Added GHA build step.

.gitattributes

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 /.gitattributes  export-ignore
 /.github         export-ignore
 /.gitignore      export-ignore
+/box.json        export-ignore
 /tests           export-ignore
 /phpcs.xml       export-ignore
 /phpmd.xml       export-ignore

.github/workflows/release-php.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Release PHP
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-php:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Cache Composer dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: /tmp/composer-cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: 8.1
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: composer install
+
+      - name: Build PHAR
+        run: composer build
+
+      - name: Test PHAR
+        run: ./.build/git-artifact || exit 1
+
+      - name: Get tag name
+        id: get-version
+        run: echo "version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: |
+            ./.build/git-artifact

.github/workflows/test-php.yml

@@ -66,9 +66,38 @@ jobs:
           fail_ci_if_error: true
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
+  build-php:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Cache Composer dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: /tmp/composer-cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: 8.1
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: composer install
+
+      - name: Build PHAR
+        run: composer build
+
+      - name: Test PHAR
+        run: ./.build/git-artifact || exit 1
+  #;> PHP_PHAR
+
   # Demonstration of deployment in 'force-push' mode.
   deploy-force-push:
-    needs: test-php
+    needs:
+      - test-php
+      - build-php
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -164,7 +193,9 @@ jobs:
   # of the second push. This is because the mode is intended to create a new
   # branch per artifact deployment.
   deploy-branch:
-    needs: test-php
+    needs:
+      - test-php
+      - build-php
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /cobertura.xml
 /composer.lock
 /vendor
+/vendor-bin

box.json

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "output": ".build/git-artifact",
+    "compression": "GZ",
+    "finder": [
+        {
+            "in": "./",
+            "exclude": [
+                "php-script",
+                "tests"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}

composer.json

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         "consolidation/robo": "^4"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": "^1.8",
         "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": "^1.0",
         "escapestudios/symfony2-coding-standard": "^3",
         "phpmd/phpmd": "^2.15",
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     },
     "config": {
         "allow-plugins": {
+            "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": true,
             "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": true
         }
     },