diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php/recipe.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index b82e6f59b..000000000
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php/recipe.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#TODO can't detect libiconv
-# in case of problems, read https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php
-[source]
-tar = "https://www.php.net/distributions/php-8.3.0.tar.xz"
-[build]
-template = "configure"
-dependencies = [
-    "libxml2",
-    "sqlite3",
-    "libiconv",
-]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c004b5ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#TODO fix readline and openssl
+[source]
+tar = "https://www.php.net/distributions/php-8.4.12.tar.xz"
+patches = [
+    "redox.patch"
+]
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "curl",
+    "libffi",
+    "libgmp",
+    "libavif",
+    "libjpeg",
+#    "libedit",
+    "libonig",
+    "libpng",
+    "libwebp",
+    "libxml2",
+    "libzip",
+#    "ncurses",
+    "nghttp2",
+    "openssl1",
+    "pcre",
+#    "readline",
+    "sqlite3",
+    "xz",
+    "zlib",
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+# extension stuff
+export CURL_LIBS="-lcurl -lnghttp2 -lssl -lcrypto"
+#export READLINE_DIR="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr"
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --without-iconv
+    --disable-phar
+    --disable-opcache
+    --enable-gd
+    --with-curl
+    --with-gmp
+    --with-jpeg
+    --with-webp
+    --with-avif
+    --with-ffi
+    --with-intl
+    --with-mbstring
+#    --with-libedit
+#    --with-readline
+#    --with-openssl
+    --with-zip
+)
+
+"${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}" "$@"
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install \
+    INSTALL_ROOT="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" \
+    datarootdir=/usr/share localstatedir=/var
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eed8d1169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/php84/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff --color -ruwN source/configure source-new/configure
+--- source/configure	2025-08-26 20:36:28.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/configure	2025-09-16 07:44:46.452670941 +0700
+@@ -25863,7 +25863,7 @@
+ then :
+   ac_cv_lib_curl_curl_easy_perform=yes
+ else case e in #(
+-  e) ac_cv_lib_curl_curl_easy_perform=no ;;
++  e) ac_cv_lib_curl_curl_easy_perform=yes ;;
+ esac
+ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam \
+@@ -37356,7 +37356,7 @@
+ then :
+   php_cv_lib_gd_works=yes
+ else case e in #(
+-  e) php_cv_lib_gd_works=no ;;
++  e) php_cv_lib_gd_works=yes ;;
+ esac
+ fi
+ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam \
+@@ -40056,7 +40056,7 @@
+   LIBS_SAVED=$LIBS
+   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GMP_CFLAGS"
+   LIBS="$LIBS $GMP_LIBS"
+-  gmp_check=no
++  gmp_check=yes
+   ac_fn_c_check_header_compile "$LINENO" "gmp.h" "ac_cv_header_gmp_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+ if test "x$ac_cv_header_gmp_h" = xyes
+ then :
+diff --color -ruwN source/ext/posix/posix.c source-new/ext/posix/posix.c
+--- source/ext/posix/posix.c	2025-08-26 20:36:28.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/ext/posix/posix.c	2025-09-16 07:02:03.974662569 +0700
+@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
+ 
+ 	ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_NONE();
+ 
+-	if ((ticks = times(&t)) == -1) {
++	{
+ 		POSIX_G(last_error) = errno;
+ 		RETURN_FALSE;
+ 	}
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/archives/libzip/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/archives/libzip/recipe.toml
index afe9a840e..4e7ec064a 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/archives/libzip/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/archives/libzip/recipe.toml
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/blob/main/INSTALL.md
+#TODO Promote
 [source]
 tar = "https://libzip.org/download/libzip-1.10.1.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "zlib",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libonig/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libonig/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9633af050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libonig/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+autotools_recursive_regenerate
+"""
+
+[build]
+template = "configure"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/termcap/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/termcap/recipe.toml
index d63ea82f2..f68cd7fad 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/termcap/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/termcap/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-#TODO non-sense "permission denied" error
+#TODO need testing
 [source]
 tar = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/termcap/termcap-1.3.1.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --prefix="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr"
+)
+cookbook_configure
+"""
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