Windows builds fail for PHP 8.1

[driesvints]

Describe the bug
Windows builds are currently failing for the PHP 8.1 nightly builds at the setup PHP step with this library. The following error is thrown:

It seems a non existing PHP 8.1.0RC2-dev version is used even though that's not been released yet. We're at PHP 8.1.0 Beta3 right now: https://www.php.net/archive/2021.php#2021-08-19-1

You can see the builds fail here: https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/38404/checks?check_run_id=3493365859

Version

• I have checked releases, and the bug exists in the latest patch version of v1 or v2.
• v2
• v1

Runners

• GitHub Hosted
• Self Hosted

Operating systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2019

PHP versions
PHP 8.1 nightly builds

To Reproduce
This part of our GitHub Actions setup: https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/fa1c2f51a69cbe759ffcd16ad8250ef045a6537b/.github/workflows/tests.yml#L89-L118

Expected behavior
I expect PHP 8.1 Beta 3 to be loaded but it tries to setup a non existing PHP 8.1.0RC2-dev

Additional context
I discovered this while working on a PR to fix PHP 8.1 issues in the Laravel framework's 8.x branch: laravel/framework#38404

Are you willing to submit a PR?
I'm afraid I don't know enough about this library to submit a PR.

[driesvints]

Right after seeing this I tried re-running the main build on 8.x and it seems that all of our PHP 8.1 builds across all branches are now failing. I'll revert our PHP 8.1 builds for now so pull requests from community members etc don't fail.

https://github.com/laravel/framework/runs/3493571398

[shivammathur]

@driesvints I have reported the bug to powershell-phpmanager package that setup-php uses for Windows.
mlocati/powershell-phpmanager#87

[driesvints]

Thanks @shivammathur. I was in doubt where the issue was present but since it was happening in the shivammathur/setup-php step I reported it here. Thanks for finding the correct location.

[shivammathur]

@driesvints No worries, Till there is a fix in powershell-phpmanager, I have built PHP 8.1 with the PHP version patched to 8.1.0-dev, which is parsed correctly. So, it should work again.

[driesvints]

Seems like @mlocati is already on it 🙂

[mlocati]

I should have fixed the issue. Please keep me updated.

[shivammathur]

@mlocati Thanks, works now.

[driesvints]

Thanks all!