Install SSH2 extension for PHP on RHEL/CentOS 7

Update and install the necessary packages

#  yum update

#  yum install  make gcc  libssh2  php-devel php-pearlibssh2-devel

#  pecl install -f ssh2

Once the package has been installed in your system, we need to configure the extension to PHP (php.ini  or ssh2.ini)

# echo "extension=ssh2.so" >  /etc/php.d/ssh2.ini

or

# echo "extension=ssh2.so"  > /etc/php.ini

Finally restart your web server

# service restart httpd.service

Now, check the module whether is configure with PHP,

# php -m | grep ssh2

1

ssh2

Also can  check in your phpinfo();