AccelerateWP warning: Please, disable or remove "snuffleupagus" PHP extension.

Issue

When trying to enable Object Cache, we get the following warning:

Even if the "snuffleupagus" extension is disabled. 

Environment

• CloudLinux OS
• AccelerateWP
• ALT-PHP

Solution

AccelerateWP has a security check for this extension, but it doesn't check if it's enabled or not, but rather, if it's installed. Specifically, it looks for the "snuffleupagus.so" file within the PHP modules directory. For example:

# find /opt/alt/php*/usr/lib64/php/modules -name "snuffleupagus*" -type f
/opt/alt/php71/usr/lib64/php/modules/snuffleupagus.so
/opt/alt/php72/usr/lib64/php/modules/snuffleupagus.so
/opt/alt/php73/usr/lib64/php/modules/snuffleupagus.so
/opt/alt/php74/usr/lib64/php/modules/snuffleupagus.so
/opt/alt/php80/usr/lib64/php/modules/snuffleupagus.so

As long as the above files are present, it will show the error. Alternatives to resolve the issue could be renaming the above files, which can be done by running:

# find /opt/alt/php*/usr/lib64/php/modules -name "snuffleupagus*" -type f -exec mv {}{,.bk} \;

Or simply removing the "snuffleupagus" extension via yum:

# yum remove alt-php*-snuffleupagus

Cause

Internal product issue CLPRO-1952