Native support of PHP extensions in DirectAdmin

At the moment of the publication DirectAdmin can install the following PHP extensions: gmp, ioncube, imagick, imap, opcache, phalcon, suhosin, xmlrpc, zend.

The listed extensions can be installed server-wide only, i.e. for all existing users and their domains.

The extensions can not be installed selectively for PHP versions, they will be installed for all PHP versions enabled in options.conf of CustomBuild. And sure some of them will fail to compile for PHP 5.x and some for PHP 7.x.

Enable PHP extensions in DirectAdmin

First change directory to custombuild:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild

You can run all or any of the following commands depending on what extension you want to enable:

./build set_php gmp yes
./build set_php ioncube yes
./build set_php imagick yes
./build set_php imap yes
./build set_php opcache yes
./build set_php phalcon yes
./build set_php suhosin yes
./build set_php xmlrpc yes
./build set_php zend yes

Disable PHP extensions in DirectAdmin:

First change directory to custombuild:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild

You can run all or any of the following commands depending on what extension you want to disable:

./build set_php gmp no
./build set_php ioncube no
./build set_php imagick no
./build set_php imap no
./build set_php opcache no
./build set_php phalcon no
./build set_php suhosin no
./build set_php xmlrpc no
./build set_php zend no

Install/update PHP extensions in DirectAdmin:

First change directory to custombuild:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild

You can run all or any of the following commands depending on what extension you want to install/update:

./build php_gmp
./build php_ioncube
./build php_imagick
./build php_imap
./build php_opcache
./build php_phalcon
./build php_suhosin
./build php_xmlrpc
./build php_zend

Build all PHP extensions set set in the php_extensions.conf

If you want to rebuild or update all enabled PHP extensions in DirectAdmin run the following commands:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild 
./build update
./build php_extensions

A full list of commands for installing PHP imap extension:

Let's list all commands in one snippet that you will need to run as root to install PHP imap extension on a DirectAdmin server. They will be the following:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set_php imap yes
./build php_imap