Package ea-php73 provides the PHP scripting language as a Software
Collection. For more information about Software Collections, see
scl(1). By installing the ea-php73 collection, you will get a
minimal set of packages to have a working PHP.
Usage: scl enable ea-php73 'php'
Software Collections allows use of applications which are not located
in the filesystem root hierarchy but are present in an alternative
location, which is /opt/cpanel/ea-php73/root in case of the ea-php73
collection.
PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. PHP attempts to make it
easy for developers to write dynamically generated web pages. PHP also
offers built-in database integration for several commercial and
non-commercial database management systems, so writing a
database-enabled webpage with PHP is fairly simple. The most common
use of PHP coding is probably as a replacement for CGI scripts.
The ea-php73-php package provides the module (often referred to as mod_php)
which adds support for the PHP language to Apache HTTP server.
The ea-php73-php-fpm package provides the FastCGI process manager
which adds support for the PHP language to FastCGI compatible servers.
FastCGI process manager (php-fpm) listens on local network soket
(by default port 9000).
When working with ea-php73 collection, use the "scl" utility (see
scl(1) for usage) to enable the scl environment properly.
Configuration for the ea-php73 software collection is located under /opt/cpanel/ea-php73/root/etc.
Examples:
scl enable ea-php73 'command --arg'
Run a specific command with argument --arg within ea-php73 software collections
environment.
scl enable ea-php73 'php'
Run php from ea-php73 software collection.
scl enable ea-php73 bash
Run interactive shell where ea-php73 software collection is enabled.
scl enable ea-php73 'man php'
Show man pages for php command, which is part of the ea-php73 software
collection.
systemctl start ea-php73-php-fpm
Starts the php-fpm server from ea-php73 software collection.
