Users can now set the apt/yum module 'state' to be 'installed, latest, present' etc. This allows a user to test php55, swap a variable to enable the php56 repo, then re-run the ansible play to get different PHP packages.

defaults/main.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Pass in a comma-separated list of repos to use (e.g. "remi,epel").
 php_enablerepo: ""
 
+# State that the system package installer should use for PHP the enabled repo (e.g. "installed,latest")
+php_repostate: installed
+
 # Set this to false if you're not using PHP with Apache/Nginx/etc.
 php_enable_webserver: true
 

tasks/setup-Debian.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - name: Ensure PHP packages are installed.
   apt:
     name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: installed
+    state: "{{ php_repostate }}"
   with_items: "{{ php_packages }}"
   register: php_package_install
   notify: restart webserver

tasks/setup-RedHat.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Ensure PHP packages are installed.
   yum:
     name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: installed
+    state: "{{ php_repostate }}"
     enablerepo: "{{ php_enablerepo }}"
   with_items: "{{ php_packages }}"
   notify: restart webserver