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# `missing-dependency-on-phpapi`

This package includes a *.so file in `/usr/lib/phpN` (where N is a number representing the major PHP version), normally indicating that it includes a PHP extension. PHP extensions must depend on phpapi-$(php-configN --phpapi), without adding an alternative package with the OR operator.

This can usually be achieved by, for example, adding the following code to the binary-arch target of the rules file and adding `${php:Depends}` to the `Depends` field of the binary package shipping the extension:

echo "php:Depends=phpapi-$(php-config5 --phpapi)" > debian/substvars

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag