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.

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 the 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 🙂 Thank you for reading the DevopsRoles page!