One-Command Install: PHP & Composer with Static Binaries for Linux & macOS

Overview

One command automatically installs PHP and Composer and provides static PHP binaries for multiple operating systems.

Download address: https://www.workerman.net/download

Scenario

Steps to quickly set up a PHP and Composer environment on a new server, covering most Linux distributions (Ubuntu, CentOS) and Windows.

Features

Selectable PHP versions 8.0–8.3

Supports Linux and macOS; Windows requires manual download of the static PHP archive

Automatically detects CPU architecture (x86_64, aarch64)

Includes most common extensions

Static PHP binary does not depend on system libraries

Portable; uninstall by deleting /usr/local/bin/php and

/usr/local/bin/composer

Automatic Installation

On Linux or macOS, run the following command:

curl -sO https://www.workerman.net/install-php-and-composer && sudo bash install-php-and-composer

The script prompts for the desired PHP version (8.0‑8.3) and then installs PHP and Composer.

Verify the installation:

PHP verification

php -v

Composer verification

composer --version

List the extensions compiled into the static PHP binary:

php -m

Manual Installation

Download the static PHP archive, extract it, and run the executable directly. Example for Windows:

https://www.workerman.net/download/php/php-8.2-windows-x86_64.tar.gz

Extract and check the version:

cd php-8.2-windows-x86_64
./php.exe --version

Supported Extensions

Linux

Core, date, libxml, openssl, pcre, sqlite3, zlib, amqp, apcu, bcmath, calendar, ctype, curl, dba, dom, sockets, event, hash, fileinfo, filter, gd, gettext, json, iconv, SPL, session, standard, mbstring, igbinary, imagick, exif, mongodb, msgpack, mysqlnd, mysqli, pcntl, PDO, pdo_mysql, pdo_pgsql, pdo_sqlite, pdo_sqlsrv, pgsql, Phar, posix, readline, redis, Reflection, shmop, SimpleXML, soap, sodium, sqlsrv, sysvmsg, sysvsem, sysvshm, tokenizer, xlswriter, xml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, memcache, Zend OPcache

macOS

Core, date, libxml, openssl, pcre, sqlite3, zlib, amqp, apcu, bcmath, calendar, ctype, curl, dba, dom, sockets, event, hash, fileinfo, filter, gd, gettext, json, iconv, SPL, session, standard, mbstring, igbinary, imagick, exif, msgpack, memcached, mongodb, mysqlnd, mysqli, pcntl, PDO, pdo_mysql, pdo_pgsql, pdo_sqlite, pdo_sqlsrv, pgsql, Phar, posix, random, readline, redis, Reflection, shmop, SimpleXML, soap, sodium, sqlsrv, sysvmsg, sysvsem, sysvshm, tokenizer, xlswriter, xml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, Zend OPcache

Windows

Core, amqp, apcu, bcmath, bz2, calendar, ctype, curl, date, dba, FFI, fileinfo, filter, gd, hash, iconv, json, pcre, msgpack, SPL, openssl, mbstring, random, Reflection, session, shmop, sockets, standard, sqlite3, sqlsrv, mysqlnd, sysvshm, tokenizer, zip, zlib, libxml, dom, exif, igbinary, mysqli, PDO, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, pdo_sqlsrv, Phar, redis, SimpleXML, soap, xml, xmlreader, xmlwriter, Zend OPcache