===PHP versions and their FPM/CLI/Cron usage===

Under N99panel multiple PHP versions are available. There are three ways PHP is used\\
– FPM (via browser)\\
– CLI (Command Line Interface)\\
– Cron daemon

PHP usage via FPM is handled from within N99panel interface. Each VHost/Website under N99panel can have its own PHP version

When using **PHP CLI via SSH**, ‘[[:gen:enable_full_sshd|Full SSHD flavor]]’ needs to be enabled for the respective user under ‘Manage SSHd/Crond’. Following points/info be considered\\

Multiple PHP versions as accessible via 

<code>
php70
php71
php72
php73
php74
php80
php81
php82
</code>
 
The default PHP version accessed via php command is PHP 7.4\\

Multiple corresponding composer versions are accessible via 

<code>
compose70 
composer71 
composer72 
composer73 
composer74 
composer80 
composer81
</code>

To use **composer with PHP 8.2**, please use the following command to access composer 

<code>
php82 /usr/local/bin/composer
</code>

When using PHP with Cron daemon or cronjobs, ‘[[:gen:enable_full_sshd|Full SSHD flavor]]’ needs to be enabled along with CronD for the respective user under ‘Manage SSHD/Crond’. For running cronjobs, your can refer to - [[:gen:enable-cron|Enabling Cron Jobs]]

Under cron, Multiple PHP versions are accessible using full paths of php executables as under\\

<code>/usr/bin/php70
/usr/bin/php71
/usr/bin/php72
/usr/bin/php73
/usr/bin/php74
/usr/bin/php80
/usr/bin/php81
/usr/bin/php82
</code>

Multiple corresponding composer versions are accessible as under :

<code>
/usr/bin/php70 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php71 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php72 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php73 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php74 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php80 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php81 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php82 /usr/local/bin/composer
</code>

A typical cron job may look like

<code>
*/15 * * * * /usr/bin/php80 /home/user/vhost_public_html/phpscript.php
</code>

The above cron will execute the above script every 15 min. Please note that cron jobs under N99panel word as per UTC time zone.

If you require a custom PHP extension, please let us know so that we can make it available for you.