Installation requires gd/openssl/pd_mysql/mbstring but all installed

fangqiao

I am trying to install Flarum with nginx and php 7.1.9. The installation page was launched but it said :

The PHP extension 'gd' is required.
The PHP extension 'mbstring' is required.
The PHP extension 'openssl' is required.
The PHP extension 'pdo_mysql' is required.

I compiled and installed php on Fedora 28 by :

./configure --enable-fpm --with-mysqli --with-openssl --enable-mbstring -with-curl --with-gd --with-pdo-mysql

and run php -m I got:

[PHP Modules]
Core
ctype
curl
date
dom
fileinfo
filter
gd
hash
iconv
json
libxml
mbstring
mysqli
mysqlnd
openssl
pcre
PDO
pdo_mysql
pdo_sqlite
Phar
posix
Reflection
session
SimpleXML
SPL
sqlite3
standard
tokenizer
xml
xmlreader
xmlwriter

[Zend Modules]

Someone help, please. I have spent hourse on this.
Thanks

clarkwinkelmann

I'm not familiar with php compilation, but here's what I can think of:

Maybe you still need to enable the modules with phpenmod or something before they are available to the command line / webserver ?
Is composer hooked to the right PHP configuration ? Could there be multiple PHP versions on your setup ?

Also do you really need to compile php yourself ? If you're not sure why it doesn't work that way, maybe you would be better with an already compiled/packaged version ?

Hoping this helps ?

fangqiao

clarkwinkelmann
Thanks.

Flarum requires php 7.x but my Fodora 28 comes with php 8 so I had to compile PHP 7, which isn't that difficult at all.

This is my first time to get hands dirty with PHP, a language I thought I would never try. Flarum is the only reason. My project would need a forum and I am evaluating different options. I like Flarum's look and feel very much. ( I also tried nodeBB, which is easier for me as I am more experienced with node and JS but PHP is fine for me too )

I compiled PHP and installed Flarum at home successfully. I guess maybe it is because the PHP installation at work isn't clean or some other environment setup issue. Will remove PHP and composer completely tomorrow and start over clean. Hope it works.

fangqiao

A stupid mistake. I recompiled PHP with all the required extensions but didn't restart php-fpm.
Forgive me as a new php guy.

Prosperous

fangqiao Good news. May I deem this solved now?

fangqiao

Prosperous Yes please