Who is this for?
- Linux user
- Prefer to compile official php7 source code rather than use a docker container or a ppa
- Want to have both php5 and php7 installed on your system switching between them easily
- Want to run php5 and php7 on nginx at the same time
Time to cook...
This recipe is a compilation of different tutorials I've found over the Internet. I just added some fancy features and tuned the procedure up to make it work as I expected. However, what you are about to read wouldn't be possible without them, so thanks so much:
- https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-php-7-on-debian
- https://www.darrenpopham.com/2015/08/installing-php7-early-access-kit-on-ubuntu-64-bit-only
Tested on Ubuntu 15.10 and Elementary OS Freya.
Prerequisites
First of all, be root my friend!
sudo su -
Packages
apt-get -y install build-essential autoconf insserv bison git
Libraries
apt-get -y install libgmp-dev libmysqlclient-dev libfcgi-dev libfcgi0ldbl libmcrypt-dev
PHP5
If you have php5 already installed skip this step
apt-get -y install php5 php5-fpm php5-memcached php5-intl php5-mcrypt php5-xdebug php5-mysql
MySQL and Nginx
If you have them already installed or you just don't need them skip this step
apt-get -y install mysql-server mysql-client nginx
Fix gmp
ln -s /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/gmp.h /usr/include/gmp.h
Php build dependencies
To be able to compile php7 you must add php5 build dependencies
apt-get -y build-dep php5
php5, it's ok, it's not a mistake
Compiling php7
Now you are about to clone official php7 source code. Feel free to choose the path you want.
Clone repository
git clone https://git.php.net/repository/php-src.git
cd php-src
Compile
./buildconf
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php7 --localstatedir=/usr/local/var --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/php7 --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/etc/php7 --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/etc/php7/conf.d --mandir=/usr/local/php7/share/man --enable-mbstring --enable-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-wddx --with-curl --with-mcrypt --with-iconv --with-gmp --with-pspell --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=/usr --with-gettext=/usr --with-zlib=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-recode=/usr --with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config --with-fpm-user=www-data --with-fpm-group=www-data --enable-fpm --enable-sockets --enable-intl
make
make install
Configuring php7
Now you are going to configure php7. Remember the path where you cloned php7 source code to.
php.ini
cp <path_to_php7_source_code>/php.ini-production /usr/local/etc/php7/php.ini
php-fpm.conf
cp /usr/local/etc/php7/php-fpm.conf.default /usr/local/etc/php7/php-fpm.conf
Edit following file
/usr/local/etc/php7/php-fpm.conf
add/edit following line
pid = run/php-fpm.pid
www.conf
cp /usr/local/etc/php7/php-fpm.d/www.conf.default /usr/local/etc/php7/php-fpm.d/www.conf
Edit following file
/usr/local/etc/php7/php-fpm.d/www.conf
add/edit following lines
;listen = 127.0.0.1:9000
listen = /var/run/php7-fpm.sock
listen.owner = www-data
listen.group = www-data
listen.mode = 0660
Service scripts
php7-fpm
Create following file
/etc/init.d/php7-fpm
#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: php7-fpm
# Required-Start: $all
# Required-Stop: $all
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: starts php7-fpm
# Description: starts the PHP FastCGI Process Manager daemon
### END INIT INFO
php_fpm_BIN=/usr/local/php7/sbin/php-fpm
php_fpm_CONF=/usr/local/etc/php7/php-fpm.conf
php_fpm_PID=/usr/local/var/run/php-fpm.pid
php_opts="--fpm-config $php_fpm_CONF"
wait_for_pid () {
try=0
while test $try -lt 35 ; do
case "$1" in
'created')
if [ -f "$2" ] ; then
try=''
break
fi
;;
'removed')
if [ ! -f "$2" ] ; then
try=''
break
fi
;;
esac
echo -n .
try=`expr $try + 1`
sleep 1
done
}
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting php-fpm "
$php_fpm_BIN $php_opts
if [ "$?" != 0 ] ; then
echo " failed"
exit 1
fi
wait_for_pid created $php_fpm_PID
if [ -n "$try" ] ; then
echo " failed"
exit 1
else
echo " done"
fi
;;
stop)
echo -n "Gracefully shutting down php-fpm "
if [ ! -r $php_fpm_PID ] ; then
echo "warning, no pid file found - php-fpm is not running ?"
exit 1
fi
kill -QUIT `cat $php_fpm_PID`
wait_for_pid removed $php_fpm_PID
if [ -n "$try" ] ; then
echo " failed. Use force-exit"
exit 1
else
echo " done"
echo " done"
fi
;;
force-quit)
echo -n "Terminating php-fpm "
if [ ! -r $php_fpm_PID ] ; then
echo "warning, no pid file found - php-fpm is not running ?"
exit 1
fi
kill -TERM `cat $php_fpm_PID`
wait_for_pid removed $php_fpm_PID
if [ -n "$try" ] ; then
echo " failed"
exit 1
else
echo " done"
fi
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
reload)
echo -n "Reload service php-fpm "
if [ ! -r $php_fpm_PID ] ; then
echo "warning, no pid file found - php-fpm is not running ?"
exit 1
fi
kill -USR2 `cat $php_fpm_PID`
echo " done"
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|force-quit|restart|reload}"
exit 1
;;
esac
php7-fpm permissions
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/php7-fpm
php7-fpm enable
/usr/lib/insserv/insserv php7-fpm
php7-fpm.service
Create following file
/lib/systemd/system/php7-fpm.service
[Unit]
Description=The PHP 7 FastCGI Process Manager
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
PIDFile=/usr/local/var/run/php-fpm.pid
ExecStart=/usr/local/php7/sbin/php-fpm --nodaemonize --fpm-config /usr/local/etc/php7/php-fpm.conf
ExecReload=/bin/kill -USR2 $MAINPID
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Start php7-fpm service
If you system supports systemctl then run following commands
systemctl enable php7-fpm.service
systemctl daemon-reload
service php7-fpm start
If not, just run command below
/etc/init.d/php7-fpm start
Socket owner
chown www-data. /var/run/php7-fpm.sock
You can configure php5 and php7 in different nginx virtual hosts at this moment. Just follow these steps
Add hosts
Edit hosts file
/etc/hosts
Add following line
127.0.0.1 php5 php7
Add nginx virtual hosts
php5
server {
listen *:80;
root /var/www/html;
index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
server_name php5;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
}
}
php7
server {
listen *:80;
root /var/www/html;
index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
server_name php7;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php7-fpm.sock;
}
}
Add phpinfo
Create index.php
/var/www/html/index.php
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Restart nginx and try following urls on your browser:
Switch between php5 and php7
Despite of nginx can run on php5 and php7 sockets, to set php system running version (cli) follow these steps
Add php7 as an alternative
update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/php" "php" "/usr/local/php7/bin/php" 1
Configure system php version
You can select system php version by running command below. You'll be asked to choose between available options, select php5 or php7
update-alternatives --config php
Check php version
php -v
And that's all folks!