didn't run into this one, could you expand a little on the behaviour you're seeing?

[malchikovma]

It was something like "couldn't find openssl, searched in this directories...". I'll try to replicate it when I get near my PC.

[malchikovma]

Here is the message. Don't mind the glitches, these are encoding issues.

php -v
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'openssl' (tried: C:\php\ext\openssl (╨Э╨╡ ╨╜╨░╨╣╨┤╨╡╨╜ ╤Г╨║╨░╨╖╨░╨╜╨╜╤Л╨╣ ╨╝╨╛╨┤╤Г╨╗╤М), C:\php\ext\php_openssl.dll (╨Э╨╡ ╨╜╨░╨╣╨┤╨╡╨╜ ╤Г╨║╨░╨╖╨░╨╜╨╜╤Л╨╣ ╨╝╨╛╨┤╤Г╨╗╤М)) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'openssl' (tried: C:\php\ext\openssl (╨Э╨╡ ╨╜╨░╨╣╨┤╨╡╨╜ ╤Г╨║╨░╨╖╨░╨╜╨╜╤Л╨╣ ╨╝╨╛╨┤╤Г╨╗╤М), C:\php\ext\php_openssl.dll (╨Э╨╡ ╨╜╨░╨╣╨┤╨╡╨╜ ╤Г╨║╨░╨╖╨░╨╜╨╜╤Л╨╣ ╨╝╨╛╨┤╤Г╨╗╤М)) in Unknown on line 0
PHP 8.3.30 (cli) (built: Jan 13 2026 22:50:40) (ZTS Visual C++ 2019 x64)
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Zend Engine v4.3.30, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

I have PHP here: C:\Users\Username.pvm\bin. Looks like it doesn't know about real ext location.

Oh, nevermind, fixed it by uncommenting this line in php.ini: extension_dir = "ext". So, default php.ini would fix the both issues.