Posts by UncleSam

kess thx for the information, I found it using wayback (https://web.archive.org/web/20…hp?id=plugins:phpswitcher).

I also was able to replace all compiled versions with the packaged versions. I have just a short question about that:

Is this also installing all needed php versions from the package (which makes my howto obsolete - almost) or is the installation still a part you have to do on your own?

Short description how to useit:

1. Add 8.0 and 8.1 to /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl
2. run perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl --register --packaged --packaged-only 5.6 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 8.0 8.1

Whre can I find some more information about that?

for me it is not working with 8.0 or 8.1 - nonstop compile errors (maybe because I tried multiple howtos without any luck)

I came up with a new solution which is working for me and I think a lot more easier: PhpSwitcher with precompiled php packages

Would be great if someone can verify / test my howto.

Hi there,

I was very frustrated bringing php 8.0 and 8.1 up with the PhpSwitcher plugin. So I checked alternatives and found other tools like IspConfig which are using package reposirories with precompiled php versions. So I started to check if these version could be used for the PhpSwitcher as it makes the implementing it into I-MSCP more easier. And the good part is that I found a solution.

ATTENTION:

• This HowTo is for Ubuntu and tested only on Ubuntu.
  
• Use at your own risk!
• I made this after bringing the new version to work - so some steps could be not precised as I want them to be.
  
• In some cases you need root access - in these cases place a sudo in front of the commands.

If all precompiled versions are working (which they should), you can install the following packages:

• 5.6
• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 8.0
• 8.1

Changelog:

Requirements:

• phpSwitcher (paid module)
• shell access to your server (with root permissions)
• shell knowledge (never trust online shell commands!)

Installing the package repository:

To install the packages I use the Ondrej php versions: https://deb.sury.org/

Install php version with basic needs (example is for php 8.1):

In my case I install all the packages I need:

(In some cases an apt-get upgrade is needed after this step.)

Install PEARL (optional):
WARNING: This is only needed if you want to configure the versions on your own and only if you want a seperate folder for each php version!

Installation of PEARL is really easy but you need to make sure to change the directory:

The last command opens the following list, the paths below are a suggestion:

Now press 1 and change the path to /opt/pear/8.1

After that press 12 and change it to /opt/pear/pear8.1.conf

Now it should look like:

Press enter to start the installation process.

Installing additional pecl packages (optional):

WARNING: First of all check if there is a precompiled packages which comes with the Ondrej packages using apt search php | grep mymodulename.

WARNING: I had troubles using this and avoided using it. So be careful with this and test it before trying to use it productive!

First of all you need to change the default php version:

Now install your pecl module - in this example the module is called <module>:

Switch PHP version back to your old one - in this case 7.0:

Install Ioncube (optional):

First of all we need to download the ioncube package:

Now install it for the version you wanna use. At this moment php8.1 is not in the list but shown above as an example:

And remove the garbage :

Finally:

After this you need to restart all php services. I also added some more details about the output versions, but in general they are not really needed:

Installing in I-MSCP:

There are two ways to install the packages:

Using built in phpSwitcher function:

Make sure the version is in the compiler file (not known versions are not searched and therefore cannot be added). Check the file /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl and add the versions you want and need (the most recent versions can be found at https://www.php.net).

After that you can add the php versions with the following command (only specify the versions you want or simply do not specify any version to add them all):

WARNING: If you already have a configured compiled version this is going to overwrite them!

Do it on your own:

All you need now is to switch to your new php version. So add it with the following parameters (example still with 8.1):

Upgrade:

If there is a new version in the package repository all you need to do is a normal packages update. As this has not happened till this howto was made I recommend to check the admin panel if everything works fine.

Finally 2 (optional):

If you liked it please leave a thumbs up .

If I set up an mail server I personally use the following tools:

- DKIM Validator (to test DKIM, SPF, Spamscore, ...)

- Mail-Tester (same like above, but has a daily limit, so only to verify the result above)

- SSL-Tools Cert / SSL (to check if SSL certs are set correctly)

- MxToolbox (MX lookup and then SMTP test to check SMTP connection, you can also check openrelay and so on - best tool out there!)

- SPF Record (If you dont know what it is, please google it - very importent setting)

- Port25 (send mail and receive all information like spamscore, skim, spf, ... )

All links can be found here: Useful tools and links

I made a script installing some plugins I need. Feel free to use it or to use the code to install your own plugin: PhpSwitcher: add APCU, Imagick and IONCUBE

FYI: In august a new version 3.6.0 was released which updates the certbot to 1.7.0.

First of all thank you very much Athar ! I was able to compile it but only with step 2 (by commenting out the patch 0029). I did not need to set the environment variable. It also seems that it is compatible with this script. I updated the first post.

Quote from Athar

Little addition :

The error so, which is the patch is not applying... well, normal (see below)

Code

1. Applying patch 0029-php-5.4.9-fixheader.patch
2. patching file configure.ac
3. Hunk #1 FAILED at 1303.
4. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- rejects in file configure.ac
5. Patch 0029-php-5.4.9-fixheader.patch does not apply (enforce with -f)
6. /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/Makefile:230: recipe for target 'patch-stamp' failed
7. make: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/phpswitcher/php-7.4.8'
8. I: Copying back the cached apt archive contents
9. I: unmounting /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler filesystem
10. I: unmounting /usr/local/src/phpswitcher/php-7.4.8 filesystem
11. I: unmounting /opt/phpswitcher/20200719 filesystem
12. I: unmounting dev/ptmx filesystem
13. I: unmounting dev/pts filesystem
14. I: unmounting dev/shm filesystem
15. I: unmounting proc filesystem
16. I: unmounting sys filesystem
17. I: Cleaning COW directory
18. I: forking: rm -rf /var/cache/pbuilder/build/cow.11164
19. [ERROR] main: An error occurred while executing MAKE(1) target(s) for PHP 7.4.8: Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
20. Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
21. Done
22. Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
23. Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
24. Done
25. Extracting templates from packages: 100%
26. make: [unprepared] Error 1 (ignored)
27. No patch removed
28. make: *** [patch-stamp] Error 1

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For this attempt, I set the DebHelper level to 9 (max is 12, but I didn't tested with)...

Then, as this is working with PHP7.4.7 and no 7.4.8, I checked the changes in the "configure.ac" file, and... see by yourself:

PHP 7.4.7:

Code

1. PHP_UNAME=`uname -a | xargs`
2. AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PHP_UNAME,"$PHP_UNAME",[uname -a output])
3. PHP_OS=`uname | xargs`

PHP 7.4.8:

Code

1. UNAME=`uname -a | xargs`
2. PHP_UNAME=${PHP_UNAME:-$UNAME}
3. AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PHP_UNAME,"$PHP_UNAME",[uname -a output])
4. PHP_OS=`uname | xargs`

The patch file now :

Code

1. -PHP_UNAME=`uname -a | xargs`
2. +PHP_UNAME=`uname | xargs`

Well... they changed just this little line... why ? I don't know.

So for me, two/tree solutions :

1- We revert the change in the configure.ac file

2- We remove or "correct" the patch from the list

3- We manually edit the configure.ac file to reflect the "patch"

Edit :

Little info : We can simply "remove" the patch from the applicable list of patches too (comment in file : /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/patches/7.4/series)

Whichever solution you apply, the build should be fine after that.

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Quick edit, two of the solutions you can use to build PHP 7.4.8 :

Solution 1 - Edit the patch file

By using your prefered editor, open the files : /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/patches/7.4/0029-php-5.4.9-fixheader.patch*

(Yes, there is "two" files, one with a "~" at the end, don't know why, but it's there)

This file should look like this :

Diff

1. From: Debian PHP Maintainers <pkg-php-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>
2. Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 10:26:56 +0200
3. Subject: php-5.4.9-fixheader
5. Make generated php_config.h constant across rebuilds.
6. ---
7. configure.ac | 2 +-
8. 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
10. --- a/configure.ac
11. +++ b/configure.ac
12. @@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ PHP_BUILD_DATE=`date -u +%Y-%m-%d`
13. fi
14. AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PHP_BUILD_DATE,"$PHP_BUILD_DATE",[PHP build date])
16. -UNAME=`uname -a | xargs`
17. +UNAME=`uname | xargs`
18. PHP_UNAME=${PHP_UNAME:-$UNAME}
19. AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PHP_UNAME,"$PHP_UNAME",[uname -a output])
20. PHP_OS=`uname | xargs`
21. AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PHP_OS,"$PHP_OS",[uname output])

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Save, then re-run the build process from PHP Switcher.

/!\ I'm not an expert, and maybe this patch is not needed anymore.

In fact, I don't know what will be the output of the "php_uname()" with this command passed in the config : PHP_UNAME=${PHP_UNAME:-$UNAME}

This patch, if I'm not wrong, is to obfuscate the output of some PHP variables, here, to prevent the leak of the system information through this function "php_uname()" (so that it display only "Linux" and not the whole "uname -a" result).

After I did compile with this modification, the "PHP_OS()" is empty, and "PHP_UNAME()" give the "full" details, so I don't know at the end...

We may revert this configure.ac file as the version 7.4.7 to check if the result is different or not on the webserver after compilation, but no more time for today (idea would be to remove "UNAME" and "PHP_UNAME" lines, and then, add back the "old modified" "PHP_UNAME" line.

Solution 2 - Disable this patch to apply

Simply open this file : /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/patches/7.4/series

Then, found the line where the patch is noted : "0029-php-5.4.9-fixheader.patch"

Add a "#" at the start of the line, so that this patch will NOT be applied.

Save the file then re-run the build process from PHP Switcher.

For both solutions, if you get the error posted in the previous message, just set the system variable :

To set this variable :

export DH_COMPAT=9

and to remove it, simply :

unset DH_COMPAT

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Seems like php 7.4.7 is no longer able to be downloaded with default logic - updated how to change php versions with direct download url for php 7.4.7.

(Solution for 7.4.8 from Athar is still not tested because I had no time for that at the moment.)