Update PHP7.2-FPM to PHP7.4-FPM for NGINX on CentOS

Recently WordPress had seen PHP7.2 as an unsafe version and popped up a dialog in the admin dashboard, so I found the solutions for both version of CentOS 7/8 to update PHP version to 7.4.

Before any operation, don’t forget to backup your website.

How to install PHP 7.x on CentOS 7/8 for NGINX?

0. You may want to update yum modules (Optional)

$ sudo yum update

For CentOS7

1. Search for PHP version, run

$ yum repolist all | grep php

If you don’t have remi-php74 install and enable the Remi’s repo for PHP 7.4 by

$ sudo yum install yum-utils http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

2. Enable the PHP7.4 version

$ yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74

If the php version is successfully set, details of loaded plugins will list in the output.

3. Update PHP

After the PHP version set, it is time to upgrade PHP 7.x on your CentOS 7 server by typing the following command:

$ sudo yum update php

After confirming the target version, press y to let the process start.

For CentOS8

1. Search for PHP version, run

$ sudo yum module list php
Last metadata expiration check: 0:51:12 ago on Mon May 24 16:11:14 2021.
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream
Name           Stream            Profiles                            Summary                        
php            7.2 [d][e]        common [d], devel, minimal          PHP scripting language         
php            7.3               common [d], devel, minimal          PHP scripting language         
php            7.4               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          common [d], devel, minimal          PHP scripting language         
php            remi-7.3          common [d], devel, minimal          PHP scripting language         
php            remi-7.4          common [d], devel, minimal          PHP scripting language         
php            remi-8.0          common [d], devel, minimal          PHP scripting language         

Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled

If you don’t have php:7.4 or php:remi-7.4 module in the list, install and enable the Remi’s repo for PHP 7.4 by

$ sudo yum install yum-utils http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm

2. Enable the PHP7.4 version

Before enable the version you want, you need to reset the version in advanced.

$ sudo yum module reset php
$ sudo yum module enable php:7.4
## verify it php set to 7.4 ##
$ sudo yum module list php

In the above example, php:7.4 is enabled, of course you can choose php:remi-7.4 either.

3. Installation

After the PHP version set, it is time to install PHP 7.x on your CentOS 8 server by typing the following command:

$ sudo yum install php php-fpm

If you do not want Apache (httpd) installed as dependencies, run:

$ sudo yum install php-fpm php-common php-cli

After Installation…

4. Check and Start Service

$ php -v
$ sudo systemctl enable php-fpm.service
$ sudo systemctl start php-fpm.service
$ sudo systemctl status php-fpm.service

References

  1. How To Install PHP 7.4 on CentOS 7
  2. 在CentOS 7系统上安装PHP 7.4版本的方法
  3. How To Install PHP 7.4 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8
  4. How to Install PHP 7.x on CentOS 8 For Nginx

 

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