Makefile¶
A Makefile is a configuration file used by the make build automation tool. It defines targets, their dependencies, and the shell commands to run when a target is built. Targets declared with .PHONY are always executed regardless of any file with the same name.
In PHP projects, Makefiles act as task runners that group common developer operations: installing dependencies, running tests, checking code style, running static analysis, or deploying.
# Makefile
.PHONY: install test lint fix deploy
install:
\tcomposer install
test:
\tvendor/bin/phpunit
lint:
\tvendor/bin/phpstan analyse src/
\tvendor/bin/php-cs-fixer check src/
fix:
\tvendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix src/
deploy: test
\trsync -avz src/ user@server:/var/www/app/
See also GNU make manual.
Related : Continuous Integration (CI), Task Runner, Deployment, Composer, Build
