[Bug 209881] lang/php{55,56,70}: use tar.xz tarballs

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=209881

            Bug ID: 209881
           Summary: lang/php{55,56,70}: use tar.xz tarballs
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: freebsd-ports-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: pkubaj at anongoth.pl

Created attachment 170853
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=170853&action=edit
use tar.xz instead of tar.bz2

PHP tarballs use bz2 format which is old and inefficient. GZ offers better
compression and speed and XZ offers even better compression. This patch
switches PHP ports to use XZ tarballs. If they are deemed unsuitable, at least
gz should be used.

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