How To Install PHP 7.4 on CentOS 7

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.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: CentOS 7.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo useror access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

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.

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 uses 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.