How to install PHP 7.1 or PHP 7.2 with EasyEngine

Install php7.1-fpm and/or php7.2-fpm

On debian 8 Jessie only, add the deb sury repository before installing php7.x

apt-get install apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates
wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
apt-get update

Then install the php release of your choice

 # php7.1-fpm
apt update && apt install php7.1-fpm php7.1-cli php7.1-zip php7.1-opcache php7.1-mysql php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-mbstring php7.1-json php7.1-intl \
php7.1-gd php7.1-curl php7.1-bz2 php7.1-xml php7.1-tidy php7.1-soap php7.1-bcmath -y

# php7.2 fpm
apt update && apt install php7.2-fpm php7.2-xml php7.2-bz2  php7.2-zip php7.2-mysql  php7.2-intl php7.2-gd php7.2-curl php7.2-soap php7.2-mbstring -y

Configuration

Option 1) Using the preconfigured files available on our Github repository

To make the configuration of php7.1-fpm or php7.2-fpm easier, we have uploaded all our configuration files on our Github repository.
This way, you can download them directly from your server to use php7.1-fpm or php7.2-fpm.

To download our preconfigured files, use the following commands :

 # php7.1-fpm pool configuration
wget -O /etc/php/7.1/fpm/pool.d/www.conf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VirtuBox/ubuntu-nginx-web-server/master/etc/php/7.1/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
service php7.1-fpm restart

# php7.2-fpm pool configuration
wget -O /etc/php/7.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VirtuBox/ubuntu-nginx-web-server/master/etc/php/7.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
service php7.2-fpm restart

# nginx upstream configuration 
wget -O /etc/nginx/conf.d/upstream.conf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VirtuBox/ubuntu-nginx-web-server/master/etc/nginx/conf.d/upstream.conf
service nginx reload

# EasyEngine common nginx configurations
cd /etc/nginx/common
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VirtuBox/ubuntu-nginx-web-server/master/common.zip

# if unzip isn't installed on your server
apt install unzip -y

unzip common.zip

Then to use php7.1-fpm or php7.2-fpm, follow the steps listed in the Configure your vhost with php7.1-fpm or php7.2-fpm

Option 2) Configure manually php7.1-fpm/php7.2-fpm

Copy the pool configuration from php7.0-fpm

# php7.1-fpm
cp -f /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/www.conf /etc/php/7.1/fpm/pool.d/www.conf

# php7.2-fpm
cp -f /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/www.conf /etc/php/7.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf

Edit the listening port of php7.1-fpm or php7.2-fpm(for example, use 9080 instead of 9070)

Example for /etc/php/7.1/fpm/pool.d/www.conf

[www]
user = www-data
group = www-data
listen = 127.0.0.1:9080
listen.owner = www-data
listen.group = www-data
pm = ondemand
pm.max_children = 100
pm.start_servers = 20
pm.min_spare_servers = 10
pm.max_spare_servers = 30
ping.path = /ping
pm.status_path = /status
pm.max_requests = 500
request_terminate_timeout = 300

Example for /etc/php/7.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf

[www]
user = www-data
group = www-data
listen = 127.0.0.1:9090
listen.owner = www-data
listen.group = www-data
pm = ondemand
pm.max_children = 100
pm.start_servers = 20
pm.min_spare_servers = 10
pm.max_spare_servers = 30
ping.path = /ping
pm.status_path = /status
pm.max_requests = 500
request_terminate_timeout = 300

Then restart php-fpm

# php7.1-fpm
service php7.1-fpm restart 

# php7.2-fpm
service php7.2-fpm restart

Adding php7.1-fpm or php7.2-fpm

Option 1 : Replacing php7.0-fpm by php7.1-fpm/php7.2-fpm

In this case, you just have to edit the file /etc/nginx/conf.d/upstream.conf and to replace the port for the upstream php7.
So instead of server 127.0.0.1:9070; it will be server 127.0.0.1:9080; for php7.1-fpm or server 127.0.0.1:9090; for php7.2-fpm.

Reload nginx to apply the configuration

nginx -t
service nginx reload

Option 2 : Running php7.1-fpm/php7.2-fpm in addition to php7.0-fpm

With EasyEngine, you can use a different php version for each website.

To add php7.1-fpm or php7.2-fpm in addition to php7.0-fpm, the first step is to add them in the upstream list.

Edit the file /etc/nginx/conf.d/upstream.conf, and add your new upstream :

# php7.1-fpm
upstream php71 {
server 127.0.0.1:9080;

# php7.2-fpm
upstream php72 {
server 127.0.0.1:9090;
}

Then to be able to use this new upstream, you have to make a copy of each php7.conf file located in /etc/nginx/common.
For example, for php7.1-fpm, you have to copy php7.conf into php71.conf, locations-php7.conf into locations-php71.conf etc …
And in each new .conf file, find and replace the line fastcgi_pass php7; by fastcgi_pass php71; for php7.1-fpm or fastcgi_pass php72; for php7.2-fpm.

    include common/php7.conf;

    include common/wpcommon-php7.conf;
    include common/locations-php7.conf;

# for php7.1-fpm
    include common/php71.conf;

    include common/wpcommon-php71.conf;
    include common/locations-php71.conf;

# for php7.2-fpm
    include common/php72.conf;

    include common/wpcommon-php72.conf;
    include common/locations-php72.conf;