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+name: Testing Friendica
+on: [push, pull_request, pull_request_review]
+
+jobs:
+  friendica:
+    name: Friendica (PHP ${{ matrix.php-versions }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      MYSQL_HOST: localhost
+      MYSQL_PORT: 3306
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: test
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ""
+      MYSQL_USERNAME: travis
+    services:
+      mariadb:
+        image: mariadb:latest
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: true
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: test
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: ""
+          MYSQL_USERNAME: travis
+        ports:
+          - 3306/tcp
+        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+      redis:
+        image: redis
+        ports:
+          - 6379/tcp
+        options: --health-cmd="redis-cli ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+      memcached:
+        image: memcached
+        ports:
+          - 11211/tcp
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        php-versions: ['7.2', '7.3', '7.4']
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup PHP, with composer and extensions
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
+          tools: pecl
+          extensions: pdo_mysql, gd, zip, opcache, ctype, pcntl, ldap, apcu, memcached, redis, imagick
+          coverage: xdebug
+          ini-values: apc.enabled=1, apc.enable_cli=1
+
+      - name: Start mysql service
+        run: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
+
+      - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock
+        run: composer validate
+
+      - name: Get composer cache directory
+        id: composercache
+        run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
+
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.composercache.outputs.dir }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: composer install --prefer-dist
+
+      - name: Copy default Friendica config
+        run: cp config/local-sample.config.php config/local.config.php
+
+      - name: Verify MariaDB connection
+        env:
+          PORT: ${{ job.services.mariadb.ports[3306] }}
+        run: |
+          while ! mysqladmin ping -h"127.0.0.1" -P"$PORT" --silent; do
+            sleep 1
+          done
+
+      - name: Setup MYSQL database
+        env:
+          PORT: ${{ job.services.mariadb.ports[3306] }}
+        run: |
+          mysql -h"127.0.0.1" -P"$PORT" -uroot -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test;'
+          mysql -h"127.0.0.1" -P"$PORT" -uroot test < database.sql
+
+      - name: Test with Parallel-lint
+        run: vendor/bin/parallel-lint --exclude vendor/ --exclude view/asset/ .
+
+      - name: Test with phpunit
+        run: vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration tests/phpunit.xml --coverage-clover clover.xml
+        env:
+          MYSQL_HOST: localhost
+          MYSQL_PORT: 3306
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: test
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: ""
+          MYSQL_USERNAME: root
+
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+        with:
+          file: clover.xml
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