add more php version at webmin

Gilmon D. Bernal

Ubuntu 16.04 doesn’t offer newer versions of PHP than PHP v7.3 yet. We can get around this by adding ondrej/php PPA to the server. No matter which PHP version you’re planning to install, you should start by adding ondrej/php PPA to be able to use multiple PHP versions with Virtualmin and Nginx.

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Update apt cache
apt update
apt install memcached php-memcache php-pear php-imagick php5.6-cgi php5.6-mysql php5.6-curl php5.6-gd php5.6-imap php5.6-mcrypt php5.6-tidy php5.6-xmlrpc php5.6-xsl php5.6-mbstring php5.6-zip php5.6-cli
apt install memcached php-memcache php-pear php-imagick php7.1-cgi php7.1-mysql php7.1-curl php7.1-gd php7.1-imap php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-tidy php7.1-xmlrpc php7.1-xsl php7.1-mbstring php7.1-zip php7.1-cli
apt install memcached php-memcache php-pear php-imagick php7.2-cgi php7.2-mysql php7.2-curl php7.2-gd php7.2-imap php7.2-tidy php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-xsl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-zip php7.2-cli
apt-get install memcached php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-gd php-pear php-imagick php7.0-imap php7.0-mcrypt php-memcache php7.0-tidy php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-xsl php7.0-mbstring php7.0-zip



Virtualmin will use latest available version of PHP for new virtual servers. Old virtual servers will not be affected by above commands. If you need a different version of PHP for existing virtual server, you can go to Virtualmin > Domain Name > Server Configuration > PHP Version and select the PHP version you want from the list.



Virtualmin > System Settings > Server Templates > Default Settings > PHP Options.


This command will display PHP versions available to you with paths,
update-alternatives --list php
Following command should change default php version to PHP 7.1.
update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.1
Change the path to PHP as your needs.