PHP-FPM MariaDB Insight Guide How to install phpiredis PHP extension

This is a how to guide for installing a phpredis alternative, phpiredis PHP extension which can talk to redis server via hiredis.

Install hiredis

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Code (Text):

cd /svr-setup
rm -rf hiredis
git clone https://github.com/redis/hiredis
cd hiredis/
git checkout v0.13.3
make -j2
make install

check where hiredis library was installed

Code (Text):

cat /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/hiredis.pc
prefix=/usr/local
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=/usr/local/lib
includedir=/usr/local/include/hiredis

Name: hiredis
Description: Minimalistic C client library for Redis.
Version: 0.13.3
Libs: -L${libdir} -lhiredis
Cflags: -I${includedir} -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64

install phpiredis

Code (Text):

cd /svr-setup
rm -rf phpiredis
git clone -b php7 https://github.com/nrk/phpiredis
cd phpiredis
phpize
./configure --enable-phpiredis --with-hiredis-dir=/usr/local --with-php-config=/usr/local/bin/php-config
make -j2
make install
echo "extension=phpiredis.so" > /etc/centminmod/php.d/phpiredis.ini
fpmrestart
php --ri phpiredis

Checks

check phpiredis PHP extension is loaded

Code (Text):

php --ri phpiredis

phpiredis

Version => 1.0.0-dev

right now phpredis PHP extension is also loaded

Code (Text):

php --ri redis

redis

Redis Support => enabled
Redis Version => 2.2.8

check for phpiredis.ini settings file /etc/centminmod/php.d/phpiredis.ini - not sure if you need to remove /etc/centminmod/php.d/redis.ini and restart php ?

Code (Text):

php --ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /usr/local/lib
Loaded Configuration File:         /usr/local/lib/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/centminmod/php.d
Additional .ini files parsed:      /etc/centminmod/php.d/a_customphp.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/curlcainfo.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/geoip.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/igbinary.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/imagick.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/mailparse.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/memcache.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/memcached.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/phpiredis.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/redis.ini,
/etc/centminmod/php.d/zendopcache.ini

Code (Text):

php -m
[PHP Modules]
bcmath
bz2
calendar
Core
ctype
curl
date
dom
enchant
ereg
exif
filter
ftp
gd
geoip
gettext
gmp
hash
iconv
igbinary
imagick
imap
intl
json
libxml
mailparse
mbstring
mcrypt
memcache
memcached
mhash
mysql
mysqli
mysqlnd
openssl
pcntl
pcre
PDO
pdo_mysql
pdo_sqlite
Phar
phpiredis
posix
pspell
readline
redis
Reflection
session
shmop
SimpleXML
snmp
soap
sockets
SPL
sqlite3
standard
sysvmsg
sysvsem
sysvshm
tidy
tokenizer
xml
xmlreader
xmlrpc
xmlwriter
xsl
Zend OPcache
zip
zlib

[Zend Modules]
Zend OPcache