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@TheHolbi We just use the PHP Switcher, not PHP-FPM. Is the procedure the same? Thanks

E.g: Pre run module for Imap (PHP-FPM 8.4, 8.5) and the compiler takes care of the rest. The Pre run modules place is: /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/pre_run/8.4/imap7.sh #/bin/bash dnf install uw-imap-devel -yEnd External module for MailParse (PHP-FPM 8.4, 8.5) #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail # --- Detect PHP-FPM version (8.4 or 8.5) --- if [ -x /opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/bin/php-config ]; then PHPFPM="/opt/alt/php-fpm84" elif [ -x /opt/alt/php-fpm85/usr/bin/php-config ]; then PHPFPM="/opt/alt/php-fpm85" else echo "ERROR: No php-fpm84 or php-fpm85 found." exit 1 fi PHPBIN="${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/php" PHPCONFIG="${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/php-config" PHPINIDIR="${PHPFPM}/usr/php/php.d" echo "Detected PHP: ${PHPBIN}" # --- Install dependencies --- dnf -y install re2c file cd /usr/local/src rm -rf mailparse* mailparse.tgz # --- Stable version: mailparse 3.1.6 --- MAILPARSE_VERSION="3.1.6" MAILPARSE_URL="https://pecl.php.net/get/mailparse-${MAILPARSE_VERSION}.tgz" echo "Downloading mailparse ${MAILPARSE_VERSION}..." wget -q "${MAILPARSE_URL}" -O mailparse.tgz tar -xf mailparse.tgz cd "mailparse-${MAILPARSE_VERSION}" # --- Build --- echo "Running phpize..." "${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/phpize" echo "Configuring..." ./configure --with-php-config="${PHPCONFIG}" echo "Compiling..." make -j"$(nproc)" make install # --- Check extension installation --- EXTDIR="$(${PHPCONFIG} --extension-dir)" if [ -f "${EXTDIR}/mailparse.so" ]; then echo "Creating mailparse.ini" echo "extension=mailparse.so" > "${PHPINIDIR}/mailparse.ini" echo "mailparse installed successfully." else echo "ERROR: mailparse.so was not found in ${EXTDIR}" exit 1 fi I hope this helped. Look at the full article: https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/614-how-to-add-custom-php-fpm-84-85-support-to-cwp-on-almalinux-9x/

Hi @Starburst I have corrected the installation of the PECl modules for the PHP-FPM version only. You can find the installers of these modules in the External modules and Pre Run models ZIP files at the link, which ran in the AlmaLinux 9.6, 9.7 environment. Here: https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/614-how-to-add-custom-php-fpm-84-85-support-to-cwp-on-almalinux-9x/

@TheHolbi Thanks for the script. Getting the following error for some reason: bash: ./PHP-8_4-Install: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory Also with CWP on AlmaLinux 9.7: How/where could you add the lines to install the PECL libraries for IMAP and mailparse? Thanks

Something changed in AlmaLinux 9.7. You will get an error trying to install install perl-DBD-MySQL, because it tried to load the dependency of mysql-common, which will give an error that it conflicts with mariadb-common Fix seems to be installing perl-DBD-MariaDB instead of perl-DBD-MySQL, so you can update MariaDB on a CURRENT AL9 server that upgraded to 9.7 or a NEW AL 9.7 install. BUT... Then CWP will give errors with the Anacron job 'cron.daily Daily MySQL Backup starting section: ############################################### Daily MySQL Backup starting ############################################### PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Skipping database: information_schema. PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Database Backup: mysql --> /backup/mysql/daily//mysql.sql.gz PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Database Backup: oauthv2 --> /backup/mysql/daily//oauthv2.sql.gz PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Skipping database: performance_schema. PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Database Backup: postfix --> /backup/mysql/daily//postfix.sql.gz PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Database Backup: root_cwp --> /backup/mysql/daily//root_cwp.sql.gz PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Database Backup: roundcube --> /backup/mysql/daily//roundcube.sql.gz PHP Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/admin/include/cron_backup.php on line 0 Database Backup: sys --> /backup/mysql/daily//sys.sql.gz warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.AaH9Yb: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID cd2efd2a: NOKEY error: Failed dependencies: perl(DBD::mysql) >= 1.0 is needed by percona-toolkit-2.2.16-1.noarch ############################################### Daily MySQL Backup finished ###############################################So you will need to backup those databases yourself.

Just a note: With the above script and the pre run and external modules, I have already installed PHP-FPM 8.3.28 and PHP-FPM 8.4.15 versions on 6 different AlmaLinux 9.6 based VPSs, and they run flawlessly.

We need Pre Run modules, the ZIP also added.

Hello @Sandeep B. Thank you for the tutorial. I ran into a few problems under AlmaLinux 9.6, which this installation script has already fixed. #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail set -x # For el9 only : dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb # run these for el8 and el9 dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools" dnf -y install glibc-devel elfutils-libelf-devel dnf -y install git make gcc gcc-c++ \ binutils glibc-devel autoconf libtool \ bison re2c automake libxml2-devel openssl-devel \ sqlite-devel bzip2-devel libcurl-devel libpng-devel \ libavif-devel libwebp-devel libjpeg-devel \ libXpm-devel freetype-devel gmp-devel \ libicu-devel openldap-devel oniguruma-devel \ libargon2-devel libtidy-devel libxslt-devel # Build PHP 8.4 switcher: rm -rf /usr/local/php-84 mkdir -p /usr/local/php-84 cd /usr/local/php-84 wget http://php.net/distributions/php-8.4.15.tar.gz tar zxvf php-8.4.15.tar.gz cd php-8.4.15 # For el9 mandatory: --with-openssl=/usr/lib64 ./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php \ --enable-cgi \ --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d \ --with-zlib=/usr \ --enable-mbstring \ --with-zip \ --enable-bcmath \ --enable-pcntl \ --enable-ftp \ --enable-exif \ --enable-calendar \ --enable-sysvmsg \ --enable-sysvsem \ --enable-sysvshm \ --with-tidy \ --with-curl \ --with-iconv \ --with-gmp \ --enable-gd \ --with-avif \ --with-jpeg \ --with-freetype \ --enable-gd-jis-conv \ --with-webp \ --with-xpm \ --with-openssl=/usr/lib64 \ --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd \ --with-gettext=/usr \ --with-bz2=/usr \ --with-mysqli \ --enable-soap \ --enable-phar \ --with-xsl \ --enable-posix \ --enable-sockets \ --with-external-pcre \ --with-libdir=lib64 \ --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock \ --enable-intl \ --with-password-argon2 \ --enable-litespeed \ --with-ldap=/usr \ --with-ldap-sasl=/usr \ --with-pear \ --with-sodium # These settings will break on el9 - AlmaLinux 9.6 # export CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC" # export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC" # export LDFLAGS="-pie -Wl,--as-needed" export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig export CFLAGS="-O2" export CXXFLAGS="-O2" export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64 -Wl,--as-needed" make -j$(nproc) make install # ---------- remove old .ini from PHP 5.x, 7.x ----- rm -f /usr/local/php/php.d/sodium.ini # ---------- PECL IMAGICK INSTALL ---------- echo "Installing Imagick dependencies…" dnf -y install ImageMagick ImageMagick-devel echo "Installing Imagick via PECL…" /usr/local/bin/pecl install imagick echo "Adding imagick.ini…" mkdir -p /usr/local/php/php.d echo "extension=imagick.so" > /usr/local/php/php.d/imagick.ini echo "PHP CLI build with Imagick completed successfully!" php -v php -m | grep imagick --with-openssl=/usr/lib64 --with-pear --with-sodium without the switches and with the recommended FLAG settings, PHP 8.4.15 did not compile properly. And it may also be necessary to remove the old sodium.ini if it was left in the directory from PHP 5.x, 7.x. rm -f /usr/local/php/php.d/sodium.iniBut with the above settings, all parts of PHP 8.4.15 are compiling properly in AlmaLinux 9.6. [root@vps ~]# php -i | grep -i sodium Configure Command => './configure' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php' '--enable-cgi' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d' '--with-zlib=/usr' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-zip' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-pcntl' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-exif' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-sysvmsg' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--with-tidy' '--with-curl' '--with-iconv' '--with-gmp' '--enable-gd' '--with-avif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-freetype' '--enable-gd-jis-conv' '--with-webp' '--with-xpm' '--with-openssl=/usr/lib64' '--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd' '--with-gettext=/usr' '--with-bz2=/usr' '--with-mysqli' '--enable-soap' '--enable-phar' '--with-xsl' '--enable-posix' '--enable-sockets' '--with-external-pcre' '--with-libdir=lib64' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--enable-intl' '--with-password-argon2' '--enable-litespeed' '--with-ldap=/usr' '--with-ldap-sasl=/usr' '--with-pear' '--with-sodium' sodium sodium support => enabled libsodium headers version => 1.0.18 libsodium library version => 1.0.18 [root@vps ~]# php -i | grep -i openssl Configure Command => './configure' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php' '--enable-cgi' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d' '--with-zlib=/usr' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-zip' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-pcntl' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-exif' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-sysvmsg' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--with-tidy' '--with-curl' '--with-iconv' '--with-gmp' '--enable-gd' '--with-avif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-freetype' '--enable-gd-jis-conv' '--with-webp' '--with-xpm' '--with-openssl=/usr/lib64' '--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd' '--with-gettext=/usr' '--with-bz2=/usr' '--with-mysqli' '--enable-soap' '--enable-phar' '--with-xsl' '--enable-posix' '--enable-sockets' '--with-external-pcre' '--with-libdir=lib64' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--enable-intl' '--with-password-argon2' '--enable-litespeed' '--with-ldap=/usr' '--with-ldap-sasl=/usr' '--with-pear' '--with-sodium' SSL Version => OpenSSL/3.5.1 libSSH Version => libssh/0.10.4/openssl/zlib openssl OpenSSL support => enabled OpenSSL Library Version => OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025 OpenSSL Header Version => OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025 Openssl default config => /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf openssl.cafile => no value => no value openssl.capath => no value => no value OpenSSL support => enabled

Added the final, three-tier, fully robust PHP source download module: ✔ 1. CWP CDN (if there → fast) ✔ 2. php.net CDN (official) ✔ 3. GitHub codeload (always works in tar.gz format) Since PHP 8.4.14 package was found by the download section of the script, but for PHP 8.4.15 it gave a false not found signal.

This is a tutorial for PHP 8.5 installation in CWP PHP Switcher I've switched to direct compiler environment variables that pass flags straight to gcc, g++, and ld - eliminating pkg-config dependency that was failing across servers. Old Method (Unstable): pkg-config → generates flags → gcc/g++/ld ↓ Breaks when pkg-config .pc files missing/corrupted/version mismatchNew Method (Stable): CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS → gcc/g++/ld directly ↓ No pkg-config intermediary = consistent builds everywhereInstall dependencies : # For el9 only : dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb # run these for el8 and el9 dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" dnf install glibc-devel elfutils-libelf-devel dnf install git make gcc gcc-c++ binutils glibc-devel autoconf libtool bison re2c automake libxml2-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel bzip2-devel libcurl-devel libpng-devel libavif-devel libwebp-devel libjpeg-devel libXpm-devel freetype-devel gmp-devel libicu-devel openldap-devel oniguruma-devel libargon2-devel libtidy-devel libxslt-devel Build PHP 8.5 switcher : rm -rf /usr/local/php-85 mkdir -p /usr/local/php-85 cd /usr/local/php-85 wget http://php.net/distributions/php-8.5.0.tar.gz tar zxvf php-8.5.0.tar.gz cd php-8.5.0 ./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --enable-cgi --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib=/usr --enable-mbstring --with-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --with-tidy --with-curl --with-iconv --with-gmp --enable-gd --with-avif --with-jpeg --with-freetype --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-webp --with-xpm --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd --with-gettext=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-mysqli --enable-soap --enable-phar --with-xsl --enable-posix --enable-sockets --with-external-pcre --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --enable-intl --with-password-argon2 --enable-litespeed --with-ldap=/usr --with-ldap-sasl=/usr export CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC" export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC" export LDFLAGS="-pie -Wl,--as-needed" make -j$(nproc) make installAfter that, PHP 8.5 will be installed. You can check via the php -v command : [root@alma]# php -v PHP 8.5.0 (cli) (built: Dec 3 2025 01:59:52) (NTS) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.5.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v8.5.0, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

This is a tutorial for PHP 8.4 installation in CWP PHP Switcher I've switched to direct compiler environment variables that pass flags straight to gcc, g++, and ld - eliminating pkg-config dependency that was failing across servers. Old Method (Unstable): pkg-config → generates flags → gcc/g++/ld ↓ Breaks when pkg-config .pc files missing/corrupted/version mismatchNew Method (Stable): CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS → gcc/g++/ld directly ↓ No pkg-config intermediary = consistent builds everywhereInstall dependencies : # For el9 only : dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb # run these for el8 and el9 dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" dnf install glibc-devel elfutils-libelf-devel dnf install git make gcc gcc-c++ binutils glibc-devel autoconf libtool bison re2c automake libxml2-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel bzip2-devel libcurl-devel libpng-devel libavif-devel libwebp-devel libjpeg-devel libXpm-devel freetype-devel gmp-devel libicu-devel openldap-devel oniguruma-devel libargon2-devel libtidy-devel libxslt-devel Build PHP 8.4 switcher : rm -rf /usr/local/php-84 mkdir -p /usr/local/php-84 cd /usr/local/php-84 wget http://php.net/distributions/php-8.4.15.tar.gz tar zxvf php-8.4.15.tar.gz cd php-8.4.15 ./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --enable-cgi --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib=/usr --enable-mbstring --with-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --with-tidy --with-curl --with-iconv --with-gmp --enable-gd --with-avif --with-jpeg --with-freetype --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-webp --with-xpm --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd --with-gettext=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-mysqli --enable-soap --enable-phar --with-xsl --enable-posix --enable-sockets --with-external-pcre --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --enable-intl --with-password-argon2 --enable-litespeed --with-ldap=/usr --with-ldap-sasl=/usr export CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC" export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC" export LDFLAGS="-pie -Wl,--as-needed" make -j$(nproc) make installAfter that, PHP 8.4 will be installed. You can check via the php -v command : [root@alma]# php -v PHP 8.4.15 (cli) (built: Dec 3 2025 01:45:34) (NTS) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.4.15, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

@Starburst @Sandeep B. here is the working for me manual PHP update of CWP: https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/614-how-to-add-custom-php-84-85-support-to-cwp-on-almalinux-9x/

Full tutorial with GUI integration, fixed OpenSSL support, external modules, and a working custom PHP builder. This guide explains how to properly add PHP 8.4 and PHP 8.5 to Control Web Panel (CWP) on EL9-based systems. Unlike older CWP releases, CWP does not provide official PHP 8.4/8.5 packages yet — but with the steps below you can fully integrate them into and you can also fix the PHP 8.3 OpenSSL problem based on this: ✔ the CWP PHP Selector GUI ✔ Apache / Nginx vhosts ✔ external PECL modules ✔ system services ✔ CSF/Monit integration This article provides everything: file paths, scripts, corrections, and the build steps. ⚙️ Step 1 — Extend the CWP GUI to Support PHP 8.4 and 8.5CWP reads available PHP versions from: /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/versions.iniAdd the new PHP versions like: [8.3] version[]=8.3.28 version[]=8.3.27 version[]=8.3.25 version[]=8.3.21 version[]=8.3.20 version[]=8.3.19 version[]=8.3.17 version[]=8.3.16 version[]=8.3.15 version[]=8.3.14 version[]=8.3.13 version[]=8.3.12 version[]=8.3.11 version[]=8.3.10 version[]=8.3.9 version[]=8.3.8 version[]=8.3.7 version[]=8.3.6 version[]=8.3.4 version[]=8.3.3 version[]=8.3.2 version[]=8.3.1 version[]=8.3.0 [8.4] version[]=8.4.15 version[]=8.4.14 version[]=8.4.13 version[]=8.4.12 version[]=8.4.11 version[]=8.4.10 version[]=8.4.9 version[]=8.4.8 version[]=8.4.7 version[]=8.4.6 version[]=8.4.4 version[]=8.4.3 version[]=8.4.2 version[]=8.4.1 version[]=8.4.0 [8.5] version[]=8.5.0 This makes the versions selectable in the GUI. If you don't want to make previous PHP 8.4 versions optional under 8.4.14, you can leave them out of the list. ⚙️ Step 2 — Create 8.4.ini and 8.5.ini GUI TemplatesLocation: /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/Create these files based on the sample and content of 8.3.ini: 8.4.ini 8.5.ini Both must contain a corrected OpenSSL section: [openssl] default=1 option="--with-openssl=/usr" info-file=openssl.txt (Older CWP templates use deprecated OpenSSL paths that break EL9 builds. The corrected version above is mandatory. And similarly, the OpenSSL section in the 8.3.ini file must be corrected.) These files provide the GUI-driven configure flags that our builder script will later use. ⚙️ Step 3 — Create External and Pre Run Modules for PHP 8.4 and 8.5Create these directories and update the content of 8.3 folder with the linked ZIP file: /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/external_modules/8.3 /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/external_modules/8.4 /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/external_modules/8.5Populate each directory with the updated scripts: apcu.sh imagick.sh memcache.sh memcached.sh mailparse.sh mongodb.sh redis.sh ssh2.sh uploadprogress.sh xdebug.sh yaz.sh sodium.sh sourceguardian.sh sqlsrv.sh ioncube.sh (With proper loader URL handling: stable for 8.4, beta for 8.5.) 👉 Here is the ZIP file with all corrected module scripts to this post for download: External_Modules Create these directories and update the content of 8.3 folder with the linked ZIP file: /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/pre_run/8.3 /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/pre_run/8.4 /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/pre_run/8.5Pre Run Modules ⚙️ Step 4 — Install the Custom Builder ScriptPlace the builder script in: /root/build-php-fpm84-el9.sh This script: ✔ reads the GUI-generated configure template ✔ enforces OpenSSL 3.x for EL9 ✔ builds PHP cleanly under /opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/ ✔ installs FPM service, ini files, sockets ✔ compiles all external modules ✔ integrates CSF and Monit ✔ logs every step You can rewrite this script to install PHP 8.3.28 or PHP 8.5.0 by changing just a few variables. Here is the corrected PHP compiler script located in /root/build-php-fpm84-el9.sh file: #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail set -x # --- Basic variables --- PHPMAJOR="84" # php-fpm84 PHPVER="8.4.15" # PHP version FPMDIR="/opt/alt/php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}" CONFBASE="/usr/local/cwp/.conf/php-fpm_conf" arch=$(uname -m) if [[ "$arch" == "x86_64" ]]; then platform="x86-64" libdir="/usr/lib64" else platform="x86" libdir="/usr/lib" fi # --- Packages for Build (EL9) --- dnf -y install \ krb5-devel glibc-common gnutls-devel \ libargon2 libargon2-devel libbsd-devel \ perl libzip libzip-devel pcre2 pcre2-devel \ libavif libavif-devel \ uw-imap-devel \ openssl-devel # If there is any old CWP OpenSSL hack left, don't use it.: if [ -d /usr/local/opensslso ]; then echo "WARN: /usr/local/opensslso exists, but we DO NOT USE for compiling PHP (OpenSSL 1.1 hack)." fi # --- Force OpenSSL 3.x --- export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig export OPENSSL_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include" export OPENSSL_LIBS="-L/usr/lib64" export LDFLAGS="-lssl -lcrypto" # --- CWP pre-conf, if exists (e.g.: pcre2, & other libs) --- if [ -e "${CONFBASE}/php${PHPMAJOR}_pre.conf" ]; then bash "${CONFBASE}/php${PHPMAJOR}_pre.conf" fi # --- PHP SOURCE DOWNLOAD CHECK: CWP CDN → OFFICIAL php.net → GitHub fallback --- CWP_URL="http://static.cdn-cwp.com/files/php/php-${PHPVER}.tar.gz" PHPNET_URL="https://www.php.net/distributions/php-${PHPVER}.tar.gz" GITHUB_URL="https://codeload.github.com/php/php-src/tar.gz/refs/tags/php-${PHPVER}" # Function: check HTTP 200 + verify tar.gz content check_and_verify() { local url="$1" local testfile="/tmp/php-test-${PHPVER}.tar.gz" echo "Checking: $url" # First check HTTP status code if ! curl -I -L -s "$url" | grep -q "200"; then echo " → HTTP check failed" return 1 fi # Download temporary test file if ! wget -q "$url" -O "$testfile"; then echo " → Download failed" return 1 fi # Validate MIME type of tar.gz if file "$testfile" | grep -qiE "gzip compressed data|tar archive"; then rm -f "$testfile" echo " → Valid TAR.GZ" return 0 fi echo " → Invalid TAR.GZ (HTML or wrong file)" rm -f "$testfile" return 1 } # Check sources in order (CWP → php.net → GitHub) if check_and_verify "$CWP_URL"; then PHPSOURCE="$CWP_URL" elif check_and_verify "$PHPNET_URL"; then PHPSOURCE="$PHPNET_URL" elif check_and_verify "$GITHUB_URL"; then PHPSOURCE="$GITHUB_URL" else echo "ERROR: Could not download a valid PHP source for version ${PHPVER}" exit 1 fi echo "Using source: $PHPSOURCE" # --- Build directory --- rm -rf /usr/local/src/php-build mkdir -p /usr/local/src/php-build cd /usr/local/src/php-build wget -q "${PHPSOURCE}" -O "php-${PHPVER}.tar.gz" tar -xvf "php-${PHPVER}.tar.gz" cd "php-${PHPVER}" # --- Configure: CWP's own php84.conf, but already wired to OpenSSL 3.x from env --- if [ ! -x "${CONFBASE}/php${PHPMAJOR}.conf" ]; then chmod +x "${CONFBASE}/php${PHPMAJOR}.conf" 2>/dev/null || true fi # IMPORTANT: LDFLAGS + PKG_CONFIG_PATH already exported bash "${CONFBASE}/php${PHPMAJOR}.conf" # --- Compiling --- if command -v nproc >/dev/null 2>&1; then make -j"$(nproc)" else make fi make install # --- PHP.ini + FPM scaffolding --- mkdir -p "${FPMDIR}/usr/php/php.d" mkdir -p "${FPMDIR}/usr/var/sockets" mkdir -p "${FPMDIR}/usr/etc/php-fpm.d" mkdir -p "${FPMDIR}/usr/etc/php-fpm.d/users" rsync php.ini-production "${FPMDIR}/usr/php/php.ini" sed -i 's/^short_open_tag.*/short_open_tag = On/' "${FPMDIR}/usr/php/php.ini" sed -i 's/^;cgi.fix_pathinfo=.*/cgi.fix_pathinfo=1/' "${FPMDIR}/usr/php/php.ini" sed -i 's/.*mail.add_x_header.*/mail.add_x_header = On/' "${FPMDIR}/usr/php/php.ini" sed -i 's@.*mail.log.*@mail.log = /usr/local/apache/logs/phpmail.log@' "${FPMDIR}/usr/php/php.ini" echo "include=${FPMDIR}/usr/etc/php-fpm.d/users/*.conf" > "${FPMDIR}/usr/etc/php-fpm.d/users.conf" echo "include=${FPMDIR}/usr/etc/php-fpm.d/*.conf" > "${FPMDIR}/usr/etc/php-fpm.conf" cat > "${FPMDIR}/usr/etc/php-fpm.d/cwpsvc.conf" <<EOF [cwpsvc] listen = ${FPMDIR}/usr/var/sockets/cwpsvc.sock listen.owner = cwpsvc listen.group = cwpsvc listen.mode = 0640 user = cwpsvc group = cwpsvc pm = ondemand pm.max_children = 25 pm.process_idle_timeout = 15s request_terminate_timeout = 0 EOF # --- Systemd service --- cp sapi/fpm/php-fpm.service "/usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}.service" sed -i "s|\${exec_prefix}|${FPMDIR}/usr|g" "/usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}.service" sed -i "s|\${prefix}|${FPMDIR}/usr|g" "/usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}.service" systemctl daemon-reload systemctl enable "php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}" # --- Loading Apache FPM module if not already present --- if [ ! -e "/usr/local/apache/conf.d/php-fpm.conf" ]; then cat > /usr/local/apache/conf.d/php-fpm.conf <<EOF <IfModule !proxy_fcgi_module> LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so </IfModule> EOF fi # --- External modules (imagick, redis, imap, etc.) --- if [ -e "${CONFBASE}/php${PHPMAJOR}_external.conf" ]; then bash "${CONFBASE}/php${PHPMAJOR}_external.conf" || true fi # --- Monitor integration --- if [ -d "/etc/monit.d" ]; then if [ ! -e "/etc/monit.d/php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}" ]; then if [ -e "/usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/monit.d/php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}" ]; then cp "/usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/monit.d/php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}" /etc/monit.d/ 2>/dev/null || true monit reload || true fi fi fi systemctl restart "php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}" # --- CSF pignore --- if [ -e "/etc/csf/csf.pignore" ]; then # PHP-FPM + PHP binary if ! grep -q "${FPMDIR}/usr/sbin/php-fpm" /etc/csf/csf.pignore; then echo "exe:${FPMDIR}/usr/sbin/php-fpm" >> /etc/csf/csf.pignore fi if ! grep -q "${FPMDIR}/usr/bin/php" /etc/csf/csf.pignore; then echo "exe:${FPMDIR}/usr/bin/php" >> /etc/csf/csf.pignore fi # memcached daemon if command -v memcached >/dev/null 2>&1; then if ! grep -q "exe:/usr/bin/memcached" /etc/csf/csf.pignore; then echo "exe:/usr/bin/memcached" >> /etc/csf/csf.pignore fi fi # redis-server daemon if command -v redis-server >/dev/null 2>&1; then if ! grep -q "exe:/usr/bin/redis-server" /etc/csf/csf.pignore; then echo "exe:/usr/bin/redis-server" >> /etc/csf/csf.pignore fi fi # Restart CSF/LFD to apply changes csf -r fi rm -rf /usr/local/src/php-build rm -rf /usr/local/src/build-dir echo "PHP ${PHPVER} (php-fpm${PHPMAJOR}) build finished successfully." It is for sample, you can modify it by your needs. ⚙️ Step 5 — Trigger the GUI Build OnceFrom the CWP Admin Panel: PHP-FPM Selector → PHP 8.4 → Choose desired version of PHP → Build CWP will: generate the build configuration files stop early because no packages exist (expected!) but now the config files are ready The GUI selector (Image on the shared link) This step must be done once so the GUI produces: /usr/local/cwp/.conf/php-fpm_conf/php84.conf /usr/local/cwp/.conf/php-fpm_conf/php84_pre.conf /usr/local/cwp/.conf/php-fpm_conf/php84_external.conf Our builder script depends on them. ⚙️ Step 6 — Build PHP 8.4 With LoggingRun the custom builder script manually: bash /root/build-php-fpm84-el9.sh 2>&1 | tee /root/php84-build.log This: logs all output compiles PHP 8.4.14 installs extensions - e.g. IonCube loader if it was selected reloads FPM integrates CSF pignore entries exe:/usr/bin/redis-server exe:/usr/bin/memcached After the build: Test PHP:/opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/bin/php -v /opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/sbin/php-fpm -t Verify IonCube:grep -Ri ioncube /opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/php/php.d/ Verify Imagick:/opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/bin/php -r "print_r(Imagick::getVersion());"⚙️ Repeat the Process for PHP 8.5The steps are identical, except: PHP version is different ionCube loader uses the beta build ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64_beta.tar.gz Here is the IonCube documentation. The PHP 8.4 is fully supported, PHP 8.5 is Beta in the moment. 🎉 ResultAfter completing these steps you will have: ✔ Fully working PHP 8.4 or 8.5 ✔ 100% GUI-compatible (PHP Selector, vhost handler, extension manager) ✔ Proper OpenSSL 3.x integration ✔ All external PECL modules working ✔ Systemd FPM services ✔ Clean, isolated alt-PHP folders under /opt/alt ✔ No conflict with AlmaLinux REMI PHP packages And most importantly: You can now run PHP 8.4 / 8.5 safely in production on CWP EL9. I also fixed the PHP - OpenSSL compilation issue in AlmaLinux 9.x with PHP 8.3.28 version of the script. PHP now uses OpenSSL 3.x. Checking the compiled PHP versions (e.g. 8.4.14 and 8.3.28): [root@vps ~]# /opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/bin/php -v PHP 8.4.14 (cli) (built: Dec 1 2025 22:53:34) (NTS) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.4.14, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with the ionCube PHP Loader v15.0.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2025, by ionCube Ltd. with Zend OPcache v8.4.14, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies [root@vps ~]# /opt/alt/php-fpm83/usr/bin/php -v PHP 8.3.28 (cli) (built: Dec 1 2025 16:39:53) (NTS) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.3.28, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v8.3.28, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies [root@vps ~]# Checking OpenSSL: [root@vps ~]# /opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/bin/php -i | grep -i "openssl" Configure Command => './configure' '--prefix=/opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr' '--with-config-file-path=/opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/php' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/php/php.d' '--with-zlib=/usr' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-zip' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-pcntl' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-exif' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-sysvmsg' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--with-tidy' '--with-curl' '--with-iconv' '--with-gmp' '--with-pspell' '--enable-gd' '--with-jpeg' '--with-freetype' '--enable-gd-jis-conv' '--with-webp' '--with-avif' '--with-zlib-dir=/usr' '--with-xpm' '--with-openssl=/usr' '--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd' '--with-gettext=/usr' '--with-bz2=/usr' '--with-mysqli' '--enable-soap' '--enable-phar' '--with-xsl' '--with-kerberos' '--enable-posix' '--enable-sockets' '--with-external-pcre' '--with-libdir=lib64' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--enable-intl' '--with-imap' '--with-imap-ssl' '--enable-fpm' '--enable-opcache' '--with-password-argon2' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig' 'OPENSSL_CFLAGS=-I/usr/include' 'OPENSSL_LIBS=-L/usr/lib64' SSL Version => OpenSSL/3.5.1 libSSH Version => libssh/0.10.4/openssl/zlib openssl OpenSSL support => enabled OpenSSL Library Version => OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025 OpenSSL Header Version => OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025 Openssl default config => /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf openssl.cafile => no value => no value openssl.capath => no value => no value OpenSSL support => enabled [root@vps ~]# If you have any suggestions, please feel free to write to me.

Unfortunately, for some time now, the CSF + LFD firewall has not been installed under AlmaLinux 9.x when installing CWP Pro, so I have installed the last 3 servers under AlmaLinux 8.10. So I don't have a VPS suitable for testing, but I have put together a solution for PHP 8.4 on one of the less busy production AlmaLinux 9.x VPS, which is quite CWP GUI friendly. And this could perhaps be supplemented or improved. I'll post it here in a separate post.

Hi if you send me a test VPS for Alma 9 I'll test and publish the post

@TheHolbi I'll give it a try. Thanks. @Sandeep B. Any update on a tutorial for 8.4 until it is launched in CWPpro? With ionCube, IMAP, LDAP and mailparse would be nice. 😉

Hello @Sandeep B. What can we expect? Would you have some time to show a PHP 8.4, 8.5 installation that works with the CWP GUI?

Thank you so much!

Is Sandeep OK? I have been wondering this for some months. I asked about paid support like I have in times past back in June and I did not hear back from him. I do care to know he is OK. I appreciate forum this one and the original and the excellent consise private support. @Sandeep B. How are you bro? - John In Vancouver British Columbia Canada here. I hope all is well. Please post so there is proof of life :-) Blessings.

I found a glitch. @ /admin/index.php?module=csfofficial There is no more ConfigServer Scripts ConfigServer Firewall There is just a bank page with this header / title "csfofficial" Log viewer and firewall tools are missng. Has anyone else found this as well and if so is there a fix or is it lost without dev.configserver.com ?

Applied this fix. Went from 14.26 to 15.0 without any hiccups using starburt's supplied config. Then I looked at the issue further and found that Aetherinox / csf-firewall was prbably going to be most supported and having a help community if needs be. So I cahttr -i the conf files, edited them, then I chattr +i them again and did an update via CWP and not the command line.using Aetherinox / csf-firewall brought the version upto date at V 15.07 Not sure what made me look but I was doing some admin and looked at Way to the Web Ltd in a csf file and looked up and Configserver.com to find out that it has closed down permanently. Note: I was thinking at first the CWP would update the package sourses in cwp script/s update. I went ahead without nowing if they had or had not. @TheHolbi @Starburst @Sandeep B. Is CWP going to update CWP with a new cfs repository / source? Will it hoop our fire walls if we took matters into our own hands by using the examples above? Is CWP going to pull from the Aetherinox / csf-firewall frok?

so the missing support from Sandeep makes this forum completely useless

Just as a note that is for the Forked version by Aetherinox who registered the .dev domain name. Which is fine if you want to stick wit them going forward. Just an FYI

When upgrading from 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 to 10.11 to find the proper MariaDB repo you can use this service: curl -LsS https://r.mariadb.com/downloads/mariadb_repo_setup | sudo bash -s -- --mariadb-server-version="mariadb-10.11" Description: Link: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-package-repository-setup-and-usage/