differences between alt-php and ea-php

[USA_Webmaster]

May you please help me understand what the differences between alt-php and ea-php in cPanel > MultiPHP Manager > PHP Version Dropdown option?

I think this is confusing. Is this possible to customize and remove some options? It would be great a cPanel user just had like 4 or 5 options.

Perhaps these options are dependent upon PHP-FPM being enabled / compiled in EasyApache 4? I always thought PHP-FPM was the bomb... it makes everything so much faster and is just magic.

 

[quietFinn]

Instructions here:

How to Hide Alt-PHP versions from cPanel's MultiPHPManager

Sometimes you don't want to see the whole list of available alt-php versions in your MultiPHP Manager. You can hide alt-php binaries from cPanel MultiPHP Manager by adjusting the /opt/alt/alt-php-c...

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[USA_Webmaster]

Instructions here:

How to Hide Alt-PHP versions from cPanel's MultiPHPManager

Sometimes you don't want to see the whole list of available alt-php versions in your MultiPHP Manager. You can hide alt-php binaries from cPanel MultiPHP Manager by adjusting the /opt/alt/alt-php-c...

cloudlinux.zendesk.com

Yea but why are these binaries even there? Is it because CloudLinux is installed? Or does it have something to do with PHP FPM? Thanks for helpful link!

 

[quietFinn]

Yea but why are these binaries even there? Is it because CloudLinux is installed? Or does it have something to do with PHP FPM? Thanks for helpful link!

Yes, as they say here:

CloudLinux OS components

Reseller limits LVE-Stats 2 CageFS MySQL Governor PHP Selector Python Selector Ruby Selector Node.js Selector Apache mod_lsapi PRO Additional integration components Apache suexec module

docs.cloudlinux.com

"It is not possible to remove PHP Selector from the system completely as it is an essential part of LVE Manager and CageFS packages. However, you can make PHP Selector unavailable for cPanel and Plesk users "

It has nothing to do with PHP-FPM.

 

[CloudLinux Skhristich]

Yea but why are these binaries even there? Is it because CloudLinux is installed? Or does it have something to do with PHP FPM? Thanks for helpful link!

Hello,
This information may be useful FAQ on PHP Selector integration with cPanel’s MultiPHP Manager
Thanks.

 

[cPanelLauren]

cPanel's PHP binaries are prefixed ea-php where Cloudlinux's for their PHP selector are alt-php and are present because you're using the PHP selector. You'll find that alt-php versions offer more PHP versions than cPanel's ea-php does, in the event that you need older versions or php 7.4 (which isn't available on cPanel just yet but will be soon) - let us know if you have any questions after reading through the documentation provided above.