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+/php-*
+
diff --git a/php/README.md b/php/README.md
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+# Build PHP as static PIE
+
+Build the [PHP](https://www.php.net/) interpreter as static PIE ELF running on Linux
+
+## Requirements
+
+Make sure the following packages are installed:
+
+* gcc >= 8
+* GNU Make
+* autoconf
+* bison
+* re2c
+* libxml2 development files
+* libsqlite3 development files
+
+On Ubuntu, you can install these using:
+
+```
+sudo apt install -y pkg-config build-essential autoconf bison re2c \
+                        libxml2-dev libsqlite3-dev
+```
+
+## Build
+
+The `php` static PIE ELF file is located in the current directory.
+In order to rebuild it you have to run the `build.sh` bash script
+
+The scripts downloads, unpack, patches and build the `php` static PIE ELF file.
+
+## Run
+
+In order to run a script using the static PIE php you can pass it as an argument to the ELF file.
+
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+PHP_VERSION=8.1.11
+PHP_URL="https://www.php.net/distributions/php-$PHP_VERSION.tar.gz"
+
+#clean up
+rm -rf php-*
+
+echo -n "Downloading PHP $PHP_VERSION ... "
+wget -q "$PHP_URL"
+echo ""
+
+echo -n "Unpacking PHP $PHP_VERSION ... "
+tar xzf php-$PHP_VERSION.tar.gz
+echo ""
+
+pushd php-$PHP_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
+
+echo "Configuring PHP $PHP_VERSION ... "
+#iconv and opcache seem to have problems with being in a static build
+CFLAGS=-fPIC ./configure
+#patch the Makefile
+sed -e '/^BUILD_C/s/ -export-dynamic//g' -e 's/^EXTRA_LIBS = .*/EXTRA_LIBS = -lrt -lxml2 -lsqlite3 -lz -llzma -licuuc -licudata -lstdc++ -lm/g' -e '/^EXTRA_LDFLAGS_PROGRAM/s/$/ -static-pie/g' -i Makefile
+echo ""
+
+echo "Building PHP $PHP_VERSION ... "
+make -j "$(nproc)"
+popd > /dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
+
+ln -fn php-$PHP_VERSION/sapi/cli/php .
+
+rm -rf php-*
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+<? echo "Hello world!\n" ?>
+
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