AlphaGNU Standalone CWP PHP Build Manager

Managing multiple PHP versions on CWP can sometimes be difficult, especially when dependency issues involving zlib, libzip, PCRE2, GD, or other libraries cause normal PHP builds to fail.

The AlphaGNU Standalone CLI CWP PHP Build Manager provides a simple alternative: build PHP directly from official PHP source while maintaining CWP-compatible PHP layouts.

Why use it?

If PHP installation is failing on a server because of dependency or repository problems, this manager can be used to quickly build and install the required PHP version without relying on CWP's PHP build scripts or Remi PHP packages.

It supports:

• PHP 7.4.x through PHP 8.5.x

• PHP Selector

• PHP-FPM

• PHP Switcher

• Multiple PHP versions in one command

• One-line CLI installation

• PIE extension installation

• Dedicated PHP 8.5 runtime for PIE

• Automatic dependencies for extensions such as Redis, Memcached and Imagick

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Installation/Update

This script will install the latest PHP even if it is not released in the CWP repository; it will download it from php.net when you specify the version during installation.

Download the latest package:

Install it:

rm -rf /root/php-manager
mkdir -p /root/php-manager
cd /root/php-manager
wget https://www.alphagnu.com/upload/cwp_php_manager_alphagnu.zip
unzip cwp_php_manager_alphagnu.zip
chmod +x install.sh bin/*
./install.sh
sed -i -E '/^[[:space:]]*extension_dir[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*["'\'']\/usr\/local\/lib\/php\/extensions\/no-debug-non-zts-[0-9]+["'\''][[:space:]]*$/ s/^/;/' /usr/local/php/php.ini  

Verify:

php-manager --help

Start the interactive menu:

php-manager

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Build PHP Versions

PHP Selector

Build multiple versions:

php-manager selector 7.4.33 8.2.29 8.3.8 8.4.25 8.5.10

Installed under:

/opt/alt/phpXY/usr/

PHP-FPM

php-manager fpm 7.4.33 8.2.29 8.3.8 8.4.25 8.5.10

Installed under:

/opt/alt/php-fpmXY/usr/

PHP Switcher

Switcher uses one exact version:

php-manager switcher 8.5.10

Installed under:

/usr/local/php/

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Dedicated PHP Runtime for PIE

The manager includes a separate PHP 8.5 CLI runtime exclusively for PIE.

It is installed at:

/usr/local/php-pie/

Build or verify it with:

php-manager pie-runtime 8.5.10

Verify:

/usr/local/php-pie/bin/php -v

This runtime does not replace the server's default PHP and does not create an FPM service.

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Install PHP Extensions with PIE

You can find the package names by going to this URL and searching https://packagist.org/extensions

For example, install Memcached for PHP-FPM 7.4:

php-manager pie 7.4.33 php-memcached/php-memcached fpm

Redis:

php-manager pie 7.4.33 redis/redis fpm

Imagick:

php-manager pie 7.4.33 imagick/imagick fpm

APCu:

php-manager pie 7.4.33 apcu/apcu fpm

PIE runs using:

/usr/local/php-pie/bin/php

while the extension is compiled against the selected target PHP using its own phpize and php-config.

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Quick PHP Recovery / Alternative Build Method

On some servers, the standard CWP PHP build process can fail because of dependency problems such as:

• zlib

• libzip

• PCRE2

• GD libraries

• incompatible system development packages

Instead of spending time troubleshooting the CWP build wrapper, you can use AlphaGNU PHP Manager to build the required PHP version directly from the official PHP source.

For example:

php-manager fpm 8.3.8

or:

php-manager selector 8.3.8

This makes the manager useful not only for installing additional PHP versions, but also as a quick alternative when the normal CWP PHP build process is blocked by dependency issues.

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Summary

AlphaGNU PHP Manager provides a standalone way to manage PHP versions on CWP-compatible servers without depending on CWP's PHP build wrapper scripts or Remi repositories.

It supports:

PHP Selector
PHP-FPM
PHP Switcher
PIE Extensions
Dedicated PHP 8.5 PIE Runtime
Multiple PHP Versions
One-Line Builds

For servers where normal PHP builds are failing due to dependency problems, it provides a practical and faster alternative for getting the required PHP version installed.

If there are any issues, let me know. I'll try to fix them.