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-# i-MSCP PhpSwitcher plugin
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-**Be aware that this documentation is for the last available version. If you use an older version, you must refer to the README.md file inside the plugin archive.**
+**Bear in mind that this documentation is for the lastest PhpSwitcher plugin version. If you use an older version, you must refer to the README.md file inside the plugin archive.**
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-## Introduction
+# i-MSCP PhpSwitcher plugin v5.0.0
 Provides additional PHP versions for customers.
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 ## Requirements
-- i-MSCP Serie 1.3.x
+- One of the [supported distributions](#supported_distributions)
-- Either the Fcgid or the PHP-FPM Apache2 httpd server implementation
+- i-MSCP Serie ≥ 1.5.3
+- The Fcgid or the FPM i-MSCP httpd server implementation
-You can switch between HTTPD server implementations by running the following commands:
+### Supported distributions
-```
+- Debian Jessie 8.x, Debian Stretch 9.x, Debian Buster 10.x
-# cd <path_to_your_imscp_archive>
+- Ubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04, Ubuntu Bionic Beaver 18.04
-# perl imscp-autoinstall -dar httpd
+- Devuan Jessie 1.x, Devuan ASCII 2.x
-```
+### Recommendations
-Note that when asked, it is recommended to choose the `per_site` PHP configuration level. This allow your customers to
+Recommended use of this plugin is with the i-MSCP FPM httpd server in **UDS**
-set different PHP versions for any of their domains (domain, subdomains...).
+mode, and with the **per_site** PHP configuration level.
 ## Installation
-. Be sure that all requirements as stated in the requirements section are met
+. Be sure that all requirements are met
-. Upload the plugin through the plugin management interface
+. Upload and install the plugin through the plugin management interface
-. Install the plugin through the plugin management interface
+. Compile, install and/or register your PHP versions
-. Compile and install additional PHP versions (see below to know how)
-. Register additional PHP versions through the PhpSwitcher administration interface (see below to know how)
 ## Update
-. Read the UPDATE file inside the plugin archive
+. Read the UPDATE.md file inside the plugin archive
-. Be sure that all requirements as stated in the requirements section are met
+. Be sure that all requirements are met
 . Upload the plugin through the plugin management interface
-. Update the plugin list through the plugin management interface
+. Compile, install and/or register your PHP versions
-. Re-compile your PHP versions if needed (see the doc/graceful_update.md file to know how)
-## Setup new PHP versions
+## Glossary
-At first, you must download, configure, compile and install the PHP versions that you want make available for your
+In the documentation below, the following variables are used:
-customers. For this, you can either do the job manually, or use the PHP compiler (recommended) that is shipped with this
-plugin.
-If you choose to compile your additional PHP versions manually, you must not forget to build them with the `cgi` SAPI,
+- %version%    : One of available PHP version such as 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 ...
-even if you don't use the Fcgid Apache2 httpd server implementation. Indeed the PHP FastCGI binary is always required
+- %ymd%        : The date of the day such as 20190831
-by this plugin. You must also not forgot to update the patterns inside the plugin configuration file.
+- %installdir% : Installation directory such as /opt/phpswitcher/20170306
-Be aware that configuring multiple PHP-FPM instances requires to name your binaries with unique names. This is
+## Compiled PHP versions
-needed to avoid conflict with PHP-FPM master processes. If you don't have any idea of what we are talking about, it is
-best for you to simply use the PHP compiler which will do all that work for you.
-### PHP compiler
+This plugin provides the `php_compiler.pl` script that can, compile and install
+additional PHP versions in one step. It can also register them in the
+Phpswitcher plugin.
-The PHP compiler is a Perl script that downloads, configures, compiles and installs additional PHP versions in one step,
+For example, if you want to compile and install all additional PHP versions, you
-without any human intervention. The script is located in the PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler directory.
+can execute the following command:
-For instance, if you want to setup the PHP 7.1 version, you can run the following command:
-```
+```shell
-# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl 7.1
+# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl
 ```
-or if you want to setup any other PHP version, or all supported by this script, you can run it as follow:
+or if you want to install specific PHP versions:
-```
+```shell
-# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl %version%
+# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl %version% %version%
 ```
-where the `%version%` parameter can be one of the available PHP version or `all` for all available PHP versions. Note
+You can also automatically register the PHP versions in the PhpSwitcher plugin
-that the `%version%` parameter can be used more than once. For instance
+by passing the `--register` option. For instance:
-```
+```shell
-# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl 5.5 5.6 7.0 7.1
+# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl --register %version% %version%
 ```
-#### Supported PHP versions
+Doing this avoid the need to register them manually through the PhpSwitcher
+plugin administration interface.
-PHP versions provided by the compiler depend on the httpd server implementation in use. For instance, older PHP versions
+### Supported PHP versions
-such as PHP 4.4 and PHP 5.2 don't provide the `fpm` SAPI, and therefore, the compiler doesn't provides these versions
-when it detects that you use the PHP-FPM Apache2 httpd server implementation.
-If you use the Fcgid Apache2 httpd server implementation, the following PHP versions are supported: `4.4`, `5.2`, `5.3`,
+The supported PHP versions are the last that were available when this plugin
-`5.4`, `5.5`, `5.6`, `7.0` and `7.1`.
+version has been released. This means that by default, the versions provided by
+the `php_compiler.pl` script can be lower than the last that were released on
+the PHP site.
-If you use the PHP-FPM Apache2 httpd server implementation, the following PHP versions are supported: `5.3`, `5.4`,
+Supported PHP versions are: `5.3` up-to `7.4`
-`5.5`, `5.6`, `7.0` and `7.1`.
-Note that the supported PHP versions are the last that were available when this plugin version has been released. This
+#### Forcing the `php_compiler.pl` script to download latest PHP sources
-means that by default, the versions provided by the compiler can be lower than the last released on the PHP site. In
-such case, you can try to use the `--force-last` command line option that tells the PHP compiler to download the last
-released versions. However, you must be aware that the PHP compiler could fail to apply the needed patches on these
-versions. In such a case, you should report us the failure message by creating an issue on our bug tracker.
-#### Building and installation directories
+You can ask the `php_compiler.pl` script to download latest PHP sources by
+passing the `--force-last` option. However, you must bear in mind that some
+patches might not longer apply, in which case you should report us the failure
+message by creating a new issue on our bug tracker.
-By default, the PHP compiler will build new PHP versions into the /usr/local/src/phpswitcher/php%version% directory and
+### Download directory
-install them in the /opt/phpswitcher/php%version% directory but you can change this behavior using command line options.
-To get list of all available command line options, you can run:
+By default, the PHP sources are downloaded in the `/usr/local/src/phpswitcher`
+directory. You can override the default download directory by passing the
+`--download-dir` option to the `php_compiler.pl` script.
-```
+### Build directory
-# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl --help
-```
-#### SSL support for PHP 4.4
-PHP 4.4 is is built against a self-compiled OpenSSL library (openssl-0.9.8) that is installed in the
+By default, the compiled PHP versions are build in the
-/opt/phpswitcher/openssl/openssl-0.9.8zh directory.
+`/usr/local/src/phpswitcher/php%version%` directory. You can override the
+default build directory by passing the  `--build-dir` option to the
+`php_compiler.pl` script.
-#### SSL support for PHP >= 4.4 < 7.0
+### Installation directory
-For systems on which OpenSSL library is greater than 1.1.0, PHP versions greater than 4.4 but older than 7.0 are built
+By default, the compiled PHP versions are installed in the
-against a  self-compiled OpenSSL library (1.0.2k) that is installed in the /opt/phpswitcher/openssl/openssl-1.0.2k
+`/opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%` directory. You can override the
-directory.
+default installation directory by passing the  `--install-dir` option to the
+`php_compiler.pl` script.
-#### Changes made on PHP versions
+### Changes made on PHP sources
-PHP versions provided by the PHP compiler are almost identical to those which are provided by the Debian team. For each
+A set of patches is applied on PHP sources before configuring them. The patches
-PHP version, a set of patches is applied on upstream source before compiling them. The patches include the following
+include the following changes:
-changes:
 - Multiarch support
-- Usage of libtool as provided by Debian package instead of the bundled version (when possible)
+- Support for latest OpenSSL 1.1.x version
-- Any patch that fix a bug, a security issue or an FTBFS issue
+- Any patch that fix a bug, a security issue or a FTBFS issue
-Majority of the applied patches were pulled from the Debian PHP source packages and adjusted when needed, while some
+Most of the patches were pulled from the Debian PHP team git repository and
-other were created to resolve FTBFS issues or adjust configuration. Patches which were not pulled from Debian PHP source
+modified when needed, while some other were created to resolve FTBFS issues.
-packages are prefixed with the `nxw_` prefix.
+Patches which were not pulled from Debian PHP team git repository have the
+`nxw-` prefix in their names.
-#### Enabled PHP extensions
+### PHP extensions
-Enabled PHP extensions are the same that are enabled in PHP versions provided by Debian team. However, it should be
+PHP extensions are the same that are provided by PHP versions from the Debian
-noted that the db extension is disabled for PHP versions older than 5.3.x due to incompatibility with the Berkeley
+PHP team. Most are compiled as shared module.
-Database libraries versions that are shipped with Debian >= Wheezy and Ubuntu >= Precise.
-Several extensions are compiled as shared module. See below for more details.
+### PHP build dependencies (since version 5.0.0)
-#### Build dependencies
+The `php_compiler.pl` script install the build dependencies for you by creating
+a specific Debian dependency package for each PHP version. These  packages are
+purged after a successfull build.
-The PHP compiler installs the build dependencies for you. However, if a package isn't available, it will go ahead and
+### PHP runtime dependencies (since version 5.0.0)
-the PHP configuration process will fail.
-#### Parallel Execution (GNU make)
+The `php_compiler.pl` script install the PHP runtime dependencies for you by
+creating a specific Debian runtime dependency package for each PHP version.
+These packages are purged only when you uninstall the plugin.
-For faster compilation, the parallel execution feature provided by GNU make is enabled whenever possible. This feature
+### Build environment (since version 5.0.0)
-allows to execute many recipes simultaneously. By default, the number of parallel jobs is set according the number of
-CPU core available on your system. You can still set the value manually using the `--parallel-jobs` command line option
-as follow:
-```
+Build perations are performed in a chroot environment by default. This allows to
-# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl --parallel-jobs 1 7.1
+setup a clean build environment, and this also avoid to pollute the production
-```
+system with PHP build dependencies.
+You can switch back to the historical behavior by passing the `--no-chroot`
+option to the `php_compiler.pl` script.
+### Parallel Execution (GNU make)
+For faster compilation, the parallel execution feature provided by GNU make is
+enabled. This feature allows to execute many recipes simultaneously. By default,
+the number of parallel jobs is set according the number of CPU core available on
+your system + 1. You can still set the value manually by passing the
+`--parallel-jobs`  option to the `php_compiler.pl` script.
-Here, only one recipe will be run at time.
+See [Parallel Execution](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Parallel.html)
+for further details about this feature.
-See https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Parallel.html for further details about this feature.
+### Installation layout
-#### Installation layout
+For all PHP versions provided by the PHP compiler, the following installation
+layout applies:
-First, you must note that in all cases, we build the following SAPIs: `cli`, `cgi` and `fpm`. This allows switching on
+#### Common to all PHP SAPIs
-other httpd server implementation without having to rebuild all PHP versions. This is also needed to build static
-phpinfo files (we always use the PHP FastCGI binary to build static phpinfo files).
-For all versions provided by the PHP compiler, the following installation layout applies:
+- Main php.ini file: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/etc/php/php.ini
+- Additional *.ini files: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/etc/php/conf.d
-#### Common to cgi and fpm SAPIs
+#### PHP cli SAPI
-- PHP CLI binary: /opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/bin/php
+- PHP CLI binary: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/bin/php
-- Master php.ini file: /opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/etc/php/php.ini
-- Additional *.ini files: /opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/etc/php/conf.d
-#### Specific to cgi SAPI
+#### PHP cgi SAPI
-- PHP FastCGI binary: /opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/bin/php-cgi
+- PHP FastCGI binary: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/bin/php-cgi
-- Customer php.ini files: /var/www/fcgi/%domain%/php%version%/php.ini
+- User php.ini files: /var/www/fcgi/%domain%/php%version%/php.ini
-#### Specific to fpm SAPI
+#### PHP fpm SAPI
-- PHP-FPM binary: /opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/sbin/psw%version%-fpm
+- PHP-FPM binary: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/sbin/psw%version%-fpm
-- PHP-FPM configuration file: /opt/phpswitcher/php%Version%/etc/php-fpm.conf
+- PHP-FPM configuration file: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%Version%/etc/php-fpm.conf
-- PHP-FPM checkconf script: /usr/local/lib/phpswitcher/psw%version%-fpm-checkconf
 - PHP-FPM instance pid file: /var/run/phpswitcher/psw%version%-fpm.pid
 - PHP-FPM log file: /var/log/phpswitcher/psw%version%-fpm.log
-- PHP-FPM pool configuration files: /opt/phpswitcher/php%Version%/etc/php-fpm.d/%domain%.conf
+- PHP-FPM pool configuration files: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%Version%/etc/php-fpm.d/%domain%.conf
 - PHP-FPM reopenlogs script: /usr/local/lib/phpswitcher/psw%version%-fpm-reopenlogs
 - PHP-FPM sysvinit script: /etc/init.d/psw%version%-fpm
 - PHP-FPM tmpfile: /etc/tmpfiles.d/psw%version%-fpm.conf
-As you can see, we use a specific naming convention for PHP-FPM. This is needed to avoid conflict between different
+As you can see, there is a specific naming convention for PHP-FPM. This is needed
-PHP-FPM installations.
+to avoid conflict with packaged PHP versions.
-Note that the `psw` suffix stands for `PhpSwitcher`.
+Note that the `psw` prefix stands for `PhpSwitcher`.
-## Configuration
+#### Static paths (since version 5.0.0)
-### PHP configuration
+For convenience, the `php_compiler.pl` script also creates symlinks to the
+installation directories of various PHP versions, which allows the sysadmin
+to access the PHP binaries always by the same paths (e.g. in CRONTAB(5) files).
-This section is only relevant if you installed additional PHP versions with the PHP compiler.
+These symlinks are created in the `/opt/phpswitcher/static` directory, either at
+the installation stage, or at the registration stage. If you do not want these
+symlinks, you can pass the `--no-static-paths` option to the `php_compiler.pl`
+script.
-First, it is important to note that it is useless to edit any PHP configuration file located under the /etc/php5
+Note that when the symlinks are available, they will be used for registration
-directory for a PHP version that has been built by the PHP compiler. Indeed, the files located under that directory are
+process in place of the default paths.
-only relevant for the PHP versions provided by your distribution.
-For the same reasons, it is useless to try to enable/disable a PHP module using the command line tools
+## Packaged PHP versions (since version 5.0.0)
-php5enmod/php5dismod that are provided by your distribution. Those tools only operate on the .ini files that are
-provided by your distribution.
-#### PEAR packages
+The `php_compiler.pl` script also make possible to register packaged PHP
+versions in the PhpSwitcher plugin. Packaged PHP versions are either those
+provided by the Debian PHP team, or the Ondřej Surý repositories. To register
+the packaged PHP versions, you need to execute the following command:
-Each PHP version has its own PEAR that is installed under the `/opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/share/pear` directory.
+```shell
-Please don't try to include PEAR library from another location without knowning what you are doing. Doing this could
+# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl --register --packaged
-lead to serious problems.
+```
-If you need to install additional PEAR packages, you must install them using the `pear` command provided by the PHP
-version for which you want act. For instance:
+When the `--packaged` option is passed-in, the `php_compiler.pl` script will
+favor registration of packaged PHP versions rather than compiled ones. In other
+words, for a given PHP version, the PHP compiler will fallback to a compiled PHP
+version only if there is no packaged PHP version available.
+If you only want work with packaged PHP versions, you can also pass the
+`--packaged-only` option:
+```shell
+# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl --register --packaged --packaged-only
 ```
-# /opt/phpswitcher/php5.6/bin/pear install Net_SMTP
+With this option, only the packaged PHP versions will be considered, regardless
+of their availalibity. If no packaged PHP version is available, nothing will
+happend, that is, no fallback to a compiled PHP version will be made.
+You can of course still specify the PHP versions for which you want to operate
+on, and you can also change the default directory, where the PHP compiler is
+looking for the compiled PHP versions, by passing the `--install-dir` option.
+For instance:
+```shell
+# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl --register --packaged --install-dir /opt/my/install/directory 7.1 7.3 7.4
 ```
-will install the `Net_SMTP` PEAR package into the `/opt/phpswitcher/php5.6/share/pear` directory. Thus, that package
+Note that for a packaged PHP version, the plugin backend will skip generation of
-will be available for customers that use the PHP 5.6 version.
+most configuration files as those are already provided by the package. You need
+also remember that for a packaged PHP version, the FPM service name is
+`php%version%-fpm` instead of `psw%version%-fpm`.
-#### PHP extensions (modules)
+Finally, you need keep in mind that for the `php_compiler.pl` script, the
+packaged PHP versions are considered only when all requirements are met, that
+is, when for a given PHP version, the CGI sapi, FPM sapi, and the PEAR
+distribution are all installed on the system. For instance, if you want to
+register the PHP 7.3 packaged version, you must first make sure that all
+required distribution packages are installed:
-For convenience, most of PHP extensions are compiled as shared modules. When installing a new PHP version, the PHP
+```shell
-compiler create a specific INI file that enable most of available PHP extensions. By default, this file is located at
+# apt-get update
-`/opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/etc/php/conf.d/modules.ini`.
+# apt-get install php7.3-cli php7.3-cgi php7.3-fpm php-pear
+```
-Here, a single INI file is used for ease. This is not like with PHP Debian packages where an INI file is created for
+## PEAR packages
-each module. To enable/disable a specific module, you must just edit the INI file and then, restart the Web server or
-related PHP-FPM  instance, according the httpd server implementation you use.
-#### Pecl extensions
+### For a compiled PHP version
-If you want install a Pecl extension for a specific PHP version, you must not use the `pecl` or `phpize` commands that
+Each compiled PHP version comes with its own PEAR distribution which is
-are shipped with your distribution. Instead, you must use the commands that are provided in the directory of the PHP
+installed under the `/opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/share/pear` directory.
-version for which you want act.
-For instance, if you want install the `FileInfo` Pecl extension that was not yet integrated in PHP 5.2, you must process
+You shouldn't try to include a PEAR library from another location without
-as follow:
+knowing what you are doing because doing this could lead to an unexpected
+behavior.
+If you want to install additional PEAR packages, you must install them using
+the `pear` command provided by the compiled PHP version for which you want act.
+For instance:
-```
+```shell
-# /opt/phpswitcher/php5.2/bin/pecl install fileinfo
+# cd /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%Version%/bin
-# echo 'extension = fileinfo.so' >> /opt/phpswitcher/php5.2/etc/php/conf.d/modules.ini
+# ./pear install Net_SMTP
 ```
-#### APCu extension
+### For a packaged PHP version
-APCu is a userland cache stripped of opcode caching that comes in replacement of the APC extension. It is a good
+For a packaged PHP version, you just need to install the distribution package:
-complement for PHP versions >= PHP 5.5 that already provide an opcode cache through the OPcache extension.
-If you want install this extension for one of your PHP version, you can do as follow
+```shell
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get install php-net-smtp
 ```
-# /opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/bin/pecl install channel://pecl.php.net/apcu-%apcu_version%
-# PHP_EXT_DIR=$(/opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/bin/php-config --extension-dir)
+or if there is none, you can process as follows:
-# echo "extension = $PHP_EXT_DIR/apcu.so" > /opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/etc/php/conf.d/02_apcu.ini
+```shell
+# /usr/bin/pear install Net_SMTP
 ```
-then, if you use the Fcgid Apache2 httpd server implementation
+## PHP extensions
-```
+### For a compiled PHP version
-# service apache2 restart
+For convenience, most of PHP extensions are compiled as shared modules. When a
+compiled PHP version is being installed, a specific INI file that enable most of
+available PHP extensions is created. By default, this file is located at
+`/opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/etc/php/conf.d/modules.ini`.
+Here, a single INI file is involved. This is not like with a packaged PHP
+version where there is one INI file per extension.
+To enable/disable a specific PHP extension, you must just edit the modules.ini
+INI file and once done, restart the Web server or PHP-FPM instance, depending on
+the i-MSCP httpd server implementation in use.
+### For a packaged PHP version
+For a packaged PHP version, you can enable/disable the PHP extensions using the
+phpenmod/phpdismod command provided by your distribution.
+## PECL extensions
+### For a compiled PHP version
+If you want to install a PECL extension, you must not invoke the `pecl` or
+`phpize` commands that are provided by your distribution. Instead, you must
+invoke those that are provided by the compiled PHP version for which you want
+act.
+For instance, if you want to install the `Imagick` PECL extension you can
+process as follows:
+```shell
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get -y install libmagickwand-dev imagemagick
+# /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/bin/pecl install imagick
+# echo 'extension = imagick.so' > /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/etc/php/conf.d/imagick.ini
 ```
-else
+Finally, you must restart the Web server or PHP-FPM instance, depending on the
+i-MSCP httpd server implementation in use.
-```
+### For a packaged PHP version
-# service psw%version%-fpm restart
+For a packaged PHP version, you just need to install the distribution package:
+```shell
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get install php%version%-imagick
+```
+or if there is none, you can process as follows:
+```shell
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get -y install php%version%-dev libmagickwand-dev imagemagick
+# update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php%version%
+# update-alternatives --set phpize /usr/bin/phpize%version%
+# update-alternatives --set php-config /usr/bin/php-config%version%
+# pecl install imagick
+# echo 'extension = imagick.so' > /etc/php/%version%/mods-available/imagick.ini
+# phpenmod -v %version% imagick
 ```
-Note that the APcu version to install depends on your PHP version
+Finally, you must restart the Web server, or PHP-FPM instance, depending on the
+i-MSCP httpd server implementation in use.
-- 4.0.x for PHP 5.5.x and 5.6.x
+You can uninstall the PECL extension by following the same procedure, replacing
-- 5.1.x for PHP 7.0.x and PHP 7.1.x
+the pecl `install` command by the pecl `uninstall` command. However, you'll have
+to disable the module first. For instance:
-#### IonCube loader
+```shell
+# update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php%version%
+# update-alternatives --set phpize /usr/bin/phpize%version%
+# update-alternatives --set php-config /usr/bin/php-config%version%
+# phpdismod -v %version% imagick
+# rm /etc/php/%version%/mods-available/imagick.ini
+# pecl uninstall imagick
+```
-If you want install this extension for one of your PHP version, you can do as follow:
+**WARNING:** In both cases, you must not forget to reset the various
+alternatives to their previous values, as required by i-MSCP core:
+```shell
+# PHP_VERSION=$(egrep '^PHP_VERSION' /etc/imscp/php/php.data | sed -e 's/PHP_VERSION\s\+=\s\+\(.*\)/\1/g')
+# update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php"$PHP_VERSION"
+# update-alternatives --set phpize /usr/bin/phpize"$PHP_VERSION"
+# update-alternatives --set php-config /usr/bin/php-config"$PHP_VERSION"
 ```
+## IonCube loader
+If you want to install this extension for one of your PHP version, you can
+process as follows (example for the x86-64 architecture):
+### For a compiled PHP version
+```shell
 # cd /usr/local/src
 # wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
 # tar -xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
 # cd ioncube
-# PHP_EXT_DIR=$(/opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/bin/php-config --extension-dir)
+# PHP_EXT_DIR=$(/opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/bin/php-config --extension-dir)
 # cp ioncube_loader_lin_%version%.so $PHP_EXT_DIR/ioncube.so
-# echo "zend_extension = $PHP_EXT_DIR/ioncube.so" > /opt/phpswitcher/php%version%/etc/php/conf.d/01_ioncube.ini
+# echo "zend_extension = $PHP_EXT_DIR/ioncube.so" > /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/etc/php/conf.d/01_ioncube.ini
 ```
-then, if you use the Fcgid Apache2 httpd server implementation
+Finally, you must restart the Web server or PHP-FPM instance, depending on the
+i-MSCP httpd server implementation in use.
-```
+### For a packaged PHP version
-# service apache2 restart
+```shell
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get install php%version%-dev
+# cd /usr/local/src
+# wget http://downloads3.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
+# tar -xzf ioncube_loaders_lin_x86-64.tar.gz
+# cd ioncube
+# PHP_EXT_DIR=$(php-config%version% --extension-dir)
+# cp ioncube_loader_lin_%version%.so "$PHP_EXT_DIR"/ioncube.so
+# echo -e "; priority=01\nzend_extension = $PHP_EXT_DIR"/ioncube.so" >> /etc/php/%version%/mods-available/ioncube.ini
+# phpenmod -v %version% ioncube
 ```
-else
+Finally, you must restart the Web server or PHP-FPM instance, depending on the
+i-MSCP httpd server implementation in use.
-```
+## PHP configuration information (phpinfo)
-# service psw%version%-fpm restart
-```
-Once done, you can ensure that all is ok by running the following command:
+This feature allows the customers to access the configuration information of
+various PHP versions through their own PhpSwitcher interface. This feature can
+be disabled by editing the plugin configuration file, and by triggering a plugin
+list update through the plugin management interface.
-```
+### With the i-MSCP FPM httpd server implementation
-# /opt/phpswitcher/php4.4/bin/php -v
-```
-which should give a similar result:
+The plugin make use of the default `www.conf` FPM pool of each PHP version to
+serve the PHP configuration information at runtime.
-```
+### With the i-MSCP Fcgid httpd server implementation
-PHP 4.4.9 (cgi-fcgi) (built: May  3 2015 14:16:01)
-Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group
-Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies
-    with the ionCube PHP Loader v5.0.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2015, by ionCube Ltd.
-```
-Note that in the example above, we assume an amd64 architecture (64 bits OS).
+The plugin generate a static PHP info file for each PHP version. Because the
+information are static, you must not forget to re-generate them each time you do
+a configuration change for a specific PHP version (e.g. when you enable or
+disable a PHP/PECL extension). This task can be done through the PhpSwitcher
+administration interface, for each PHP version.
-### PHP info files
+## Registration of new PHP versions
-For each PHP version that is registered through the PhpSwitcher administration interface (see below), a static phpinfo
+You can register new PHP version either using the `php_compiler.pl` script
-file is generated, which allows your customers to get PHP information via their own PhpSwitcher interface. This feature,
+(recommended), or manually through the PhpSwitcher administration interface.
-if not desired, can be disabled by editing the plugin configuration file and by updating the plugin list through the
-plugin management interface.
-Be aware that because the phpinfo files are static, you must re-generate them each time you made a configuration change
+### Registration through the `php_compiler.pl` script
-for a specific PHP version (e.g. when you enable or disable a PHP/Pecl extension). This task can be done through the
-PhpSwitcher administration interface. Be also aware that because those files are static, some information such as memory
-could not matches with those that you have set for your customers (e.g. using the PHP editor provided by i-MSCP).
-### Registering a new PHP version in PhpSwitcher
+To register a PHP version, you need to execute the following command:
-Once you have installed a new PHP version, you need to register it into the PhpSwitcher plugin to make it available for
+```shell
-your customers. For instance:
+# perl /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/PhpSwitcher/PhpCompiler/php_compiler.pl --register --install-dir %installdir%
+```
-. Login into the panel as administrator and go to the PhpSwitcher administration interface (settings section)
+See the previous documentation sections for all possible options, notably those
-. Create a new PHP version as follow (example for PHP 7.1):
+which apply to packaged PHP versions.
-    #### PHP Common settings (Required)
+### Registration through the PhpSwitcher administration interface
-     - Path to PEAR directory: /opt/phpswitcher/php7.1/share/pear
-    #### PHP FastCGI settings (Required)
+. Login into the panel as administrator and go to the PhpSwitcher
-     - Path to binary: /opt/phpswitcher/php7.1/bin/php-cgi
+   administration interface (settings section)
+. Setup your new PHP versions as follows:
-    #### PHP-FPM settings (Only if you use PHP-FPM httpd server implementation)
+    #### Common settings (Required)
-     - Path to binary: /opt/phpswitcher/php7.1/sbin/psw7.1-fpm
+     - Path to PEAR directory: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/share/pear
-     - Path to configuration file: /opt/phpswitcher/php7.1/etc/php-fpm.conf
-     - Path to pool directory: /opt/phpswitcher/php7.1/etc/php-fpm.d
-Once done and if all went well, your customers should be able to switch on this new PHP version through their own
+    #### PHP FastCGI settings (Required)
-PhpSwitcher interface.
+     - Path to binary: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/bin/php-cgi
+    #### PHP-FPM settings (Required)
+     - Path to binary: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/sbin/psw%version%-fpm
+     - Path to configuration file: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/etc/php-fpm.conf
+     - Path to pool directory: /opt/phpswitcher/%ymd%/php%version%/etc/php-fpm.d
 ## Plugin translation
-You can translate this plugin using a gettext translation editor such as `poedit`. Translation files are located under
+You can translate this plugin using a gettext translation editor such as
-the `./l10n` directory inside of this plugin archive. Once translated you can send us your translation file (po file)
+`poedit`. Translation files are located under the `./l10n` directory inside of
-for integration in future release.
+this plugin archive. Once translated you can send us your translation file
+(po file) for integration in future release.
-Note that if no translation file exists for your localization in the `./l10n/po` directory, you must create it first
+Note that if no translation file exists for your localization in the
-from the l10n/PhpSwitcher.pot file. Be aware that your file must be UTF-8, else, it won't be accepted.
+`./l10n/po` directory, you must create it first from the l10n/PhpSwitcher.pot
+file. Be aware that your file must be UTF-8, else, it won't be accepted.
 ## License
@@ Line 371: / Line 495: @@
 ```
 i-MSCP PhpSwitcher plugin
-© 2014-2017 Laurent Declercq <[email protected]>
+© 2014-2019 Laurent Declercq <[email protected]>
 i-MSCP License <https://www.i-mscp.net/license-agreement.html>
 ```
-See the LICENSE file inside the archive for further details.
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