PHP version 7.1.32, 7.2.22 and 7.3.9 - Remi's RPM repository

PHP version 7.1.32, 7.2.22 and 7.3.9

Par Remi le vendredi 30 août 2019, 09:16 - Archives - Lien permanent

RPM of PHP version 7.3.9 are available in remi repository for Fedora 30-31 and in remi-php73 repository for Fedora 29 and Enterprise Linux ≥ 6 (RHEL, CentOS).

RPM of PHP version 7.2.22 are available in remi repository for Fedora 29 and in remi-php72 repository for Enterprise Linux ≥ 6 (RHEL, CentOS).

RPM of PHP version 7.1.32 are available in remi-php71 repository for Enterprise Linux (RHEL, CentOS).

PHP version 5.6 and version 7.0 have reached their end of life and are no longer maintained by the PHP project.

These versions are also available as Software Collections in the remi-safe repository and as module for Fedora 29-31 and EL-8.

These versions fix a few security bugs, so update is strongly recommended.

Version 7.1 being close to its end of life, in December 2019, an upgrade to a higher version is recommended.

Version announcements:

PHP 7.3.9 Release Annoucement
PHP 7.2.22 Release Annoucement
PHP 7.1.32 Release Annoucement (security only)

Installation : use the Configuration Wizard and choose your version and installation mode.

Replacement of default PHP by version 7.3 installation (simplest):

yum-config-manager --enable remi-php73
yum update php\*

Parallel installation of version 7.3 as Software Collection

yum install php73

Replacement of default PHP by version 7.2 installation (simplest):

yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72
yum update

Parallel installation of version 7.2 as Software Collection

yum install php72

And soon in the official updates:

Fedora rawhide now have PHP 7.3.9
Fedora 31 - PHP 7.3.9
Fedora 30 - PHP 7.3.9
Fedora 29 - PHP 7.2.22

To be noticed :

EL-7 rpm are build using RHEL-7.6
EL-6 rpm are build using RHEL-6.10
EL-7 builds now use libicu62 (version 62.1)
EL builds now uses oniguruma5 (version 6.9.3 ,instead of bundle copy)
oci8 extension now uses Oracle Client version 19.3 (excepted on EL-6)
a lot of new extensions are also available, see the PECL extension RPM status page