phpbrew switch doesn't change php on apache

[gmbelart]

hello

when I run this

phpbrew switch 5.4.27

then execute

php -v

it give me php version 5.4.27,

but when I execute script on browser,
it give me php version 5.3.28

I try to reload apache with

sudo service apache2 reload

nothing change,

still give me 5.3.28

but if I change file on /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.load

from
LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.3.28.so

to
LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.4.27.so

then I reload apache,

finally

give me 5.4.27

it's bug of phpbrew switch? or not?

my laptop
OS: elementary os luna (based on ubuntu 12.04)
Apache: 2.2.22

sorry for my bad english .. 😃

thanks.

[schneidermayer]

This is normal behaviour. phpbrew switch 5.3.28 changes the version on command line (cli), changing the .so file affects apache webserver.

[marcioAlmada]

thanks, @heanz.

[ghost]

@heanz This really isn't documented very well at all in the readme.md, who's deals with documentation ?

p.s.

Nice one for the answer q-dos ;)

[chadrien]

@molemann : to achieve the switch with apache, I think you may wrap phpbrew switch in way that it would sed your apache configuration and then restart the daemon.

I'm not sure if it could work or not as I use nginx/fpm which allow you to have as much php versions running at the same time as you want (</troll> 😄 )

But I you manage to do so, feel free to share with us so we can add it to the docs!

[schneidermayer]

This is an example bash script for changing the apache php version:

#!/bin/bash 
# Change Apaches PHP Module to 5.5.10

echo "Loading PHP 5.5.10 ..."
echo "LoadModule php5_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.5.10.so" > /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.load
sudo service apache2 reload

Basically, it writes the path of the 5.5.10 module libphp5.5.10.so into the textfile /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.load. Just make sure phpbrew copied the appropriate modules to the right directory.

[Anahkiasen]

Where do the .so files even go when installing with phpbrew, I can't find them anywhere on Mac?

[shinnya]

@Anahkiasen You can know where apache library directory is by apxs -q LIBDIR and find .so files under modules/ subdirectory(for example, /usr/lib/httpd/modules/libphp5.3.20.so in my environment).

[Anahkiasen]

Yes no don't mind me, they weren't getting installed because I wasn't installing with +apxs2. Thought that was encompassed by +default

[alexserver]

shit, I'm having problems installing apsx2 in ubuntu. in ubuntu this is called apache2 and not apxs2.

[convenient]

I scripted this on my Ubuntu 15.10 instance. Created a little shell script phpbrewswitch which will only switch php version when the .so file is found.

Usage

Attempting to switch to a php version that wasn't built for apache

[21:02:55] luker [~]$ phpbrewswitch 5.4.45
5.4.45 is not configured for apache
  php-5.6.16     
  php-5.6.10     
* php-5.5.30     
  php-5.4.45     

Successfully changing to a php version that has an existing .so file.

[21:03:55] luker [~]$ phpbrewswitch 5.6.16
* php-5.6.16     
  php-5.6.10     
  php-5.5.30     
  php-5.4.45     
Updated /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.load

/home/luker/bin/phpbrewswitch

#!/usr/bin/env bash
VERSION=$1

SOFILE=/usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp$VERSION.so
CONFFILE=/etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.load

source ~/.phpbrew/bashrc

if [ -f $SOFILE ]; then
    phpbrew switch $VERSION
    phpbrew list

    FILECONTENTS="LoadModule php5_module $SOFILE"
    echo $FILECONTENTS > $CONFFILE

    echo "Updated $CONFFILE"
    sudo service apache2 restart

else
    echo $VERSION "is not configured for apache"
    phpbrew list
fi

[hell-n]

Hello!

I ran into the same problem, but can't get it to work, like gmbelart.
php -v returns my desired version, after using phpbrew switch php-5.4.45, but i'm too incompetent to get the right .so-file loaded by Apache. :D

Since I'm currently using Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu), which runs PHP 7.0 out of box, there isn't even a php5.load file in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled. And if i add the line to the php7.0.load apache won't reload. Error: apache2: Syntax error on line 140 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line

I even tried to create the php5.load file, but this failed as well.

Please, help me guys!
Nik

[simonkulessa]

@hell-n
Me helped this one:
#738

[ve3]

Hello

Does anyone know how to switch version on Apache using PHP fast cgi?

[simonkulessa]

Die you build php with +apxs2?

[ve3]

@Pupp3tm4st3r Yes, I did. @schneidermayer comment works fine for me as Apache module.

[drupalranger]

On Ubuntu 17.04 I'm using following bash function

#!/bin/bash

phpswitch() {
 echo "Starging phpbrew switch to $1"; 
 eval string="$1";
 eval version=${string:0:3};
 phpbrew switch php-"$1"; 

 echo "Disabling all versions apache php module";
 sudo a2dismod php*;

 sudo a2enmod php"$version";
 sudo service apache2 restart; 
 echo "apache2 has been restarted" 
}

it needs version number as an argument, so while I have following version installed:

$ phpbrew list
  php-7.1.4      
* php-7.0.18     
  php-7.0.13     
  php-5.6.30    

All I need to do is to type one command with version number, e.g.:
phpswitch 5.6.30

[iuli-dercaci]

great article, helped a lot

http://www.sivaschenko.com/multiple-php-versions-simultaneously-apache/

[oscarromero]

Maybe too late, but for colleagues with apache2 + debian need to install the libapache2-mod-php7.3 and disable the default/system php that you have. after that, restart the apache2 service.

[ttodua]

This is also helpful to tell apache2 to use phpbrew's .so files: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41904646/2377343