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FreeBSD install PHP 7.2 with FPM for Nginx

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Here are the steps to install PHP 7.2 with FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) for Nginx on FreeBSD:

  1. Install the PHP package using pkg:
pkg install php72
  1. Install the PHP-FPM package:
pkg install php72-fpm
  1. Enable PHP-FPM in the system:
sysrc php_fpm_enable=yes
  1. Start the PHP-FPM service:
service php-fpm start
  1. Configure Nginx to use PHP-FPM. Edit the Nginx configuration file, usually located at /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf and add the following lines in the server block:
location ~ \.php$ {
 fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
 fastcgi_index index.php;
 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
 include fastcgi_params;
}
  1. Check the configuration and reload the nginx service
nginx -trnservice nginx reload
  1. Verify that PHP is working by creating a file info.php in the document root of your server, and adding the following line:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
  1. Access the file in your browser http://your-server-ip-address/info.php
rnYou should now have PHP 7.2 with FPM for Nginx installed and configured on your FreeBSD system. You can now start building your PHP web application on this server.