Try moving install of 10 php packages to www_base/tasks/main.yml

roles/www_base/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 # Role "www_base" runs here, probably in 3-BASE-SERVER.
 # Role "www_options" runs later, likely in 4-SERVER-OPTIONS.
 
+- name: 'Install ~10 php packages (debuntu)'
+  package:
+    name:
+      # - php{{ php_version }}    # On Ubuntu 20.04 (and prob other OS's) this forces the install of: apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapache2-mod-php{{ php_version }} ETC
+      - php{{ php_version }}-common    # 2020-05-21: @jvonau suggests this to avoid Apache above.  Or its superset php{{ php_version }}-cli if absolutely nec?
+      - php{{ php_version }}-curl
+      - php{{ php_version }}-gd
+      - php{{ php_version }}-imap
+      - php{{ php_version }}-ldap
+      - php{{ php_version }}-mysql
+      - php{{ php_version }}-odbc
+      - php-pear
+      # - php{{ php_version }}-sqlite3    # 2020-07-10: Experimentally install this within roles/osm-vector-maps/tasks/install.yml only, as part of OSM fix PR #2464 for #2461.
+      - php{{ php_version }}-xml    # Was below
+      - php{{ php_version }}-xmlrpc
+    state: present
+  when: is_debuntu | bool
+
 - name: Using html.yml
   include_tasks: html.yml