Support for php GMP extension

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What issue or error are you experiencing?

I have a site that requires the GMP core extension - PHP: GMP - Manual
I’m unable to get this installed for local app.

What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc

I’m aware of guidance for PECL extensions (How do I compile additional PHP extensions?) however I am not seeing any support on how to go about enabling core extensions like GMP.

Here is a related item with no resolution:

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  • Local Version:
    Version 8.2.0+6554

  • Operating System (OS) and OS version:
    MacOS Ventura 13.5

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Hey @jquiroz - thanks for reaching out!

We don’t compile GMP with our PHP versions - we use bcmath instead. Can you tell me more about how your site is using GMP? Is there a reason you need GMP and can’t leverage another math package like bcmath?

Those older instructions for enabling PHP extensions are outdated and probably don’t work. On the thread you linked - intl has been added to all of our PHP versions, but we should clean up the old post. Thanks for finding that!

Adding GMP though should be relatively straightforward - I can turn this into a feature request and ask the engineering team to take a look!

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Hello thank you for the prompt response!

Yes I need GMP because bcmath does not have a gcd alternative → PHP: gmp_gcd - Manual

Thank you for any effort to include GMP by default - in the meantime is there any guidance for me to enable this?