[CI] Rework tests-php matrix, re-use separate properties, reduce to 1 the number of "dev" jobs

Author: Kocal

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -59,46 +59,31 @@ jobs:
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
             matrix:
-                config:
-                    # Minimum supported PHP versions, LTS Symfony versions, with highest deps
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.1'
-                      SYMFONY_VERSION: '6.4.*'
-
-                    # Minimum supported PHP versions, with highest and lowest deps
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.1'
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.1'
-                      COMPOSER_FLAGS: --prefer-lowest
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.2'
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.3'
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.4'
-
-                    # Multiple PHP versions, major Symfony development versions
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.1'
-                      SYMFONY_VERSION: '6.*'
-                      MINIMUM_STABILITY: dev
-
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.2'
-                      SYMFONY_VERSION: '7.*'
-                      MINIMUM_STABILITY: dev
-
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.3'
-                      SYMFONY_VERSION: '7.*'
-                      MINIMUM_STABILITY: dev
-
-                    - PHP_VERSION: '8.4'
-                      SYMFONY_VERSION: '7.*'
-                      MINIMUM_STABILITY: dev
+                php-version: ['8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+                composer-flags: ['']
+                symfony-version: ['']
+                minimum-stability: ['stable']
+                include:
+                    # dev packages (probably not needed to have multiple such jobs)
+                    -   minimum-stability: 'dev'
+                        php-version: '8.4'
+                    # lowest deps
+                    -   php-version: '8.1'
+                        composer-flags: '--prefer-lowest'
+                    # LTS version of Symfony
+                    -   php-version: '8.1'
+                        symfony-version: '6.4.*'
 
         env:
-            SYMFONY_REQUIRE: ${{ matrix.config.SYMFONY_VERSION }}
+            SYMFONY_REQUIRE: ${{ matrix.symfony-version }}
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
             - name: Configure environment
               run: |
                   echo COLUMNS=120 >> $GITHUB_ENV
-                  echo COMPOSER_MIN_STAB='composer config minimum-stability ${{ matrix.config.MINIMUM_STABILITY || 'stable' }} --ansi' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-                  echo COMPOSER_UP='composer update ${{ matrix.config.COMPOSER_FLAGS || '' }} --no-progress --no-interaction --ansi' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+                  echo COMPOSER_MIN_STAB='composer config minimum-stability ${{ matrix.minimum-stability || 'stable' }} --ansi' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+                  echo COMPOSER_UP='composer update ${{ matrix.composer-flags }} --no-progress --no-interaction --ansi' >> $GITHUB_ENV
                   echo PHPUNIT='vendor/bin/simple-phpunit' >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
                   # Swup and Typed have no tests, Turbo has its own workflow file