How do you restart php-fpm?

Question

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

score 334 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 14 '16 at 00:57

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.

score 30 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 23 '13 at 06:53

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!!

BurninLeo · Answer 3 · 2014-12-03T10:12:13.670

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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

edited Dec 03 '14 at 10:12

answered Aug 08 '14 at 11:55

BurninLeo

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score 13 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 01 '11 at 20:08

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This should work:

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

answered Feb 01 '11 at 20:08

dialt0ne

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score 12 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 30 '15 at 21:25

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For Mac OSX brew services restart php56 worked for me.

answered Dec 30 '15 at 21:25

Blake Frederick

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score 11 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 26 '17 at 08:57

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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

answered Mar 26 '17 at 08:57

Gediminas

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score 6 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 12 '14 at 07:01

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`

score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Sep 25 '13 at 19:24

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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

answered Sep 25 '13 at 19:24

Pooch

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered May 11 '13 at 15:03

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.

score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 28 '16 at 10:44

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

score 2 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 11 '16 at 09:20

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On Ubuntu 16 with php 5.6 fpm.

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

answered Oct 11 '16 at 09:20

MrPHP

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score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 03 '17 at 16:17

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

score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 17 '19 at 16:33

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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 '19 at 16:33

Saman Mohamadi

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score 0 · Answer 14 · edited Oct 01 '15 at 02:35

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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 01 '15 at 02:35

Michael Hampton

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answered Sep 09 '15 at 06:01

Nicolas Guérinet

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Sep 09 '15 at 06:46

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On Windows:

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

answered Sep 09 '15 at 06:46

Gerald Schneider

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered May 16 '17 at 20:08

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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

answered May 16 '17 at 20:08

Junior Mayhe

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Nov 26 '18 at 08:55

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

score -2 · Answer 18 · answered Sep 23 '19 at 08:31

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.

How do you restart php-fpm?

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