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+name: PHP Composer
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "b-8.0.x-drop-smarty-template-OXDEV-7524" ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Cache Composer packages
+      id: composer-cache
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: vendor
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-php-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-php-
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-progress
+
+  run_tests:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: composer test
+
+      - name: Debug vendor/bin contents
+        run: ls -l vendor/bin
+
+      - name: run tests
+        run: php vendor/bin/phpunit tests