Does ddev let me use php 7.3, it's currently return error.

[josesoaresif]

I was trying to test a legacy application that runs on versions under php 7.4.
I assume it was descontinued and removed from ddev configs, if so, is there a way to still use it, or do I need to make my own container for that purpose?

Setting 7.3 in the config.yaml resulted in the following error:

$ ddev start
Starting opencart3... 
Building project images.........Dockerfile:25 
 
-------------------- 
 
  23 |      
 
  24 |     ### DDEV-injected addition of not-preinstalled PHP version 
 
  25 | >>> RUN /usr/local/bin/install_php_extensions.sh "php7.3" "${TARGETARCH}" 
 
  26 |      
 
  27 |     ### DDEV-injected extra content 
 
-------------------- 
 
target web: failed to solve: process "/bin/bash -c /usr/local/bin/install_php_extensions.sh \"php7.3\" \"${TARGETARCH}\"" did not complete successfully: exit code: 100 

Any guidance is appreciated, thank you.

[stasadev]

Hi @josesoaresif,

PHP 7.3 is supported: https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users/configuration/config/#php_version

This could be a temporary internet issue or a problem with VPN https://docs.ddev.com/en/stable/users/usage/networking/#corporate-packet-inspection-vpns-including-zscaler-and-global-protect

Please provide the output of:

ddev utility test

so we can learn more about your setup.

[stasadev]

The error details explaining why it failed are shown right above or below the output you shared, but they aren't included here.

[josesoaresif]

Oh gosh, what a rookie mistake, it seems I just had to update the ddev binary.
This morning, while trying again (in case it was a connection issue), the terminal reminded me that an update for DDEV was available, and after running the update, it was able to get the images without a problem.
Thanks for the help @stasadev, I didn't paste the full error message before because it was rather long.

[stasadev]

It's always a good idea to provide the full context - I could have answered immediately. GitHub is pretty good at formatting code into smaller scrollable blocks.

I don't know if Discussions has a message size limit, but Issues definitely support long messages. Otherwise, the output could be attached as a file or uploaded to GitHub Gist.

Thanks for adding the reply with the answer.

[josesoaresif]

Adding this reply to mark as answer:
In this case I was merely missing an update on the DDEV binary, so after running the command for my installation (win + wsl2)

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade ddev ddev-wsl2

The ddev start executed as expected, pulling the needed images and starting the containers successfully.
Thanks for the help, it nudged me in the right direction.