 The php-fpm sapi does not work 000% well with Apache right now . Cpanel is not the people to blame as apache support is the culprit here . If you check in nginX land php-fpm is the only option here and its support is very mature. You have the option to use php-fpm with nginx at full swing if opting for cpanel plugins like http://ndeploy.in . The php-fpm sapi does not work 000% well with Apache right now . Cpanel is not the people to blame as apache support is the culprit here . If you check in nginX land php-fpm is the only option here and its support is very mature. You have the option to use php-fpm with nginx at full swing if opting for cpanel plugins like http://ndeploy.in . 