PHP 8.1 Extensions

[katycomputer]

Our application requires bcmath,gmp,fileinfo,gd,json,mbstring,pdo,xml,curl,zip,gmp,mysqlnd PHP 8.1 extensions.

We are setting up a new DA instance on Debian 11. What is the optimal way to ensure these get added to our install?

Do we want to install these prior to running setup, will DA take care of this, or do we want to run this after setup?
apt -y install php8.1 php8.1-{bcmath,gmp,fileinfo,gd,json,mbstring,pdo,xml,curl,zip,gmp,mysqlnd}

 

[Zhenyapan]

DA compiles PHP from sources, you can't install extensions from apt, you must create custom config and recompile PHP.

PHP Extensions | Directadmin Docs

DirectAdmin Knowledge Base

docs.directadmin.com

 

[katycomputer]

We will be using Softaculous to install our application (Invoice Ninja), is it reasonable to assume Softaculous will take care of adding these extensions?

 

[katycomputer]

I followed instructions on https://docs.directadmin.com/webservices/php/php-extensions.html and ended up with this error:
cc: fatal error: Killed signal terminated program cc1
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Makefile:1151: ext/fileinfo/libmagic/apprentice.lo] Error 1

When specifying multiple modules in custom/php/configure.php81, do I use additional --with-module directives, or do I use a comma separated list? I appended this to the template:
--enable-intl \
--with-module=bcmath \
--with-module=curl \
--with-module=fileinfo \
--with-module=gd \
--with-module=gmp \
--with-module=json \
--with-module=mbstring \
--with-module=mysqlnd \
--with-module=pdo \
--with-module=xml \
--with-module=zip

 

[Zhenyapan]

are they all compatible with PHP 8.1?
also many of them need additional dependencies that must be installed from APT or compiled too.
check each at php.net

 

[katycomputer]

@Zhenyapan when you refer to additional dependencies that must be installed from APT, is that to say, we can rely on apt to install the extensions?

That would be much easier then trying to figure out how to make https://docs.directadmin.com/webservices/php/php-extensions.html work in my environment.

 

[RoseHosting]

I followed instructions on https://docs.directadmin.com/webservices/php/php-extensions.html and ended up with this error:
cc: fatal error: Killed signal terminated program cc1
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Makefile:1151: ext/fileinfo/libmagic/apprentice.lo] Error 1

When specifying multiple modules in custom/php/configure.php81, do I use additional --with-module directives, or do I use a comma separated list? I appended this to the template:
--enable-intl \
--with-module=bcmath \
--with-module=curl \
--with-module=fileinfo \
--with-module=gd \
--with-module=gmp \
--with-module=json \
--with-module=mbstring \
--with-module=mysqlnd \
--with-module=pdo \
--with-module=xml \
--with-module=zip

You are compiling PHP with fileinfo extension, and PHP compilation with fileinfo require higher memory. Most likely, you have a very little amount of RAM. To solve this, you need to either add RAM or exclude fileinfo.

 

[katycomputer]

I am experimenting with DA on a 1GB server - so that's an issue. OTOH, when I only added bcmath, I got the same error.

If we proceed, our production servers have 8GB of ram in a Proxmox container, hopefully, 8GB will be adequate.