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+---
+# php defaults/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# PHP related settings
+php_service: "php7.4-fpm"
+
+# Packages required for Wordpress and ONF Website
+php_packages:
+  - "php7.4-fpm"
+  - "php7.4-curl"
+  - "php7.4-gmagick"
+  - "php7.4-mysql"
+  - "php7.4-xml"