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Make the Docker workers run on older PHP versions and without a host database - #413
The php:7.4 and php:8.0 images are based on Debian 11, which ships SQLite 3.34.1. The SQLite integration plugin (3.1.2) needs 3.37.0 or later, so with WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_PHP=7.4 every SQLite scenario failed in wp core install with:
Error: One or more database tables are unavailable. The database may need to be repaired.
which WordPress shows instead of the underlying The SQLite version 3.34.1 is not supported. Minimum required version is 3.37.0.
The Dockerfile now builds SQLite 3.54.1 (checksum verified) into /usr/local/lib when the system one is older than 3.37. PHP links to the shared library, so it picks up the newer one without being rebuilt. SQLite is built with the options Debian uses, since older PHP versions call sqlite3_column_table_name, which only exists with SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA. This takes about 30 to 90 seconds once per image; images of PHP 8.1 and newer skip it.
Images of PHP 7.2 and 7.3
These did not build at all:
The archive fallback did not rewrite security.debian.org, so apt-get update still failed on Debian 10.
PHP before 7.4 takes --with-freetype-dir/--with-jpeg-dir for gd instead of --with-freetype/--with-jpeg.
No host database needed with WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_DB
The Docker mode is now resolved before the database check. With WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_DB set, the containers bring their own server, so the check is skipped. Before, a host without a MySQL client fell back to SQLite even though the containers would have run MySQL.
Testing
Locally, 4 workers in Docker, all passed:
PHP
Database
WordPress
Time
7.4
SQLite
latest (7.1.4)
36 s
7.4
MySQL 8.0
latest
41 s
7.2
SQLite
6.5
46 s
8.5
MySQL 8.0
latest
111 s
The images of PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0 and 8.5 all build. Without Docker, the database check and its fallback to SQLite work as before.
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New Features
Docker execution for test runs can be disabled, used as an automatic fallback, or required. Requiring Docker reports an error if it is unavailable or incompatible with the test environment.
With a configured Docker database image, tests no longer require a database client on the host. Behat tags reflect the image’s database type and version.
Bug Fixes
If Docker images are unavailable, parallel test runs now retry through the host-side test runner.
Windows disables parallel workers without automatically disabling Docker test execution.
Documentation
Updated the parallel-testing guide with instructions for selecting a database image.
…database
The images of PHP 8.0 and older are based on Debian releases whose SQLite is older
than the 3.37 the SQLite integration plugin needs, so every SQLite scenario failed with
"One or more database tables are unavailable". Build a current SQLite for them, with the
options Debian uses, as PHP calls the functions they enable.
The images of PHP 7.2 and 7.3 could not be built at all: their security repository
was not moved to the archive, and their gd extension takes the older configure options.
With WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_DB set, the containers bring their own database server, so
the host no longer needs a client and a server only to have its check fall back to SQLite.
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- Line 90: Update wp_cli_tests_restart_without_docker() and the restart
invocation of bin/run-behat-tests to preserve the exact WordPress version
resolved by the first run, or skip version resolution on restart; do not allow a
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The Docker image setup adds compatibility changes and a conditional SQLite build. The Behat runner adds Docker mode controls, database-image detection, and host-side fallback behavior. The documentation describes database-image configuration.
The Dockerfile redirects Debian package hosts and retries GD configuration with legacy directory options. It builds SQLite from a checksum-verified source archive when the installed version is older than 3.37.
The runner parses WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER to disable Docker, allow fallback, or require Docker. It applies availability, Windows, and coverage restrictions. When Docker and WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_DB are set, it skips database-client checks. Tag detection can use the database type and version from a MySQL or MariaDB image. Windows still disables parallel workers. The test checks MariaDB version filtering, and the documentation describes specifying a database image.
Fallback to the host runner utils/behat-parallel.php
When Docker preparation cannot find the required PHP or database image, the parallel runner restarts through bin/run-behat-tests with Docker disabled. It restores rerun paths when supplied and passes through the user arguments.
wp-cli/wp-cli-tests#391 — The PR adds Docker execution controls and host-side fallback behavior to the Behat runner, which relates to the issue’s container-based worker execution.
wp-cli/wp-cli-tests#392 — The PR uses the configured Docker database image to determine database tags, which relates to the issue’s database requirement filtering.
Possibly related PRs
wp-cli/wp-cli-tests#405 — Adds the parallel worker flow that this PR changes with Docker controls and fallback behavior.
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If Docker setup fails and the runner falls back to the host, the tests can run against a different WordPress patch release than the one requested and may report a false pass. Preserve the resolved WordPress version on restart before merging. The earlier database-check and tag-filter fallback concerns are addressed by the restart path.
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- Line 72: Update the Docker-mode branch guarded by DOCKER and
WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_DB so scenario tag filters use the explicit database image,
including its version for version-specific tags, instead of defaulting to the
host’s detected database; ensure the selected scenarios are passed to Docker
workers.
- Line 72: In the host-execution branch after setting `$docker = false`, set
`WP_CLI_TEST_DBTYPE` to `sqlite` only when it is unset and neither `mysql` nor
`mariadb` is available. Ensure this fallback is applied before the host Behat
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- Line 35: Update the SQLite configure command in the Dockerfile to include
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With WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_DB set, the host's database check is skipped, so the
scenarios have to be selected by that image instead of the host's database, or
a host without a client would leave out every scenario that needs MariaDB.
Also enable FTS5 in the SQLite built for older PHP images, as Debian does.
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Minor · Isolate Docker variables from inherited test state. · TestBehatTags.php:125
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Isolate Docker variables from inherited test state.
The existing tests can fail if PHPUnit inherits WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER and WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_DB, because the subprocess selects the database type from the Docker image while the expectations use WP_CLI_TEST_DBTYPE. Clear and restore those variables in tests that assert host database behavior, or derive expectations from the selected Docker image. This affects only an unusual inherited environment; the repository does not configure these variables for PHPUnit or CI.
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Update the host-database behavior tests in TestBehatTags so inherited
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- Line 53: In the auto-mode Docker preparation failure path, clear
WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER, rerun host database detection so the host database type or
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The database check and the scenario selection were made for the containers, so
running Behat directly on the host could use a database that was never checked
and scenarios that need another PHP version. Let run-behat-tests make them again.
Also keep the environment of the unit test for Docker database images from
changing the selected scenarios.
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Follow-up to #408.
SQLite on PHP 8.0 and older
The
php:7.4andphp:8.0images are based on Debian 11, which ships SQLite 3.34.1. The SQLite integration plugin (3.1.2) needs 3.37.0 or later, so withWP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_PHP=7.4every SQLite scenario failed inwp core installwith:which WordPress shows instead of the underlying
The SQLite version 3.34.1 is not supported. Minimum required version is 3.37.0.The Dockerfile now builds SQLite 3.54.1 (checksum verified) into
/usr/local/libwhen the system one is older than 3.37. PHP links to the shared library, so it picks up the newer one without being rebuilt. SQLite is built with the options Debian uses, since older PHP versions callsqlite3_column_table_name, which only exists withSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA. This takes about 30 to 90 seconds once per image; images of PHP 8.1 and newer skip it.Images of PHP 7.2 and 7.3
These did not build at all:
security.debian.org, soapt-get updatestill failed on Debian 10.--with-freetype-dir/--with-jpeg-dirfor gd instead of--with-freetype/--with-jpeg.No host database needed with
WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_DBThe Docker mode is now resolved before the database check. With
WP_CLI_TEST_DOCKER_DBset, the containers bring their own server, so the check is skipped. Before, a host without a MySQL client fell back to SQLite even though the containers would have run MySQL.Testing
Locally, 4 workers in Docker, all passed:
The images of PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0 and 8.5 all build. Without Docker, the database check and its fallback to SQLite work as before.
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