RuntimeException: Can't decode release json, invalid JSON string: [] about phpbrew

[peter279k]

It seems that it's the temporary error for fetching released JSON file. Please check your internet network connection.

[peter279k]

Before installing/compiling the php-5.x versions, it needs to run the phpbrew update --old command.

$ phpbrew update --old
===> Fetching release list...
Downloading https://www.php.net/releases/index.php?json=1&version=8&max=100 via php stream
Downloading https://www.php.net/releases/index.php?json=1&version=7&max=100 via php stream
Downloading https://www.php.net/releases/index.php?json=1&version=5&max=1000 via php stream
8.3: 5 releases
8.2: 18 releases
8.1: 28 releases
8.0: 30 releases
7.4: 32 releases
7.3: 34 releases
7.2: 22 releases
7.1: 10 releases
7.0: 2 releases
5.6: 41 releases
5.5: 39 releases
5.4: 46 releases
5.3: 30 releases
$ phpbrew --debug install 5.6 +default
===> phpbrew will now build 5.6.40
---> Parsing variants from command arguments '+default'
===> Loading and resolving variants...
Downloading https://www.php.net/distributions/php-5.6.40.tar.bz2 via php stream
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