How do you restart php-fpm?

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I need to reload my php.ini and there's nothing in the help dialog about restarting it.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-14 00:57:32Z

Note: prepend sudo if not root

Using SysV Init scripts directly:

/etc/init.d/php-fpm restart # typical /etc/init.d/php5-fpm restart # debian-style /etc/init.d/php7.0-fpm restart # debian-style PHP 7

Using service wrapper script

service php-fpm restart # typical service php5-fpm restart # debian-style service php7.0-fpm restart # debian-style PHP 7

Using Upstart (e.g. ubuntu):

restart php7.0-fpm # typical (ubuntu is debian-based) PHP 7 restart php5-fpm # typical (ubuntu is debian-based) restart php-fpm # uncommon

Using systemd (newer servers):

systemctl restart php-fpm.service # typical systemctl restart php5-fpm.service # uncommon systemctl restart php7.0-fpm.service # uncommon PHP 7

Or whatever the equivalent is on your system.

What about on a Mac? php-fpm was installed using homebrew. which php-fpm gives /usr/local/sbin/php-fpm. — hobbes3
– hobbes3, Commented Mar 16, 2013 at 23:06
@hobbes3 try brew services restart php56 (if you get an error about no available formula, try a different version e.g. php5 or php55). If you don't have brew services installed, it should install it for you on the first run. — Doktor J
– Doktor J, Commented Dec 21, 2015 at 22:22
None of the above worked for me, but this did: service php-fcgi-mydomain-com restart And I had to repeat it for every domain from sites-enabled — Ilyich
– Ilyich, Commented Mar 12, 2018 at 19:01
This one was the good one for me (centOs) : systemctl reload php70-php-fpm — 4wk_
– 4wk_, Commented Jul 25, 2018 at 12:58
I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 and this seemed to work: systemctl restart php5.6-fpm.service — relipse
– relipse, Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 19:36

Falcon Momot · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-23 06:53:07Z

For Mac OS X, this is what I do:

Make a script /usr/local/etc/php/fpm-restart:

#!/bin/sh echo "Stopping php-fpm..." launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew-php*.plist echo "Starting php-fpm..." launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew-php*.plist echo "php-fpm restarted" exit 0

Then:

chmod ug+x /usr/local/etc/php/fpm-restart cd /usr/local/sbin ln -s /usr/local/etc/php/fpm-restart

make sure /usr/local/sbin is in your $PATH

then just call it from the terminal fpm-restart and BOOM!!

github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-php#installing-multiple-versions is case you can't find ths .plist file. — Frank Fang
– Frank Fang, Commented Sep 5, 2016 at 1:22

BurninLeo · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-03 10:12:13Z

Usually, service php5-fpm restart will do fine, on an up-to-date distribution.

But somtimes, it fails, telling you restart: Unknown instance: (or such).

Now, if you do not like to reboot your server, just kill the processes and have a fresh start (edited as of here):

$ sudo pkill php5-fpm; sudo service php5-fpm start

Thanks, this fixed exactly my issue. (stop: Unknown instance:) — Nilloc
– Nilloc, Commented Aug 31, 2016 at 15:00

dialt0ne · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-01 20:08:49Z

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This should work:

pkill -o -USR2 php-fpm pkill -o -USR2 php5-fpm

answered Feb 1, 2011 at 20:08

dialt0ne

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If you installed PHP-FPM via homebrew on a Mac, the first command works a lot better than unload+load'ing the plist

Alan Ivey
– Alan Ivey

2013-07-19 21:01:18 +00:00
Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 21:01
OSX: killall php-fpm

ptim
– ptim

2014-08-22 14:28:16 +00:00
Commented Aug 22, 2014 at 14:28
On OSX the above gave me an error "Unknown user SR2". Reversing the arguments fixed it: "pkill -USR2 -o php-fpm"

Keeth
– Keeth

2015-01-09 11:44:19 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2015 at 11:44
Exactly what I needed to restart FPM in a container, thanks!

Adrian Günter
– Adrian Günter

2015-10-27 00:32:24 +00:00
Commented Oct 27, 2015 at 0:32
I am using the pre-installed, or bundled with xcode, version of php and its associated -fpm for some reason, and not through Homebrew. Just thought I should use what's there already. I am using a combination of php-fpm --prefix /usr/local, making some directories under that one it needs, and as @Keeth has stated, pkill -USR2 -o php-fpm, checking with pgrep -l fpm, and the PIDs do indeed change! I had no plist files or services to take advantage of mentioned by some of the other answers.

Pysis
– Pysis

2017-08-10 03:41:43 +00:00
Commented Aug 10, 2017 at 3:41

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Blake Frederick · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-30 21:25:27Z

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For Mac OSX brew services restart php56 worked for me.

answered Dec 30, 2015 at 21:25

Blake Frederick

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yup, works for me also. Mac osx

Mike Nguyen
– Mike Nguyen

2017-05-24 05:15:49 +00:00
Commented May 24, 2017 at 5:15

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Gediminas · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-26 08:57:31Z

I had a problem restarting php7-fpm, because I didn't knew how exactly the service was named. This function gave me the answer:

service --status-all

php7-fpm service in my Ubuntu was called php7.0-fpm, so I did:

service php7.0-fpm restart

+1 for service --status-all

J.D.
– J.D.

2017-12-13 23:33:15 +00:00
Commented Dec 13, 2017 at 23:33 — J.D.
– J.D., Commented Dec 13, 2017 at 23:33

Pitarou · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-12 07:01:35Z

php-fpm will restart if you send a USR2 signal to the main process:

sudo kill -USR2 php-fpm_main_process_id

So we just need to instruct php-fpm to record its pid somewhere. In this example, I'll assume you want to save it at /etc/private/php-fpm.pid, and that php-fpm runs as user _php. First, add this line to the configuration file:

pid = /etc/php-fpm.pid

Then create the file /etc/php-fpm.pid, and make sure php-fpm has permission to modify it:

$ cd /etc $ sudo touch php-fpm.pid $ sudo chown _php php-fpm.pid $ sudo chmod 644 php-fpm.pid

Now, next time php-fpm starts, you'll be able to get its pid and restart it like this:

$ cat /etc/php-fpm.pid 815 $ sudo kill -USR2 815

Or you can combine these into a single command:

$ sudo kill -USR2 `cat /etc/private/php-fpm.pid`

I am liking @dialt0ne's and @Keeth's pkill ... answer & comment above more; shorter and simpler. — Pysis
– Pysis, Commented Aug 10, 2017 at 3:43
this is better, and nice explanation. the pkill runs the risk, if you don't get the processes matched correctly, of killing off your other PHP clusters if you happen to have them running on the same box (yes this is bad practice). — Richard
– Richard, Commented Oct 30, 2017 at 16:47

Pooch · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-25 19:24:40Z

For me I had just upgraded via apt and the service restart wasn't working. I ended up needing to kill the existing processes before it worked using: killall php5-fpm

Danack · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-11 15:03:14Z

To allow the PHP-FPM restart script to work, you must use specify a PID file in your php-fpm.conf file. i.e.

pid = /var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.pid

The default value for pid in php-fpm.conf is nothing, which means to not create a PID file, which means that the restart script can't tell which process to end during the restart.

Fokwa Best · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-28 10:44:48Z

On CentOS 7

sudo systemctl enable php-fpm // Just incase is disabled. Also ensures it starts automatically with the server sudo systemctl start php-fpm // Start the service sudo systemctl stop php-fpm // Stop the service sudo systemctl status php-fpm // View status

MrPHP · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-11 09:20:59Z

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On Ubuntu 16 with php 5.6 fpm.

 /etc/init.d/php5.6-fpm restart

answered Oct 11, 2016 at 9:20

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Jeremy Tarpley · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-03 16:17:27Z

On RedHat / CentOS 7 using PHP 7 from softwarecollections.org

service rh-php70-php-fpm start service rh-php70-php-fpm stop service rh-php70-php-fpm reload service rh-php70-php-fpm restart service rh-php70-php-fpm status

or if you're using systemctl:

systemctl start rh-php70-php-fpm systemctl stop rh-php70-php-fpm systemctl reload rh-php70-php-fpm systemctl restart rh-php70-php-fpm systemctl status rh-php70-php-fpm

Saman Mohamadi · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-17 16:33:23Z

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The simplest way to find the name of php-fpm service is to search for it:

systemctl -l --type service --all | grep fpm

answered Mar 17, 2019 at 16:33

Saman Mohamadi

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You can make it simpler: systemctl list-units *fpm*

Michael Hampton
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2019-03-17 16:40:02 +00:00
Commented Mar 17, 2019 at 16:40

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Gerald Schneider · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-09 06:46:39Z

On Windows:

Open Services in the Management Console:
```
Start -> Run -> "services.msc" -> OK 
```
Select php-fpm from the list
Rightclick and select restart

Michael Hampton · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-01 02:35:13Z

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For old versions of debian & ubuntu - php 5.6 it will be

 /etc/init.d/php-fpm56 restart service php-fpm56 restart

edited Oct 1, 2015 at 2:35

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Junior Mayhe · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-16 20:08:16Z

On Alpine with nginx this is working here:

To kill all php-fpm7 processes:

kill $(ps -o pid,comm | grep php-fpm7 | awk '{print $1}')

To start php-fpm7:

php-fpm7

Rj_Innocent_Coder · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-26 08:55:37Z

To list systemd services on CentOS/RHEL 7.x+ use

systemctl

To list all services:

systemctl list-unit-files

Where you can find service named * php-fpm * copy service name and run the following command

systemctl restart ea-php72-php-fpm.service

NOTE : ea-php72-php-fpm.service user your service name

Shark Deng · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-23 08:31:20Z

Another method for MaxOS

Open ActivityMonitor, search php-fpm, find the pid.

Open terminal, use kill [pid] to stop php-fpm

Then php-fpm on terminal to start it.

If there is error information that 127.0.0.1:9000 Already in use, just ignore that.

Refresh Nginx page, should see php.ini changes take effects.

What is MaxOS? Just running php-fpm will most probably run it under the wrong user; ignoring error messages is never a good idea. — Gerald Schneider
– Gerald Schneider, Commented Sep 23, 2019 at 8:44

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