Chapter 1. STEP 1 :
Install Remi Repository and EPEL Repository on your server :
Section 1. RHEL 7
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wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm wget http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm rpm -Uvh remi-release-7.rpm epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms |
Section 2. RHEL 6
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wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm wget http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm rpm -Uvh remi-release-6.rpm epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm rhn-channel --add --channel=rhel-$(uname -i)-server-optional-6 |
Section 3. CentOS 7
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wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm wget http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm rpm -Uvh remi-release-7.rpm epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm |
Section 4. CentOS 6
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wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm wget http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm rpm -Uvh remi-release-6.rpm epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm |
Chapter 2. STEP 2 :
After you have installed repository you need to follow some extra configurations :
Section 1. Run this command one by one for RHEL or CentOS
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yum install yum-utils yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72 |
Chapter 3. STEP 3 :
Now just run this command :
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yum update -y |
You’ll see php packages are getting updated, After the update process you need to restart Apache server/php-fpm-(nginx) and check the php version from by below mentioned command:
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php -v |
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[root@server ~]# php -v PHP 7.2.7 (cli) (built: Jun 20 2018 08:21:26) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.2.7, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies |
Troubleshoot
If php upgrade process fails (no update/nothing happens) or you upgraded previously from 5.6 to 7.0/7.1 then you need to run this commands to disable php 5.6/7.0/7.1 :
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yum-config-manager --disable remi-php56 yum-config-manager --disable remi-php70 yum-config-manager --disable remi-php71 |
After that follow the tutorial from STEP 2 again.
