Compile ssh2 bindings extension for PHP7.

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Compile ssh2 bindings extension for PHP7

The current PHP ssh2 extension via PECL won't compile under PHP7.

Using a more recent version via PHP's GitHub we can make this work.

$ sudo apt-get install autoconf libssh2-1-dev
$ curl -LO https://github.com/php/pecl-networking-ssh2/archive/master.zip
$ unzip master.zip
$ cd pecl-networking-ssh2-master
$ phpize
$ ./configure
$ make

Extension will be available for use at ./modules/ssh2.so.

Reference

• https://github.com/php/pecl-networking-ssh2.
• https://pecl.php.net/package/ssh2.
• https://medium.com/php-7-tutorial/solution-how-to-compile-php7-with-ssh2-f23de4e9c319.

What is phpize? Is it command? I cannot install it on Ubuntu 16.04:

E: Unable to locate package phpize

Update: run command sudo apt-get install php-dev to obtain phpize command.

When you will finish steps above you will have ssh2.so file in folder modules. Place it somewhere to path /usr/lib/php/20151012/ as a root and add this

extension=/usr/lib/php/20151012/ssh2.so

to the end of php.ini

sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini

and restart PHP7

sudo service php7.0-fpm restart

Create phpinfo.php somewhere on your server

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

It should contains "ssh2" string.

FYI - those steps above ☝️ are specific to Ubuntu/Debian packaging. But appreciate your comments, sure it will be helpful for some!

I have done the following to activate the extension on php7.0 CLI environment.

1. First copy (or move) the compiled extension along the other php's extensions.
   $ sudo cp ./modules/ssh2.so /usr/lib/php/20151012/ssh2.so

2. Then create an ini file /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/ssh2.ini with the following content:

   extension=ssh2.so
   

3. Now create a symlink to activate the extension (this is what php5enmod does in php5 environements).
   $ sudo ln -s /etc/php/7.0/mods-available/ssh2.ini /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-ssh2.ini

4. That's it. You can check activated modules with the following command:

   $ php -m
   ...
   ssh2
   ...
   

Thanks a lot for the info, I needed ssh2 extension for a Phing project.

Jawira's comment worked for me. Thanks

This is really old, just putting a note here for future reference as you shouldn't use the master branch.

You can install the most recent version now, which supports PHP 7, by appending the version number:

$ pecl install ssh2-1.1.2

i just found the solution just follow the wget steps when compline after
run the followign commands

export PHP_AUTOCONF=/usr/bin/autoconf
export PHP_AUTOHEADER=/usr/bin/autoheader
phpize
you need to run this command for your php version 
./configure --with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config7.1
make
sudo make install

this will install ssh2 and yes edit you php.ini file to enable extension
to verify run commad
php -m | grep ssh2
output
ssh2