[SOLVED] Update php version in ISPConfig after upgrade to Debian 9

Hi there,
I've upgrade my servers to DEbian 9 Stretch and the php versions in the servers are now two: 5.6.30 and 7.0.19.
If I put php -v the result is of course this: PHP 7.0.19-1 (cli) (built: May 11 2017 14:04:47) ( NTS )...
But on ISPConfig 3 -> Servers Config -> Web -> Php settings there are again the PHP 5 informations and the WordPress sites on the servers work with the old PHP version.
What's the best way to change the PHP settings on ISPConfig 3 and change the PHP versionon the web sites WordPress present?
Thanks a lot

 

Wordpress works fine with php 7. At least all my sites do... For the change afaik you need to do it manually.

 

That's just what I was afraid of!!!
The PHP settings for PHP 5, on my ISPConfig panel, are these:

Apache php.ini path /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
CGI php.ini path /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini
PHP-FPM init script php5-fpm
PHP-FPM php.ini path /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
PHP-FPM pool directory /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d
PHP-FPM start port 9010
PHP-FPM socket directory /var/lib/php5-fpm
PHP open_basedir [website_path]/web:
[website_path]/private:
[website_path]/tmp:/var/www/
[website_domain]/web:/srv/www/
[website_domain]/web:/usr/share/php5:
/usr/share/php:/tmp:/usr/share/phpmyadmin:
/etc/phpmyadmin:/var/lib/phpmyadmin
Check php.ini every X
minutes for changes 1 0 = no check​

If I change the PHP settings for PHP 7 like these I think it's right (Debian 9), please confirm it!

Apache php.ini path /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
CGI php.ini path /etc/php/7.0/cgi/php.ini
PHP-FPM init script php7.0-fpm
PHP-FPM php.ini path /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini
PHP-FPM pool directory /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d
PHP-FPM start port 9010
Check php.ini every X
minutes for changes 1 0 = no check
​

But what may I put in these fields?

PHP-FPM socket directory ???
PHP open_basedir [website_path]/web:
[website_path]/private:
[website_path]/tmp:/var/www/
[website_domain]/web:/srv/www/
[website_domain]/web:/usr/share/???:
/usr/share/php:/tmp:/usr/share/phpmyadmin:
/etc/phpmyadmin:/var/lib/phpmyadmin​

I'm sorry but I wouldn't like nothing surprise on the servers in production.
Thanks a very lot!

 

I had trouble with php7 on Debian 9 as well. @till sent me the correct settings a few days ago. Here they are:

So your settings are correct. The missing ones are in the screenshot. Hope this help.

 

Thanks!!!
May you copy and paste the "PHP open_basedir" parameters that do not see them all from the image, please?
Because in the middle there is this "[website_domain]/web:/usr/share/php5:" which worries me very much!

 

From the VM of the Perfect Setup:
[website_path]/web:[website_path]/private:[website_path]/tmp:/var/www/[website_domain]/web:/srv/www/[website_domain]/web:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php:/tmp:/usr/share/phpmyadmin:/etc/phpmyadmin:/var/lib/phpmyadmin:/dev/random:/dev/urandom

 

Thank you very much!!!

 

any chance that sceenshot or the fields could get reposted, I have the same situation.

 

@till Please could you (re)post the required settings for the appropriate ISPConfig fields please?
I carefully followed your very helpful "how-to upgrade" guide:-
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-upgrade-debian-8-jessie-to-9-stretch/
The basic upgrade worked well. However, unfortunately this part was omitted there too.
Thank you.

 

Okay I finally got PHP7 working. Here's how I did it. I had already done the Debian Jessie to Stretch upgrade exactly as described here, and rebooted:-

• https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-upgrade-debian-8-jessie-to-9-stretch/

Everything seemed OK until I noticed that all my sites managed by ISPConfig were still running PHP 5.6.x. However, I also noticed that PHPMyAdmin was running PHP7. So I tried making the changes detailed by @gscaglia earlier in this thread, but they did nothing. The sites still ran 5.6, How could this be? Then I noticed that some of the paths quoted in @gscaglia 's earlier post did not exist on my system, specifically:

• /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini
• /etc/php/7.0/cgi/php.ini

Transpires that the upgrade from Debian 8 to Debian 9 did not install all the necessary php components. You need to make sure that the current Debian default version of php has all the necessary parts installed. To fix this run the following as root:-

• apt install php-fpm php-cgi php-imagick

(php-magick isn't strictly necessary but if you run Wordpress, it may complain that it's missing)

Then from within ISPConfig, navigate your way to the web settings. It requires quite a bit of clicking around the page, but basically they are located at:- ,

• System > Server Config [select your server] > Web tab > PHP settings

Once I was there, I made the following changes only:-

• Apache php.ini path: /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
• CGI php.ini path: /etc/php/7.0/cgi/php.ini
• PHP-FPM init script: php7.0-fpm
• PHP-FPM php.ini path: /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini
• PHP-FPM pool directory: /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d

On the FastCGI tab, I made this change only:-

• FastCGI php.ini Path: /etc/php/7.0/cgi/php.ini

And hey presto, all my sites now run PHP 7.0.x!
Final note, I am NOT an ISPConfig expert. So hopefully someone far more knowledgeable than I will look over this post and make any amendments and/or corrections they feel necessary. But this worked for me and I thought I should share it with the community. I hope it helps someone.