In this tutorial we’ll cover php installation manually via commands on CWP server, it is pretty easy to build the php from source which will drastically increase the performance and stability. To build from source/manually you need to follow this tutorial step by step to achieve your desired php version installation. Best thing is you can add your own requirement flags for php extension to the configure option which by default not present in cwp php switcher.

PHP 7.3 installation tutorial : https://blog.alphagnu.com/how-to-install-build-php-7-3-manually-on-cwp-centos-web-panel/

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Lets get started

Step 1

Install the dependencies :

yum -y install gcc make gcc-c++ cpp kernel-headers.x86_64 libxml2-devel openssl-devel bzip2-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel freetype-devel openldap-devel postgresql-devel aspell-devel net-snmp-devel libxslt-devel libc-client-devel icu libicu libicu-devel gmp-devel curl-devel libmcrypt-devel pcre-devel sqlite-devel db4-devel enchant-devel libXpm-devel mysql-devel readline-devel libedit-devel recode-devel libtidy-devel libtool-ltdl-devel

Step 2

Installation of php 5.6/7.0/7.1/7.2 :

PHP 5.6

installation of php 5.6

rm -rf /usr/local/php-5-6
mkdir -p /usr/local/php-5-6
cd /usr/local/php-5-6
wget http://php.net/distributions/php-5.6.40.tar.gz
tar zxvf php-5.6.40.tar.gz
cd php-5.6.40
./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib --enable-soap --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --with-pspell --enable-wddx --with-tidy --enable-exif --enable-phar --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --with-curl --with-iconv --with-mysql --with-mysqli --with-mysql=mysqlnd --with-mysqli=mysqlnd --with-mcrypt --with-gettext --with-xsl --with-xmlrpc --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd --enable-posix --enable-ftp --with-openssl --enable-mbstring --with-kerberos --with-bz2 --enable-sockets --enable-zip --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --enable-shmop --enable-intl --with-icu-dir=/usr --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-litespeed --with-pgsql=/usr/lib64/pgsql --with-pdo-pgsql 
make && make install

To enable FPM just use this config :

./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib --enable-soap --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --with-pspell --enable-wddx --with-tidy --enable-exif --enable-phar --enable-bcmath --enable-calendar --with-curl --with-iconv --with-mysql --with-mysqli --with-mysql=mysqlnd --with-mysqli=mysqlnd --with-mcrypt --with-gettext --with-xsl --with-xmlrpc --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd --enable-posix --enable-ftp --with-openssl --enable-mbstring --with-kerberos --with-bz2 --enable-sockets --enable-zip --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --enable-shmop --enable-intl --with-icu-dir=/usr --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-litespeed --with-pgsql=/usr/lib64/pgsql --with-pdo-pgsql --enable-fpm
make && make install

PHP 7.0

installation of php 7.0

rm -rf /usr/local/php-7-0
mkdir -p /usr/local/php-7-0
cd /usr/local/php-7-0
wget http://php.net/distributions/php-7.0.33.tar.gz
tar zxvf php-7.0.33.tar.gz
cd php-7.0.33
./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib=/usr --enable-mbstring --enable-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-wddx --with-tidy --with-curl --with-mcrypt --with-iconv --with-gmp --with-pspell --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=/usr --with-gettext=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-mysqli --enable-soap --enable-phar --with-xsl --with-xmlrpc --with-kerberos --enable-posix --enable-sockets --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --enable-shmop --enable-intl --with-icu-dir=/usr --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-litespeed --with-pgsql=/usr/lib64/pgsql --with-pdo-pgsql 
make && make install

To enable FPM just use this config :

./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib=/usr --enable-mbstring --enable-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-wddx --with-tidy --with-curl --with-mcrypt --with-iconv --with-gmp --with-pspell --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=/usr --with-gettext=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-mysqli --enable-soap --enable-phar --with-xsl --with-xmlrpc --with-kerberos --enable-posix --enable-sockets --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --enable-shmop --enable-intl --with-icu-dir=/usr --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-litespeed --with-pgsql=/usr/lib64/pgsql --with-pdo-pgsql --enable-fpm 
make && make install

PHP 7.1

installation of php 7.1

rm -rf /usr/local/php-7-1
mkdir -p /usr/local/php-7-1
cd /usr/local/php-7-1
wget http://php.net/distributions/php-7.1.33.tar.gz
tar zxvf php-7.1.33.tar.gz
cd php-7.1.33
./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib=/usr --enable-mbstring --enable-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-wddx --with-tidy --with-curl --with-mcrypt --with-iconv --with-gmp --with-pspell --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=/usr --with-gettext=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-mysqli --enable-soap --enable-phar --with-xsl --with-xmlrpc --with-kerberos --enable-posix --enable-sockets --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --enable-shmop --enable-intl --with-icu-dir=/usr --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-litespeed --with-pgsql=/usr/lib64/pgsql --with-pdo-pgsql 
make && make install

To enable FPM just use this config :

./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib=/usr --enable-mbstring --enable-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-wddx --with-tidy --with-curl --with-mcrypt --with-iconv --with-gmp --with-pspell --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=/usr --with-gettext=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-mysqli --enable-soap --enable-phar --with-xsl --with-xmlrpc --with-kerberos --enable-posix --enable-sockets --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --enable-shmop --enable-intl --with-icu-dir=/usr --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-litespeed --with-pgsql=/usr/lib64/pgsql --with-pdo-pgsql --enable-fpm 
make && make install

PHP 7.2

installation of php 7.2

rm -rf /usr/local/php-7-2
mkdir -p /usr/local/php-7-2
cd /usr/local/php-7-2
wget http://php.net/distributions/php-7.2.33.tar.gz
tar zxvf php-7.2.33.tar.gz
cd php-7.2.33
./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib=/usr --enable-mbstring --enable-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-wddx --with-tidy --with-curl --with-iconv --with-gmp --with-pspell --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=/usr --with-gettext=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-mysqli --enable-soap --enable-phar --with-xsl --with-xmlrpc --with-kerberos --enable-posix --enable-sockets --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --enable-shmop --enable-intl --with-icu-dir=/usr --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-litespeed --with-pgsql=/usr/lib64/pgsql --with-pdo-pgsql 
make && make install

To enable FPM just use this config :

./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib=/usr --enable-mbstring --enable-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-wddx --with-tidy --with-curl --with-iconv --with-gmp --with-pspell --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-xpm-dir=/usr --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=/usr --with-gettext=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-mysqli --enable-soap --enable-phar --with-xsl --with-xmlrpc --with-kerberos --enable-posix --enable-sockets --with-pcre-regex --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --enable-shmop --enable-intl --with-icu-dir=/usr --with-imap --with-imap-ssl --with-litespeed --with-pgsql=/usr/lib64/pgsql --with-pdo-pgsql --enable-fpm 
make && make install

Step 3

Restart apache server and check php version via command :

service httpd restart
php -v