Install PHP 7 on CentOS 6

Install EPEP repo with command

yum install -y epel-release

Next you need REMI repo, you can get it form

https://rpms.remirepo.net/

Install it with

rpm -ivh https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm

You can search for PHP versions with command

yum search php

Select PHP version

First install yum-utils

yum install yum-utils

Now you can select required PHP version with command

yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72

Use remi-php70 for PHP 7.0, remi-php71 for PHP 7.1

Install PHP

To install PHP 7.2, run

yum install php72 -y

PHP binary will be installed as php72, you can create a synlink if you need.

ln -s /usr/bin/php72 /usr/bin/php

Enable PHP in Apache

yum install php72-php

Now restart apache

service httpd restart

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