All the installed PHP modules configuration files are available under /etc/php/{php_version}/mods-available directory. You can see the number of files with extension .ini. You must have installed specific PHP modules, you need to enable before using this tutorial. The php-common package provides followings commands to manage PHP modules.
- phpenmod – Used to enable modules in PHP
- phpdismod – Used to disable modules in PHP
- phpquery – Used to view status of modules of PHP
There are 3 types of SAPI (Server API) available – CLI, FPM, Apache2 being the most commonly used. You can define SAPI using -s
switch to enable/disable module for that only.
Enable PHP Modules
Use phpenmod command followed by module name to enable specific PHP module on your system. In the below example, the first command is an example and the second command will enable mbstring module for all installed PHP versions and all SAPI.
### Syntax phpenmod MODULE_NAME ### Enable mbstring php module phpenmod mbstring
You can also define the PHP version using -v
switch to enable specific modules. Using this you will enable the module for all SAPI.
### Syntax phpenmod -v <PHP VERSION> <MODULE NAME> ### Enable module for specific php version phpenmod -v 5.6 mbstring phpenmod -v 7.4 mbstring
Use -s
switch to define the SAPI to enable specific modules for specific SAPI for all PHP versions.
### Syntax phpenmod -s <SAPI> <MODULE NAME> ### Enable module for specific SAPI phpenmod -s cli mbstring phpenmod -s fpm mbstring phpenmod -s apache2 mbstring
You can also define both the PHP version and SAPI for a more specific update.
Disable PHP Modules
You can also disable any un-necessary PHP modules from your system using phpdismod command. For example, disable mbstring module for ALL PHP versions and all SAPI.
phpdismod mbstring
To disable any module for a specific PHP version use the command below.
phpdismod -v 7.4 mbstring
To disable any module for specific SAPI on all PHP versions, use the command below.
phpdismod -s apache2 mbstring
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Missing phpquery example here, could you please fill it
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