How to install PHP7.0 ssh2 in ubutntu 14.04 for PHP 7.0.19-1+deb.sury.org~trusty+2

Question

Tried several techniques given at Stack Overflow and Ask Ubuntu to install ssh2 extension for php but nothing seems to work. Also followed the tutorial at http://php.net/manual/en/ssh2.setup.php but doesn't seems to work.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Just solved the issue.

The method to install SSH2 for php 7 and 7.1 running on ubuntu 14.04 is below:

1. Installing the library

For PHP 7:

sudo apt-get install php7.0-ssh2

For PHP 7.1:

sudo apt-get install php7.1-ssh2

2. Restart Apache2 server

sudo service apache2 restart