Install php 7.4 on centos 8
PHP is one of the most used server-side programming languages. Many popular CMS and frameworks such as WordPress, Magento, and Laravel are built in PHP. Recently PHP Version 7.4.0 has been released and developers are interested to use it in production. The official release date for GA was Nov 28, 2019.
Step 1: Add Epel and Remi repositories
we can install epel and remi release through yum or dnf command
[root@centos ~]# yum install epel-release
or
[root@centos ~]# yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
[root@centos ~]# yum install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpmsample output:
[root@centos ~]# yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:01 ago on Wed 04 Dec 2019 04:49:11 PM IST.
epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm 9.2 kB/s | 21 kB 00:02
Dependencies resolved.
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Upgrading:
epel-release noarch 8-7.el8 @commandline 21 k
Transaction Summary
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Upgrade 1 Package
Total size: 21 k
Is this ok [y/N]:[root@centos ~]# yum install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 0:06:38 ago on Wed 04 Dec 2019 04:49:11 PM IST.
remi-release-8.rpm 8.3 kB/s | 20 kB 00:02
Dependencies resolved.
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Installing:
remi-release noarch 8.0-4.el8.remi @commandline 20 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total size: 20 k
Installed size: 14 k
Is this ok [y/N]: yStep 2: List and enable php Module stream
Now we will check the list of available PHP module streams with following command.
[root@centos ~]# yum module list php[root@centos ~]# yum module list php
Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:05 ago on Wed 04 Dec 2019 04:49:16 PM IST.
CentOS-8 - AppStream
Name Stream Profiles Summary
php 7.2 [d][x] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
Name Stream Profiles Summary
php remi-7.2 [x] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-7.3 [x] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-7.4 [x] common [d], In this article we are going to install php 7.4 then we will enable the module stream as below
[root@centos ~]# yum module enable php:remi-7.4[root@centos ~]# yum module enable php:remi-7.4
Last metadata expiration check: 0:18:26 ago on Wed 04 Dec 2019 04:49:16 PM IST.
Dependencies resolved.
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Enabling module streams:
php remi-7.4
Transaction Summary
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Is this ok [y/N]: y
Complete!Step 3: Install php
Once php:remi-7.4 module ie enabled we can install php packages depends on your requirement.
[root@centos ~]# yum install php php-common php-cli php-gd php-xml php-pdo php-mysql php-mcrypt php-devel php-tidy[root@centos ~]# yum install php php-common php-cli php-gd php-xml php-pdo php-mysql php-mcrypt php-devel php-tidy
Last metadata expiration check: 0:30:15 ago on Wed 04 Dec 2019 04:49:16 PM IST.
Dependencies resolved.
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Installing:
php x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 3.0 M
php-cli x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 4.6 M
php-common x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 1.2 M
php-devel x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 1.1 M
php-gd x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 89 k
php-pdo x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 140 k
php-pecl-mcrypt x86_64 1.0.3-1.el8.remi.7.4 remi-modular 35 k
php-pecl-mysql x86_64 1.0.0-0.23.20190415.d7643af.el8.remi.7.4 remi-modular 44 k
php-tidy x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 75 k
php-xml x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 213 k
Installing dependencies:
apr x86_64 1.6.3-9.el8 AppStream 125 k
apr-util x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8 AppStream 105 k
autoconf noarch 2.69-27.el8 AppStream 710 k
automake noarch 1.16.1-6.el8 AppStream 713 k
centos-logos-httpd noarch 80.5-2.el8 AppStream 24 k
cmake-filesystem x86_64 3.11.4-3.el8 AppStream 40 k
gd x86_64 2.2.5-6.el8 AppStream 144 k
httpd x86_64 2.4.37-12.module_el8.0.0+185+5908b0db AppStream 1.7 M
httpd-filesystem noarch 2.4.37-12.module_el8.0.0+185+5908b0db AppStream 35 k
httpd-tools x86_64 2.4.37-12.module_el8.0.0+185+5908b0db AppStream 102 k
jbigkit-libs x86_64 2.1-14.el8 AppStream 55 k
libX11 x86_64 1.6.7-1.el8 AppStream 612 k
libX11-common noarch 1.6.7-1.el8 AppStream 157 k
libXau x86_64 1.0.8-13.el8 AppStream 36 k
libXpm x86_64 3.5.12-7.el8 AppStream 58 k
libjpeg-turbo x86_64 1.5.3-7.el8 AppStream 155 k
libtiff x86_64 4.0.9-13.el8 AppStream 188 k
libtool x86_64 2.4.6-25.el8 AppStream 709 k
libwebp x86_64 1.0.0-1.el8 AppStream 273 k
libxcb x86_64 1.13-5.el8 AppStream 230 k
libxml2-devel x86_64 2.9.7-5.el8 AppStream 1.0 M
mod_http2 x86_64 1.11.3-3.module_el8.0.0+185+5908b0db AppStream 158 k
oniguruma x86_64 6.8.2-1.el8 AppStream 188 k
perl-Thread-Queue noarch 3.13-1.el8 AppStream 24 k
dejavu-fonts-common noarch 2.35-6.el8 BaseOS 74 k
dejavu-sans-fonts noarch 2.35-6.el8 BaseOS 1.5 M
emacs-filesystem noarch 1:26.1-5.el8 BaseOS 69 k
fontconfig x86_64 2.13.1-3.el8 BaseOS 275 k
fontpackages-filesystem noarch 1.44-22.el8 BaseOS 16 k
keyutils-libs-devel x86_64 1.5.10-6.el8 BaseOS 48 k
krb5-devel x86_64 1.16.1-22.el8 BaseOS 546 k
libcom_err-devel x86_64 1.44.3-2.el8 BaseOS 37 k
libkadm5 x86_64 1.16.1-22.el8 BaseOS 184 k
libselinux-devel x86_64 2.8-6.el8 BaseOS 199 k
libsepol-devel x86_64 2.8-2.el8 BaseOS 85 k
libverto-devel x86_64 0.3.0-5.el8 BaseOS 18 k
libxslt x86_64 1.1.32-3.el8 BaseOS 249 k
m4 x86_64 1.4.18-7.el8 BaseOS 223 k
openssl-devel x86_64 1:1.1.1-8.el8 BaseOS 2.3 M
pcre2-devel x86_64 10.32-1.el8 BaseOS 605 k
pcre2-utf16 x86_64 10.32-1.el8 BaseOS 228 k
pcre2-utf32 x86_64 10.32-1.el8 BaseOS 220 k
xz-devel x86_64 5.2.4-3.el8 BaseOS 62 k
zlib-devel x86_64 1.2.11-10.el8 BaseOS 56 k
libmcrypt x86_64 2.5.8-26.el8 epel 109 k
libsodium x86_64 1.0.18-2.el8 epel 162 k
libtidy x86_64 5.6.0-5.el8 epel 227 k
php-json x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 73 k
php-mysqlnd x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 255 k
Installing weak dependencies:
apr-util-bdb x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8 AppStream 25 k
apr-util-openssl x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8 AppStream 27 k
nginx-filesystem noarch 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.0.0+184+e34fea82 AppStream 24 k
php-fpm x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 1.6 M
php-mbstring x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 523 k
php-opcache x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 330 k
php-sodium x86_64 7.4.0-1.el8.remi remi-modular 85 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 66 Packages
Total download size: 28 M
Installed size: 110 M
Is this ok [y/N]:once above packages are installed we can check version of php with following command.
[root@centos ~]# php -v
PHP 7.4.0 (cli) (built: Nov 26 2019 20:13:36) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.4.0, Copyright (c), by Zend TechnologiesTo view the list of installed modules run below command.
[root@centos ~]# php --modules
