PHP Extensions¶

VeloServe uses the system PHP installation. This guide covers installing extensions for WordPress, Magento 2, and other applications.

Extension Requirements¶

Extension	WordPress	Magento 2	Laravel
`bcmath`	—	Required	—
`curl`	Required	Required	Required
`dom`	Required	Required	—
`gd`	Required	Required	—
`intl`	Recommended	Required	—
`json`	Required	Required	Required
`mbstring`	Required	Required	Required
`mysqli`	Required	—	—
`pdo_mysql`	Required	Required	Required
`opcache`	Recommended	Required	Recommended
`soap`	—	Required	—
`xml`	Required	Required	Required
`zip`	Required	Required	—

Installing Extensions¶

Ubuntu / DebianAlmaLinux / Rocky / RHELcPanel (EA-PHP)

# WordPress
sudo apt install php-cgi php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring \
    php-xml php-zip php-intl php-imagick php-opcache

# Magento 2
sudo apt install php-cgi php-bcmath php-curl php-gd php-intl php-mbstring \
    php-mysql php-soap php-xml php-zip php-opcache php-sodium php-xsl

# Redis object cache
sudo apt install php-redis

# WordPress
sudo dnf install php-cgi php-mysqlnd php-curl php-gd php-mbstring \
    php-xml php-zip php-intl php-pecl-imagick php-opcache

# Magento 2
sudo dnf install php-cgi php-bcmath php-curl php-gd php-intl php-mbstring \
    php-mysqlnd php-soap php-xml php-zip php-opcache php-sodium php-xsl

On cPanel servers, install extensions via WHM:

Go to WHM > Software > EasyApache 4
Select the PHP version
Check the required extensions
Apply changes

Or via command line:

/usr/local/bin/ea-install-profile --install /etc/cpanel/ea4/profiles/custom/veloserve.json

Verifying Extensions¶

# List all installed extensions
php -m

# Check a specific extension
php -m | grep -i redis

# Detailed info
php -i | grep -i "extension_dir"

# Via phpinfo()
echo '<?php phpinfo();' > /tmp/test.php
veloserve start --root /tmp --listen 127.0.0.1:9999 &
curl http://127.0.0.1:9999/test.php | grep -i redis

PECL Extensions¶

For extensions not available in your package manager:

sudo pecl install redis
echo "extension=redis.so" | sudo tee /etc/php/8.3/cli/conf.d/20-redis.ini

Restart VeloServe after installing new extensions:

systemctl restart veloserve