Installing PHP 5.6 on CentOS 7
By default, PHP 5.4 is on the official software package repositories of CentOS 7. Since it has reached end of life, it is always recommended to install / upgrade to the latest version of PHP
Install and enable EPEL and Remi repository
By using the commands below, you can install the required repository.
yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
Output:
Install yum-utils
This integrates with yum to enhance its default features, giving it more advanced package management options and also making it easier to use.
yum install yum-utils
Installing PHP
You can install PHP 5.6 with all needed modules as follows.
yum-config-manager --enable remi-php56
yum install php php-mcrypt php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysql php-ldap php-zip php-fileinfo
Output:
Check PHP version after the installation
php -v
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