On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 4:03 PM Mike Schinkel <m...@newclarity.net> wrote:
> Once a managed host has a working platform they are loath to change it > because something might break and create dogged wntime for their customers > that is potentially devastating for their business. > > Thus managed hosts rarely add things to their platform unless they need > them to support their platform (like redis or new relic) or there is > OVERWHELMING DEMAND in userland for adding them. > It is utterly unreasonable to expect to change what is or isn't bundled in a project because you managed host of choice is afraid of breaking something. Also, as it has been said before, just because something is bundled it doesn't mean that your managed host of choice won't disable it during compile time. Find a host that lets you control your PHP installation the way you need it. Not the other way around. Regards, Pedro