Starting new V2 and making it compile on PHP8.1

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+ARG VARIANT="8.1-apache-bullseye"
+
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/php:0-${VARIANT}
+
+COPY --from=mlocati/php-extension-installer /usr/bin/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin
+
+# [Choice] Node.js version: none, lts/*, 16, 14, 12, 10
+ARG NODE_VERSION="none"
+RUN if [ "${NODE_VERSION}" != "none" ]; then su vscode -c "umask 0002 && . /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install ${NODE_VERSION} 2>&1"; fi
+
+RUN php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');" && \
+    php composer-setup.php && php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');" \
+    mv composer.phar /bin/composer
+
+ARG CASSANDRA_LIB_VERSION="2.16.2"
+RUN apt update -y  && apt upgrade -y \
+    && apt install python3 pip cmake unzip mlocate build-essential git libuv1-dev libssl-dev libgmp-dev openssl zlib1g-dev libpcre3-dev -y \
+    && git clone --recursive https://github.com/datastax/cpp-driver /cpp-driver \
+    && cd /cpp-driver \
+    && git fetch --tags \
+    && git checkout "tags/${CASSANDRA_LIB_VERSION}" -b "v${CASSANDRA_LIB_VERSION}" \
+    && mkdir -p /cpp-driver/build \
+    && cd build \
+    && cmake \
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fPIC" \
+        -DCASS_BUILD_STATIC=OFF \
+        -DCASS_BUILD_SHARED=ON \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:PATH=lib \
+        -DCASS_USE_ZLIB=ON .. \
+    && make -j8 && make install \
+    && install-php-extensions intl zip pcntl gmp ast xdebug \
+    && pip install ccm
+
+RUN apt update -y && apt install clang clang-format libclang-dev -y
+
+# RUN

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -1,32 +1,41 @@
 // For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the README at:
-// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.194.0/containers/docker-existing-dockerfile
+// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.209.5/containers/php
 {
-	"name": "Existing Dockerfile",
-
-	// Sets the run context to one level up instead of the .devcontainer folder.
-	"context": "..",
-
-	// Update the 'dockerFile' property if you aren't using the standard 'Dockerfile' filename.
-	"dockerFile": "../Dockerfile",
+	"name": "PHP",
+	"build": {
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+		"args": {
+			"VARIANT": "8.1-bullseye",
+			"NODE_VERSION": "16",
+			"CASSANDRA_LIB_VERSION": "2.16.2"
+		}
+	},
 
 	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
-	"settings": {},
-
+	"settings": {
+		"php.validate.executablePath": "/usr/local/bin/php"
+	},
+
 	// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
-	"extensions": []
+	"extensions": [
+		"felixfbecker.php-debug",
+		"bmewburn.vscode-intelephense-client",
+		"mrmlnc.vscode-apache"
+	],
 
 	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
-	// "forwardPorts": [],
-
-	// Uncomment the next line to run commands after the container is created - for example installing curl.
-	// "postCreateCommand": "apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl",
-
-	// Uncomment when using a ptrace-based debugger like C++, Go, and Rust
-	// "runArgs": [ "--cap-add=SYS_PTRACE", "--security-opt", "seccomp=unconfined" ],
-
-	// Uncomment to use the Docker CLI from inside the container. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/samples/docker-from-docker.
-	// "mounts": [ "source=/var/run/docker.sock,target=/var/run/docker.sock,type=bind" ],
-
-	// Uncomment to connect as a non-root user if you've added one. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
-	// "remoteUser": "vscode"
+	"forwardPorts": [
+		8080
+	],
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	// "postCreateCommand": "sudo chmod a+x \"$(pwd)\" && sudo rm -rf /var/www/html && sudo ln -s \"$(pwd)\" /var/www/html"
+
+	// Comment out connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
+	"remoteUser": "root",
+	"features": {
+		"docker-from-docker": "latest",
+		"sshd": "latest",
+		"rust": "latest"
+	}
 }

.gitignore

@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@
 /tmp/*
 *.ac
 .phpunit.result.cache
+
+*.dep

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
     "files.associations": {
         "php_driver.h": "c",
         "php.h": "c"
-    }
+    },
+    "cmake.configureOnOpen": false
 }

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
     // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
     // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
     "version": "2.0.0",
+    "options": {
+        "env": {
+            "LIBS": "-lssl -lz -luv -lm -lgmp -lstdc++",
+            "LDFLAGS": "-L/usr/local/lib"
+        }
+    },
     "tasks": [
         {
             "label": "build",
@@ -10,7 +16,7 @@
             "group": {
                 "kind": "build",
                 "isDefault": true
-            }
+            },
         },
         {
             "label": "composer install",

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-:warning: **The PHP driver is in maintenance mode. We are still accepting pull-requests and we will occasionally release critical bug fixes, but no ongoing active development is being done currently.**
-
 # DataStax PHP Driver for Apache Cassandra
 
 [![Build Status: Linux](https://travis-ci.org/datastax/php-driver.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/datastax/php-driver)
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ multiple versions of PHP, can be obtained from [DataStax download server]. The
 source code is made available via [GitHub]. __If you're using [DataStax Enterprise]
 use the [DSE PHP driver] instead__.
 
-__Note__: The driver extension is a wrapper around the 
+__Note__: The driver extension is a wrapper around the
           [DataStax C/C++ Driver for Apache Cassandra] and is a requirement for proper
           installation of the PHP extension binaries. Ensure these dependencies are met before proceeding.
 
@@ -43,8 +41,8 @@ This driver works exclusively with the Cassandra Query Language v3 (CQL3) and
 Cassandra's native protocol. The current version works with:
 
 * Apache Cassandra versions 2.1, 2.2 and 3.0+
-* PHP 5.6, PHP 7.0, and PHP 7.1
-  * 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64)
+* PHP >= 8.0
+  * 64-bit (x64)
   * Thread safe (TS) and non-thread safe (NTS)
 * Compilers: GCC 4.1.2+, Clang 3.4+, and MSVC 2010/2012/2013/2015
 
@@ -109,9 +107,8 @@ For your convenience a `Vagrantfile` with configuration ready for testing is
 available. To execute tests, run the following:
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/datastax/php-driver.git
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/datastax/php-driver.git
 cd php-driver
-git submodule update --init
 vagrant up
 vagrant ssh
 ```