solve deprecation warnings for using apt with items

filter_plugins/prefix.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from ansible import errors
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
+
+def prefix(value, prefix):
+    '''
+    Prefix each item in a list with a prefix
+    '''
+
+    try:
+        return prefix + value
+    except TypeError:
+        raise errors.AnsibleFilterError('This filter only works on a string, offending value: ' + to_text(value))
+
+
+class FilterModule(object):
+    '''
+    Custom jinja2 filter to prefix a string
+    '''
+
+    def filters(self):
+        return {
+            'prefix': prefix,
+        }

tasks/main.yml

@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
 
 - name: Install packages needed to use the deb.sury.org repository
   apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-  with_items:
-    - apt-transport-https
-    - ca-certificates
+    name: ['apt-transport-https', 'ca-certificates']
+    state: present
 
 - name: Add the deb.sury.org trusted key
   apt_key:
@@ -114,16 +112,15 @@
 
 - name: Install PHP extensions
   apt:
-    name: "php-{{ item }}"
-  with_items: "{{ php7_extensions }}"
+    name: "{{ php7_extensions | map('prefix', 'php-') | list }}"
+    state: present
   notify:
     - Restart Apache
     - Restart PHP FPM
 
 - name: Install versioned PHP extensions
   apt:
-    name: "php{{ php7_version }}-{{ item }}"
-  with_items: "{{ php7_versioned_extensions }}"
+    name: "{{ php7_versioned_extensions | map('prefix', 'php' ~ php7_version ~ '-') | list }}"
   notify:
     - Restart Apache
     - Restart PHP FPM