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PHP Selector / Re: Support for PHP 8.4
« Last post by Wonder on Today at 07:27:51 PM »With a lot of work and testing, I've managed to install PHP FPM 8.4.15 on CWP 8; I'll post the guide later.
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Other / Goodbye CWP — I’m done for good
« Last post by matrix4495 on Today at 06:55:08 PM »Goodbye CWP, I’m done for good.
Alright folks, this is my last post here.
I’m officially moving away from Control Web Panel and I’m not looking back. This isn’t a rage-quit. It’s a long-overdue “operations sanity” decision.
Why I’m leaving:
Open-source is amazing when it’s actively maintained and supported.
But if you’re running a business, charging clients, or your uptime matters, then support and accountability aren’t “luxury items.” They’re the basics.
So yeah… I finally did it. Moved on.
And honestly, if you’re reading this while firefighting the same stuff every week maybe you should consider it too.
No hate, no personal beef just facts from the trenches.
Wishing you all the best.
Logging off for good...
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Jaspreet Singh
Alright folks, this is my last post here.
I’m officially moving away from Control Web Panel and I’m not looking back. This isn’t a rage-quit. It’s a long-overdue “operations sanity” decision.
Why I’m leaving:
- Admins missing in action. Too often it feels like nobody is steering the ship.
- A few loud users run the forum. If you ask real questions, you get politics instead of answers.
- Support reality: Asking for help here is mostly useless and if you positively criticize something, some people act like you committed a crime.
- The usual reply: “Go buy a paid panel then.” Cool. That’s exactly what I did because when clients are paying me, I need reliability and support, not forum drama.
- Updates went for a toss: There hasn’t been a meaningful update in forever (feels like a year+). PHP updates feel like a wishful dream, roadmap talk stays talk, and the product momentum just isn’t there.
- Updates + security: CVEs get discovered fast… but fixes feel slow. And in between, you’re left patching holes with your own custom scripts just to keep things tight.
- DIY forever: Fixing loopholes and making things “production-safe” shouldn’t require custom scripts for half the stack, but here we are.
- DNS cluster (sorry): It’s not production-grade. I ended up writing my own DNS cluster scripts and they’ve been more stable and predictable than what I got out of the box.
Open-source is amazing when it’s actively maintained and supported.
But if you’re running a business, charging clients, or your uptime matters, then support and accountability aren’t “luxury items.” They’re the basics.
So yeah… I finally did it. Moved on.
And honestly, if you’re reading this while firefighting the same stuff every week maybe you should consider it too.
No hate, no personal beef just facts from the trenches.
Wishing you all the best.
Logging off for good...
--
Jaspreet Singh
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PHP Selector / Re: Support for PHP 8.4
« Last post by Wonder on February 13, 2026, 09:20:29 PM »The problem I mentioned was very simple: installing what I needed, as indicated in the message. It was right in front of me, and I didn't see it.
But I'm unable to install PHP 8.4.15 on CWP 8. If it's not one error, it's another... Ideally, I'd have it in php-fpm, but in the meantime... This is becoming urgent, at least for me. A website requires PHP 8.4, and if I don't install it... it's a bad situation.
But I'm unable to install PHP 8.4.15 on CWP 8. If it's not one error, it's another... Ideally, I'd have it in php-fpm, but in the meantime... This is becoming urgent, at least for me. A website requires PHP 8.4, and if I don't install it... it's a bad situation.
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Apache / Re: Apache 2.4.66 released on 2025-12-04
« Last post by overseer on February 13, 2026, 02:32:38 PM »Possibly a security weak spot, but consider that the CWP team leans into LTS branches of software, befitting an Enterprise Linux base (slow moving, break as little as possible). Manually following Starburst's guide (linked above) will get you 2.4.66 -- not difficult to do the update.
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Apache / Re: Apache 2.4.66 released on 2025-12-04
« Last post by chrisg on February 13, 2026, 08:40:54 AM »I wonder what's going on at CWP. Previously they provided new Apache versions rather quickly. However, the currently included version is Apache/2.4.62 which they added on August 7, 2024. That's more than a year old! And the newest version they provide via "Apache rebuild" is even older: 2.4.57. Isn't that a big security risk?
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PHP Selector / Re: Support for PHP 8.4
« Last post by Wonder on February 12, 2026, 10:38:11 PM »The guide at:
https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/615-install-latest-version-of-php-84-php-switcher-in-cwp-control-web-panel-el89-almalinux-89/
Is for both AlmaLinux 8 and 9.
If you are running either of those you should not have to 'tweat' any paths.
Some modules where retired when PHP 8.4 was released, like IMAP in 8.4, that now need to be loaded via PECL.
As always, thanks for your response and help.
I went to install it on a CWP 8 / AL8, I had this error:
Code: [Select]
checking for zip archive read/write support... yes
checking for libzip >= 0.11 libzip != 1.3.1 libzip != 1.7.0... no
configure: error: Package requirements (libzip >= 0.11 libzip != 1.3.1 libzip != 1.7.0) were not met:
Package 'libzip', required by 'virtual:world', not found
Package 'libzip', required by 'virtual:world', not found
Package 'libzip', required by 'virtual:world', not found
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.
Alternatively, you may set the environment variables LIBZIP_CFLAGS
and LIBZIP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
[root@srv php-8.4.15]# export CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC"
[root@srv php-8.4.15]# export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC"
[root@srv php-8.4.15]# export LDFLAGS="-pie -Wl,--as-needed"
[root@srv php-8.4.15]# make -j$(nproc)
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
[root@srv php-8.4.15]# make install
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.
[root@srv php-8.4.15]#I'm looking for a solution, anyway, it's for PHP Switcher, not PHP-FPM, correct?
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Mod_Security / Re: Updated Comodo WAF Rules (2025/2026) for CWP & WordPress - Community Feedback
« Last post by sminozzi on February 12, 2026, 01:09:09 PM »Thanks for the feedback and for your honesty. Since my sites are WordPress-based, I developed two plugins (anti-hacker and anti-bot) that work in synergy with ModSecurity, CSF, and Fail2ban.
I’m actually very pleased with the results of this setup, so I’ll stick with the Comodo rules for a while longer. I only offered them because I see many people still using the version from two years ago, and I believe moving to an updated ruleset is a step forward.
I wanted to help because I see so many people online trying to destroy things and very few helping to build them. Modestly, I’m just trying to balance the scales a bit. It’s a small contribution, but it was what I could do.
I’m actually very pleased with the results of this setup, so I’ll stick with the Comodo rules for a while longer. I only offered them because I see many people still using the version from two years ago, and I believe moving to an updated ruleset is a step forward.
I wanted to help because I see so many people online trying to destroy things and very few helping to build them. Modestly, I’m just trying to balance the scales a bit. It’s a small contribution, but it was what I could do.
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Other / Re: CWP Forums constantly down
« Last post by Starburst on February 12, 2026, 11:03:27 AM »Yes, I have already reported the problem to José, it is due to an old and no longer updated version of SMF. I suggested to José that he switch to PHPBB, which is much more robust and much better in this regard.
phpBB is good, but SMF 2.1.6 seemed better IMO, but I got out voted for another project. :/
sysadmin.help is finally live.
Feel free to post here & there.
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PHP Selector / Re: Support for PHP 8.4
« Last post by Starburst on February 12, 2026, 11:00:29 AM »The guide at:
https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/615-install-latest-version-of-php-84-php-switcher-in-cwp-control-web-panel-el89-almalinux-89/
Is for both AlmaLinux 8 and 9.
If you are running either of those you should not have to 'tweat' any paths.
Some modules where retired when PHP 8.4 was released, like IMAP in 8.4, that now need to be loaded via PECL.
https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/615-install-latest-version-of-php-84-php-switcher-in-cwp-control-web-panel-el89-almalinux-89/
Is for both AlmaLinux 8 and 9.
If you are running either of those you should not have to 'tweat' any paths.
Some modules where retired when PHP 8.4 was released, like IMAP in 8.4, that now need to be loaded via PECL.
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PHP Selector / Re: Support for PHP 8.4
« Last post by Wonder on February 12, 2026, 10:37:30 AM »https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/614-how-to-add-custom-php-fpm-84-85-support-to-cwp-on-almalinux-9x/
https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/615-install-latest-version-of-php-84-php-switcher-in-cwp-control-web-panel-el89-almalinux-89/
https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/616-install-latest-version-of-php-85-php-switcher-in-cwp-control-web-panel-el89-almalinux-89/
As always, thanks for your messages.
I'm here because I need to install PHP 8.4 on CWP 8 / AlmaLinux 8. The links provided are for CWP9/Alma9 (I'm interested in php-fmp). I've spent all day tweaking the paths so that it's 8 instead of 9, but I still can't install modules or I'm getting other errors. Is there any way to install PHP 8.4 correctly on CWP 8?
Thanks
PS: Sorry about the previous post; I quoted the wrong one, didn't see it, and now I can't edit it.
