{"id":2075,"date":"2017-08-28T01:05:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T07:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2019-10-30T03:02:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T09:02:08","slug":"php-7-for-easyapache3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportpro.com\/blog\/php-7-for-easyapache3\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP 7 for EasyApache3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest versions of cPanel come with EasyApache 4<\/p>\n

which provides a lot of new features like PHP 7 support, native support for multiple PHP versions, etc. So it is recommended to migrate to EasyApache 4 to utilize these features. However, if you cannot migrate EasyApache 4 due to some reason (Example: Tomcat support), you will have to compile the PHP 7 manually from source to use it with EasyApache 3.<\/p>\n

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PHP 7 Manual Installation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note: The PHP handler should be SuPHP to get this working.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Download the required PHP-7 distribution Go to php.net<\/a> site to find the latest version.
\n2. Unpack the downloaded file.
\n3. Now build it.<\/p>\n

In order to compile PHP<\/a> from source, you should provide the .\/configure options and choose which modules do you want to install.<\/p>\n

For example,<\/p>\n

# .\/configure –enable-bcmath –with-bz2 –enable-calendar –with-curl –enable-exif –enable-ftp –with-gd –with-jpeg-dir –with-png-dir –enable-gd-native-ttf –with-imap –with-imap-ssl –with-kerberos –enable-mbstring –with-mcrypt –with-mhash –with-mysql –with-mysqli –with-openssl –with-pdo-mysql –with-zlib-dir –with-regex –enable-sockets –with-xmlrpc –enable-zip –with-zlib –enable-mbregex –enable-fpm –prefix=\/usr\/local\/php<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The above command will enable basic extensions like FTP, GD, ftp, IMAP, PDO, MySQL etc<\/p>\n

Then execute the below commands:<\/p>\n

# make<\/span><\/em>
\n # make install<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

4. After compiling from source, copy the default PHP configuration file to the installation directory.
\n5. Verify the installation:<\/p>\n

# \/usr\/local\/php70\/bin\/php -v<\/span><\/em>
\n PHP 7.0.22 (cli) (built: Aug 5 2017 01:56:23) ( NTS )<\/span><\/em>
\n Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group<\/span><\/em>
\n Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies<\/span><\/em>
\n with Zend OPcache v7.0.22, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, by Zend Technologies<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

6. Now link our new PHP 7 installation with Apache web server by generating a new PHP config for PHP7 and adding a handler to SuPHP.
\n7. Add our custom PHP configuration file to EasyApache list so that the changes will not be lost future in EasyApache builds.
\n8. Restart Apache.<\/p>\n

You are done!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to configure your website to use PHP7, add the following code to the .htaccess file located within the site’s document root.<\/p>\n

AddType application\/x-httpd-php7 .php7 .php<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Do note that the PHP handler should be SuPHP<\/a> for the above steps to work.<\/p>\n

If you require help, contact SupportPRO Server Admin<\/a><\/p>\n

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