Install PHP 7.3 on centos 7

In this tutorial, How to install PHP 7.3 on centos 7. In CentOS 7 the default version PHP is 5.4 but Install PHP 7.3 with RPM package if you need.

The first, You need to install Remi’s Repository on Centos.

Install PHP 7.3 on Centos 7

[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# yum --enablerepo=remi-safe -y install php73 php73-php-pear php73-php-mbstring

Check version php

[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# php73 -v 
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# which php73
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# ll /bin/php73

Load environment variables with SCL tool

[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# scl enable php73 bash 
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# php -v 

Start and enable php7.3

[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# systemctl start php73-php-fpm
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# systemctl enable php73-php-fpm
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# systemctl restart httpd 

create phpinfo to verify php

[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# echo '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' > /var/www/html/info.php 
[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# curl http://localhost/info.php | grep 'PHP Version' | tail -1 | sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g' 

Option

If you need to use PHP 7.3 for Apache and Nginx.

[vagrant@DevopsRoles ~]# yum --enablerepo=remi-safe -y install php73-php-fpm php73-php

You have installed PHP 7.3 on CentOS/RHEL 🙂