Unable to remove Plesk PHP handler: This handler is corrupted or broken

Nelson Leiva

Updated December 12, 2020 15:57

Plesk for Linux kb: technical ABT: Group B

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PHP handler is marked as corrupted in Plesk > Tools & Settings > PHP Settings:

PLESK_ERROR: This handler is corrupted
PHP handler is marked as broken while listing handlers via CLI:

# /usr/local/psa/bin/php_handler --list
id: display name: php-cli: status:
7.0-latest 7.0.latest /opt/atomic/atomic-php70/root/usr/bin/php broken
Attempt to remove this handler fails:

# /usr/local/psa/bin/php_handler --remove -id 7.0-latest
The PHP handler "7.0-latest" is not found
Plesk database contains a record for the handler:

# plesk db "select section,name from ServiceNodeEnvironment where name='7.0-latest'"
+-------------+---------------------+
| section | name |
+-------------+---------------------+
| phphandlers | 7.0-latest |
+-------------+---------------------+

PHP 7.0 handler provided by Atomic is not installed on the server and database contains outdated information about that handler.

Connect to the server via SSH and reread handlers information using the following command:

# /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/php_handlers_control --reread