How do I update PHP and all its modules on FreeBSD in one go?

Question

Basically, I usually do something like this:

# portsnap fetch
# portsnap update

# portmaster -L | grep -B1 "New version"
    ===>>> php5-5.2.11
    ===>>> New version available: php5-5.2.12
# portmaster php5-5.2.11

But with PHP I've got about 40 modules and have to them one by one. Is there a better (and safe) way to do this?

Edit: well it turns out that this is what's needed:

# portmaster php5-extensions

It's amazing how hard that was to find out!

Answer 1

portmaster -db php5*

Answer 2

Firstly I should say that I don't use portmaster, I use portupgrade, but then I build ports rather than use packages!

Portupgrade allows you to put:

portupgrade php\*

which will upgrade all the php ports. Portmaster may do the same thing.

Also you can give portsnap multiple commands in one go, so you can put

portsnap fetch update

Answer 3

I rebuild/update all packages depending on php5 for safety. You need to specify the full pkg-name including version. Find out the exact version with pkg_info:

# pkg_info|grep php
php5-5.3.8          PHP Scripting Language

Then rebuild/update php and all ports depending on it with:

# portmaster -r php5-5.3.8