PHP Selector's Useful Commands (Change PHP Versions/Extensions for all users, etc.)

Issue

How to manage settings with the PHP Selector cli?

Environment

CloudLinux OS 6(h)/7(h)/8/9
cPanel/Plesk/DirectAdmin/No panel

Solution

Here are the most useful commands

Change the PHP version for all users

# selectorctl --change-to-version=5.3 --version=native #this command changes PHP version to 5.3 for all users with native version

Or, you can change the PHP version for all users using the commands below:

# cd /var/cpanel/users
# ls -1 | awk '{ print "selectorctl --set-user-current=5.3 --user="$1 }' | sh

Reset user extensions to default settings

selectorctl --list-users --version=5.6 | sed -e 's/,/\n/g' | sed 's/^/selectorctl --reset-user-extensions --version=5.6 --user=/'

If you run it:

1. The script will generate a list of users who use PHP 5.6 

2. The script will generate a separate command to reset the modules for each user 

3. If you add | sh at the end of the command, the modules will be reset for all users who have PHP 5.6

Example:

 selectorctl --list-users --version=5.6 | sed -e 's/,/\n/g' | sed 's/^/selectorctl --reset-user-extensions --version=5.6 --user=/' | sh

Enable some PHP extension(s) for all existing accounts

--for-all-users:

Allows to enable/disable extensions for all users with the required PHP version. Works only with --enable-user-extensions or --disable-user-extensions option.

$ selectorctl --enable-user-extensions=apm --version=5.6 --for-all-users

To get the current PHP version for a user

selectorctl --user-current --user=UU

To list users using a specific PHP version

selectorctl --list-users --version=5.6

To change the PHP version for a user

selectorctl --set-user-current=5.3 --user=UU

Enabling some extensions for a user

selectorctl --enable-user-extensions=pdo,phar --version=5.3 --user=UU

To disable extensions, use a similar command but with the --disable-user-extensions parameter.

List user extensions

selectorctl --list-user-extensions --version=5.3 --user=UU

Replace the option in users' php.ini

selectorctl --replace-options=log_errors:on,display_errors:on --version=5.3 --user=UU

To enable extensions for all PHP versions:

for i in $(selectorctl -S | grep 'e' | awk '{ print $1}' | grep -v 'native'); do selectorctl --enable-extensions=<extensions1,extension2,...> --version=$i; done

To enable extensions for all existing users and PHP versions:

for i in $(selectorctl -S | grep 'e' | awk '{ print $1}' | grep -v 'native'); do selectorctl --enable-user-extensions=<extensions1,extension2,...> --version=$i --for-all-users; done