See the PHP 5.6.1 Release Announcement

Replacement of system default version:

yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-php56 update php\*

Parallel installation, as Software Collection (x86_64 only):

yum --enablerepo=remi install php56

And soon in Fedora 21 official updates.

emblem-important-2-24.pngTo be noticed :

  • EL7 rpm are build using RHEL-7.0
  • EL6 rpm are build using RHEL-6.5
  • a lot of  extensions are also available, see the PECL extension RPM status page

emblem-notice-24.pngInformation, read :

Base packages (php)

Software Collection (php56)