Installing PHP-ZMQ

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Installing PHP-ZMQ

If your host provider is using Cpanel you can install ZMQ from pear modules

Go to pear packages then search for "php-zmq" or "zmq" and click on the install button.

Installing PHP-ZMQ via Command

To install ZeroMQ with command log in to your server through Putty or any similar, We will start first with updating the repo with the following command:

$ sudo apt-get update

Then install the require dependency:

$ sudo apt-get install php-pear libzmq3-dev

You can now start installing ZeroMQ with pecl:

$ sudo pecl install zmq-beta

After installing ZMQ make sure to add the following line at your php.ini config file

extension=zmq.so

Install ZMQ From Source

install the require dependency:

apt-get install --yes git libzmq3-dev

clone latest version from git

git clone git://github.com/mkoppanen/php-zmq.git

to install zmq run

cd php-zmq
phpize && ./configure
make
make install
cd ..
rm -fr php-zmq

To enable ZMQ you need to add the following at your php.ini file

extension=zmq.so

or in file /etc/php/7.x/mods-available/zmq.ini, then run sudo phpenmod zmq


If the install was successful you should see green check icon next to PHP ZMQ at plugin settings > server status page

Last update: August 6, 2025
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