From 6913af459cf5cb6bd23fbcf995d7c33526d46d7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marick van Tuil <marick@Mac.home>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:01:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Load matrix from JSON

---
 .github/workflows/run-tests.yml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
 matrix.json                     | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 matrix.json

diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 0fb5351..3f5793a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -57,18 +57,30 @@ jobs:
               throw "Action was not authorized. Exiting now."
             }
 
-  php-tests:
+  load-matrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: access_check
+    outputs:
+      db: ${{ steps.load.outputs.db }}
+      payload: ${{ steps.load.outputs.payload }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout PR code to read matrix.json
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+      - name: Load matrix
+        id: load
+        run: |
+          echo "db=$(jq -c '.db' matrix.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "payload=$(jq -c '.payload' matrix.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  php-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: load-matrix
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        db: [ 'mysql', 'sqlite', 'pgsql' ]
-        payload:
-          - { laravel: '11.*', php: '8.3', 'testbench': '9.*', collision: '8.*' }
-          - { laravel: '11.*', php: '8.2', 'testbench': '9.*', collision: '8.*' }
-          - { laravel: '12.*', php: '8.2', 'testbench': '10.*', collision: '8.*' }
-          - { laravel: '12.*', php: '8.3', 'testbench': '10.*', collision: '8.*' }
-          - { laravel: '12.*', php: '8.4', 'testbench': '10.*', collision: '8.*' }
+        db: ${{ fromJson(needs.load-matrix.outputs.db) }}
+        payload: ${{ fromJson(needs.load-matrix.outputs.payload) }}
 
     name: PHP ${{ matrix.payload.php }} - Laravel ${{ matrix.payload.laravel }} - DB ${{ matrix.db }}
 
diff --git a/matrix.json b/matrix.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20979ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matrix.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "db": ["mysql", "sqlite", "pgsql"],
+  "payload": [
+    { "laravel": "11.*", "php": "8.3", "testbench": "9.*", "collision": "8.*" },
+    { "laravel": "11.*", "php": "8.2", "testbench": "9.*", "collision": "8.*" },
+    { "laravel": "12.*", "php": "8.2", "testbench": "10.*", "collision": "8.*" },
+    { "laravel": "12.*", "php": "8.3", "testbench": "10.*", "collision": "8.*" },
+    { "laravel": "12.*", "php": "8.4", "testbench": "10.*", "collision": "8.*" }
+  ]
+}
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