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Below is an example of a GitHub Action workflow that converts an OpenAPI JSON documentation into a PHP API client using the OpenAPI Generator tool. The generated PHP client code is then committed back to the repository.

name: Generate PHP API Client
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  generate-php-client:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Install Java and OpenAPI Generator
        run: |
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk
          wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/openapitools/openapi-generator-cli/5.3.0/openapi-generator-cli-5.3.0.jar -O openapi-generator-cli.jar

      - name: Generate PHP Client
        run: |
          java -jar openapi-generator-cli.jar generate \
            -i path/to/openapi.json \
            -g php \
            -o generated-php-client

      - name: Commit Generated PHP Client
        run: |
          git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
          git add generated-php-client
          git commit -m "Generated PHP client from OpenAPI JSON documentation" || echo "No changes to commit"

To use this workflow, make sure to replace the following placeholders:

• path/to/openapi.json: Replace this with the actual path to your OpenAPI JSON documentation file within the repository.
• generated-php-client: Replace this with the desired output directory name for the generated PHP client.

To set up this workflow in your repository:

1. Create a new file named .github/workflows/generate-php-client.yml in the root of your repository.
2. Copy and paste the above YAML content into the generate-php-client.yml file.
3. Commit and push the changes to your repository.

Whenever there is a push to the main branch, this GitHub Action workflow will execute, generating a PHP client based on the provided OpenAPI JSON documentation and committing the generated code back to the repository under the specified directory.