Sometimes when trying to install Drupal 8 Commerce you get the error that it needs the php ext-bcmath
To install the PHP bcmath extension run the following command
yum install php-bcmath
1 – This issue is caused by the php setting “max_execution_time” being too low
2 – To Fix this issue open your php.ini file and change the max_execution_time setting to a large enough amount
3 – Then you need to restart your web server for the change to take effect
To secure PHP and prevent an attacker from executing malicious code you can include the following lines into your php.ini:
disable_functions = exec,passthru,shell_exec,system,proc_open,popen,curl_exec,curl_multi_exec,parse_ini_file,show_source ;disable_functions =
If you need these functions for any reasons you can just comment the first line and uncomment the 2nd, and to restrict it back again you do the opposite
You can also add/modify the following to hide the information that you're using php
