In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configuration of PHP 7.4 on CentOS 7. For those of you who didn’t know, PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language. PHP code is interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the resulting web page: PHP commands can be embedded directly into an HTML source document rather than calling an external file to process data.
This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple. I will show you the step-by-step installation of PHP 7.4 on the CentOS 7 Linux server.
Install PHP 7.4 on CentOS 7
Step 1. First, let’s start by ensuring your system is up-to-date.
sudo yum -y update sudo yum -y install yum-utils
Step 2. Add EPEL and REMI Repository.
Run the commands below to add required repositories:
yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm yum -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
Step 3. Installing PHP 7.4 on CentOS 7.
Run the following command below to enable PHP 7.4 Remi repository:
sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74
Then, install PHP 7.4 on CentOS 7 using the following command below:
sudo yum update sudo yum install php php-cli
You may also need to install additional PHP modules based on your application requirements. Use the next command to install additional packages:
sudo yum install php php-cli php-fpm php-mysqlnd php-zip php-devel php-gd php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath php-json
To check the version of the PHP use the following command:
php -v
To view enabled modules, run:
php --modules
Step 4. Test PHP Installation.
To test PHP functionality create a phpinfo.php file in /var/www/html with following contents:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Next, open with the web browser: http://your-server-ip-address/phpinfo.php
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHP 7. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing PHP 7.4 on your CentOS 7 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official PHP website.