PHP Build Task from Cory Fowler’s DevOps PHPWorld Presentation

This post details the creation and integration of a custom build task for Azure Pipelines to package PHP applications using Composer. It outlines the steps for downloading a sample task, installing Node.js and TFX-CLI, logging in with a Personal Access Token (PAT), and uploading the custom task. The post also describes how to create a build pipeline that utilizes this custom task and includes a web performance test to verify deployment success. It emphasizes the need for on-premises agents when specific build tools like PHP and Composer are required on the agent.