How To Install or Upgrade PHP on Fedora/CentOS/RHEL

This guide will show you how to install or upgrade to latest release of PHP on Fedora, RHEL and CentOS.

Adding EPEL/Remi Repository

For CentOS 8

sudo dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools

sudo dnf -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled remi

For RHEL 8

sudo dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
ARCH=$( /bin/arch )
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable "codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-${ARCH}-rpms"

sudo dnf -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled remi

For CentOS 7.6

sudo yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

For RHEL 7.6

sudo yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms

For CentOS 6.10

yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
yum -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm

For RHEL 6.10

yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
yum -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
rhn-channel --add --channel=rhel-$(uname -i)-server-optional-6

For Fedora 29

sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-29.rpm

For Fedora 28

sudo dnf -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-28.rpm

Installing PHP

For CentOS/RHEL 8, you can install any version of php with below command:

sudo dnf -y install php php-fpm

For installing specific php version, type one of the below command:

sudo dnf -y install php70
sudo dnf -y install php71
sudo dnf -y install php72
sudo dnf -y install php73
sudo dnf -y install php74

For CentOS/RHEL 7, you can install default version of php with below command:

sudo yum -y install php php-fpm

For installing specific php version, type below command:

sudo yum -y install php70
sudo yum -y install php71
sudo yum -y install php72
sudo yum -y install php73
sudo yum -y install php74

For CentOS/RHEL 6, you can install default version of php with below command:

yum -y install php php-fpm

For installing specific php version, type one of below command:

yum -y install php70
yum -y install php71
yum -y install php72
yum -y install php73

For Fedora, you can install any version of php with below command:

sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core

For installing default php version, type below command:

sudo dnf -y install php php-fpm

For installing specific php version, type one of the below command:

sudo dnf -y install php70
sudo dnf -y install php71
sudo dnf -y install php72
sudo dnf -y install php73
sudo dnf -y install php74

We hope this guide was helpful.