PHP Zip extension is not installed - local install

kaktux · August 28, 2017, 2:16pm

Hi there,

just wanted to tryout grav on my own pc (maui linux) - but cant get it to work.
I just

downloaded grav
extracted + moved the folder to /var/www/html/grav
changed owner rights - sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
installed apache2 php php-zip php-curl php-gd php-curl php-xml and some others
opened localhost in a browser and opened the /grav folder

Then the installation dialogue with the green check marks appears - an one red x telling:
PHP Zip extension is not installed

Well - it is. And all solutions i could find having the same problems are solved by installing the package php-zip or php7.0-zip or ask my hoster (which doesnt work with a local install )
I tried both, un- and reinstalled both - restarted but still no success.

The only thread in this forum with this problem i could found is archived and no solution is described.

Would be great if you could help me out or have tips/clues how to get it running

btw - discourse forbids to have similar titles - the mentioned thread in the archive has also “PHP Zip extension is not installed” - doesnt make much sense to me to forbid similar titles - but thats another topic and just my 2 cents.

arank · August 28, 2017, 6:07pm

Maybe in your php.ini the php.zip extension needs to be enabled:
https://learn.getgrav.org/basics/requirements#php-requirements

point 2-4:

On a local machine you don’t have to move to var/www…you can simply name the folder homepage, etc.
I don’t need to change owner rights for my grav folder on my linux mint pc.
I don’t have to install apache2

chris_jung · August 28, 2017, 8:00pm

Installing php-zip and enabling! should help locally as well

arank · August 29, 2017, 8:09am

@chris_jung: ???

That’s exactly what i said.

kaktux · August 29, 2017, 8:17am

well - thats exactly my problem - php-zip package is installed BUT - i didnt find a way to activate

also about the points 2-4: didnt work for me in another directory, didnt work without changing the user right, did have to install apache to get it running at all.

Trying to enable php-zip i did:

php --ini

Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc/php/7.0/cli
Loaded Configuration File:         /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d
Additional .ini files parsed:      /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/10-opcache.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/10-pdo.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/15-xml.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-apcu.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-calendar.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-ctype.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-curl.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-dom.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-exif.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-fileinfo.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-ftp.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-gd.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-gettext.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-iconv.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-json.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-mbstring.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-phar.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-posix.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-readline.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-shmop.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-simplexml.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-sockets.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-sysvmsg.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-sysvsem.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-sysvshm.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-tokenizer.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-wddx.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-xmlreader.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-xmlwriter.ini,
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-xsl.ini

So my php.ini seems to be at /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini
I found a thread in another forum where they added “extension=zip.so” to that file. But that didnt to the trick.

I am in no way a coder etc - just a regular user - so i just search and try

arank · August 29, 2017, 8:30am

You have to install both:
php-zip and php7.0-zip

Look here:
/etc/php/7.0/mods-available
Should be a file: zip.ini
with content:
; configuration for php zip module
; priority=20
extension=zip.so

kaktux · August 29, 2017, 1:22pm

well - i installed, removed and reinstalled both packeges already 3 times
Also the zip.ini is available - with exactly the quoted content.

Still i get the error message:

PHP Zip extension is not installed

arank · August 29, 2017, 5:00pm

Ok, my last idea why it couldn’t work is that you moved your folder to /var…
On a local install It should work (and it works!) in any folder of your /home directory.

Download grav package.
Unzip it to a folder of your home directory
Open Terminal in this folder:
Type: php -S localhost:8000 system/router.php

Terminal Output something like this:
PHP 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Development Server started at Tue Aug 29 19:02:30 2017
Listening on http://localhost:8000
Document root is /home/axel/Downloads/Homepage
Press Ctrl-C to quit

Open your browser, Adressbar: localhost:8000

chris_jung · August 30, 2017, 10:05am

is the zip.ini available in /etc/php7.0/mods-enabled/ ?

arank · August 30, 2017, 10:44am

come on chris, we had that already.
read the last post of kaktux!

kaktux · August 30, 2017, 11:15am

just tried the /home install - it gives an error.
After unpacking into /home/Programs and typing:
php -S localhost:8000 system/router.php :

[Wed Aug 30 13:12:08 2017] PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php/20151012/zip.so' - libzip.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0
PHP 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Development Server started at Wed Aug 30 13:12:08 2017
Listening on http://localhost:8000
Document root is /home/computername/Programs
Press Ctrl-C to quit.

arank · August 30, 2017, 11:38am

Did you check /usr/lib/php/20151012/
Is the zip.so in there?

Just noticed:
There should be a file:
/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-zip.ini that links to the zip.ini in /etc/php/7.0/mods-available

Seems to be missing in your second post?

kaktux · August 30, 2017, 11:56am

Yes - the zip.so is there

Also both php-common files are installed.

Well - at least its quite confusing that it doesnt simply work by installing a lot of php-packages

/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-zip.ini is there . Dont know why it wasnt shown when it used php --ini the first time - when i repeat now it is shown!

I also got a netbook available with another linux version . i will try there - and report back if it works.

chris_jung · August 30, 2017, 12:56pm

mod-available, yes. mod-enabled was not the discussion. But available mods are not enabled by default. They need to have a symlink on mods-enabled as well.

chris_jung · August 30, 2017, 1:02pm

The symlink should be available in /etc/php/7.0/apache2/conf.d

arank · August 30, 2017, 1:20pm

@kaktux

There is a known bug in KDE Neon Editions (like maui linux):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/+bug/1697832
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381183

check in terminal: php -v
the error should show up.

so as long your netbook doesn’t use kde neon it should work.
you could also install another desktop (mate, cinnamon,xfce) in maui.
good luck!

nahrafqifahs · October 20, 2018, 1:58am

Should be fine by using this:

# yum --enablerepo=epel install php-pecl-zip

Restart (depend on your system):

# sudo systemctl restart nginx
# sudo systemctl restart php-fpm

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