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Install PHP Extensions on Shared Hosts

Last updated on November 22, 2018

In this post, I will show you a workaround to install additional PHP extensions which are not available on your Linux/BSD shared host. Before you proceed, you should ask whether your shared hosting company has an official way to install or whether they can include the extension you need on their system, as this method is really only a workaround: it probably works, but there is no guarantee of stability, especially your shared hosting company upgrades PHP version.

I’ll assume you have the basic knowledge of how to use a UNIX shell.

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