diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08fd3aa222f9eca813eb2ade7073705eca8949c8..1a740fa64651a9b0ca211125759deed24c4a3065 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ This role isn't setup to generate multiple `pool.d` config files, but the [users
 
 <!-- END_ANSIBLE_DOCS -->
 
+## Help
+
+Reinstall a package and the configuration files when they have been deleted (see [serverfault comment](https://serverfault.com/a/670776)):
+
+```bash
+UCF_FORCE_CONFFMISS=1  apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="–force-confmiss" install "php8.1-fpm"
+```
+
+
 ## Repo History
 
 In June 2021 this role was renamed from `phpfpm` to `php` and the URL of the git repo and all the variable names and tags have been updated to match.
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 5c8ad2751d3aaf5df8ac0c4840f7de2583ecc038..99f30018d21d32329fccd9ba967dacd308d31929 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ php: true
 # cat /etc/php/8.1/fpm/php.ini | jc --ini -yp
 php_check_legacy_variables: true
 php_config:
-  - name: PHP 8.2 configuration
-    version: "8.2"
-    state: absent
+  # - name: PHP 8.2 configuration
+  #   version: "8.2"
+  #   state: absent
   - name: PHP 8.1 configuration
     version: "8.1"
-    state: absent
+    state: present
     files:
       - path: /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini
         state: absent
@@ -81,41 +81,41 @@ php_config:
     state: present
 php_sury: true
 php_versions:
-  - name: PHP 8.2 packages
-    version: "8.2"
-    state: absent
-    pkg_absent:
-      - libapache2-mod-php8.2
-      - php8.2-phpdbg
-    pkg_present:
-      - php8.2-apcu
-      - php8.2-bcmath
-      - php8.2-bz2
-      - php8.2-cli
-      - php8.2-common
-      - php8.2-curl
-      - php8.2-gd
-      - php8.2-gmp
-      - php8.2-fpm
-      - php8.2-imagick
-      - php8.2-imap
-      - php8.2-intl
-      - php8.2-ldap
-      - php8.2-mbstring
-      - php8.2-mysql
-      - php8.2-opcache
-      - php8.2-readline
-      - php8.2-sqlite3
-      - php8.2-soap
-      - php8.2-uploadprogress
-      - php8.2-xml
-      - php8.2-xmlrpc
-      - php8.2-xsl
-      - php8.2-zip
-      - php-pear
+  # - name: PHP 8.2 packages
+  #   version: "8.2"
+  #   state: absent
+  #   pkg_absent:
+  #     - libapache2-mod-php8.2
+  #     - php8.2-phpdbg
+  #   pkg_present:
+  #     - php8.2-apcu
+  #     - php8.2-bcmath
+  #     - php8.2-bz2
+  #     - php8.2-cli
+  #     - php8.2-common
+  #     - php8.2-curl
+  #     - php8.2-gd
+  #     - php8.2-gmp
+  #     - php8.2-fpm
+  #     - php8.2-imagick
+  #     - php8.2-imap
+  #     - php8.2-intl
+  #     - php8.2-ldap
+  #     - php8.2-mbstring
+  #     - php8.2-mysql
+  #     - php8.2-opcache
+  #     - php8.2-readline
+  #     - php8.2-sqlite3
+  #     - php8.2-soap
+  #     - php8.2-uploadprogress
+  #     - php8.2-xml
+  #     - php8.2-xmlrpc
+  #     - php8.2-xsl
+  #     - php8.2-zip
+  #     - php-pear
   - name: PHP 8.1 packages
     version: "8.1"
-    state: absent
+    state: present
     pkg_absent:
       - libapache2-mod-php8.1
       - php8.1-phpdbg
diff --git a/tasks/file_templated.yml b/tasks/file_templated.yml
index 651a56ba296e68be6f9d790d0386ad1a0e4e8859..f9c4d475462df882fd069464c12e263a941b9ef3 100644
--- a/tasks/file_templated.yml
+++ b/tasks/file_templated.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@
             state: reloaded
 
       when:
+        - php_conf_file_version is defined
         - php_conf_file_version in php_ver_installed
+        - php_conf_file_templated.changed is defined
         - php_conf_file_templated.changed | bool
         - php_conf_file_sapi is defined
         - php_conf_file_sapi == "fpm"
@@ -123,7 +125,9 @@
         path: "{{ php_conf_file_backup }}"
         state: absent
       changed_when: false
-      when: not php_conf_file_templated.changed | bool
+      when:
+        - php_conf_file_templated.changed is defined
+        - not php_conf_file_templated.changed | bool
 
   tags:
     - php
diff --git a/tasks/pkg.yml b/tasks/pkg.yml
index cfdb22aac116aa0393b4bcdc47ad3311b2001168..e592ac2fad756695c306a4bc07ba2022c4947aac 100644
--- a/tasks/pkg.yml
+++ b/tasks/pkg.yml
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@
         var: php_pkg_install
         verbosity: "{% if ansible_check_mode | bool and php_pkg_install != [] %}0{% elif php_pkg_install != [] %}1{% else %}2{% endif %}"
 
-    - name: PHP packages purged
+    - name: PHP packages absent
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         pkg: "{{ php_pkg_rm }}"
-        purge: true
+        purge: false
         state: absent
       register: php_packages_removed
       when: php_pkg_rm != []
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         pkg: "{{ php_pkg_install }}"
         state: latest
+        dpkg_options: force-confmiss
         update_cache: true
+      environment:
+        UCF_FORCE_CONFFMISS: "1"
       register: php_packages_installed
       when: php_pkg_install != []
 
diff --git a/templates/php.j2 b/templates/php.j2
index 97836bfa75ae90aec0fd65b40b2950ec9716e506..f5e1df00f1d4e7b532070a7cb2e9850b77461edd 100644
--- a/templates/php.j2
+++ b/templates/php.j2
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-# {{ systemd_ansible_managed }}
-
-{% for php_section in | dict2items %}
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
 
+{% for php_section in php_conf_file_proposed_vars | dict2items %}
 [{{ php_section.key }}]
 {% for php_variable_pair in php_section.value | dict2items %}
 {{ php_variable_pair.key }} = {{ php_variable_pair.value }}
-
 {% endfor %}
 {% endfor %}