diff --git a/tasks/checks.yml b/tasks/checks.yml
index 2f5fc200086474e856d81259a95a8b24930b3499..c63febfc8bc8051a04f44cfe4e220ad0210c9181 100644
--- a/tasks/checks.yml
+++ b/tasks/checks.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
           - ansible_distribution_release is regex("^stretch|buster|bullseye|bookworm|focal|bionic|jammy$")
         fail_msg: "The Linux distro {{ ansible_distribution }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} is not supported by this role"
 
+    - name: Generate an array of existing PHP versions
+      set_fact:
+        php_versions_existing: "{{ ansible_local.phpquery.versions.key() }}"
+
+    - name: debug fail
+      fail:
+
     - name: Generate an array of existing PHP versions
       set_fact:
         php_versions_existing: "{{ php_versions_existing | default([]) }} + [ '{{ existing_version.key }}' ]"