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how install or enabled php-zip and php-xml

i have my droplet with ubuntu 18.10 and php 5.6. I need install php-zip and php-xml, when i run apt-get install php-zip or apt-get install php-xml, i get “php-zip is already installed” but php -m dont show. If enable extension=zip.so i get “unable to load library”. How i get php-zip an php-xml? thanks.

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KFSys • October 23, 2019

Hi @arcano162a0753f8ba1074e549,

You can install the php extensions like the following

sudo apt-get install php5.6-zip php5.6-xml

In fact you can install any PHP extension using the command above.

Please make sure you’ve ran

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Beforehand.

Regards, KDSys

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