PHP
Review PHP source and binary scanning support in JFrog Xray.
Introduction
JFrog Xray provides security and compliance analysis for PHP applications throughout the software development lifecycle.
This page describes the supported scan contexts, capabilities, and dependency analysis available for PHP.
Capabilities
The following capabilities are available for PHP.
| Capability | Source Code Scanning | Binary Scanning |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerability Matching (CVEs) | 🔜 |  |
| License Detection | 🔜 | |
| Malicious Package Detection | 🔜 | |
| Operational Risk |  | |
| Smart Remediation (Coming Soon) | | |
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) isn't currently available for PHP source code scanning. For more information, see Scan Your Source Code.
For how scan methods differ, see Source Scanning Engines and Frogbot Versions.
Supported Files
| Package Manager | Supported Files | Available with |
|---|---|---|
| Composer | Not supported | Default jf audit |
| Composer | composer.lock – Flat package list, no require vs require-dev distinction | Frogbot V3 (Coming Soon) |
Dependency Graph
| Package Manager | Dependency Graph |
|---|---|
| Composer | Flat – No dependency graph, suggest/provide/replace not captured |
Binary scanning analyzes built artifacts stored in JFrog Artifactory repositories, extracting package metadata from the artifact format itself. For more information, see Scan Your Binaries.
Supported Files
The following files are supported for PHP binary scanning.
| Package Manager | Supported Files |
|---|---|
| Composer | Composer packages in .zip archives |
Additional Information
- Binary scanning is the primary method for PHP SCA analysis.
- Frogbot V3 will add dependency extraction from
composer.lockfor SBOM visibility.
Related Topics
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