PHP-ELS (alt-php) modules are not loaded after install

Symptoms

After installing a PHP module via EasyApache 4 that is provided by the PHP-ELS repository (alt-php), the installed PHP module is not loaded by the website.

Cause

ELS-PHP installs module configurations to /opt/alt/phpXX/etc/php.d.all/, however, it is currently configured to load modules from /opt/alt/phpXX/link/conf/. As a result, additional modules that are installed are never loaded by PHP during runtime.

CloudLinux currently has case ALTPHP-2352 open to resolve this issue. 

Resolution

1. Access the command-line via SSH or using the Terminal in WHM.

2. Run the following command to link create a symlinks for all install alt-php versions so that the modules are correctly loaded:

   /usr/local/cpanel/bin/rebuild_phpconf --current | perl -lane 'print $F[0] if $F[0] =~ m|alt|' | while read altphp ; do
     ver=$(echo "${altphp}" | cut -d - -f2)
     loaded_path="/opt/alt/${ver}/etc/php.d"
     all_path="/opt/alt/${ver}/etc/php.d.all"
     echo "Checking ini directory for ${altphp}"
     if [ -L "${loaded_path}" ]; then
       echo "${altphp} php.d directory is a symlink, no further action needed"
     else
       mv -v "${loaded_path}" "${loaded_path}.cpbak" && ln -sv "${all_path}" "${loaded_path}"
     fi
   done

   Note: If a new PHP version is installed on the sever, the above command will need to be repeated.