Install PHP 7.3 in CentOS 8
CentOS 8 comes with PHP 7.2. To install PHP 7.3, you need to enable remi repo. You can download remi-release rpm file from
Download and install remi-release rpm
cd ; wget http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm dnf install remi-release-8.rpm
if you have older php version and don’t want to keep it, uninstall it with
dnf remove php-gd php-xml php-mbstring php-common php php-odbc php-mysqlnd php-json php-process php-cli php-fpm php-intl php-bcmath php-soap php-pdo
Install PHP 7.3
dnf install php73
Set it as default PHP version
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/php php /usr/bin/php73 1
Install PHP modules
dnf install -y php73-php php73-php-gd php73-php-fpm php73-php-pdo php73-php-xml php73-php-json php73-php-imap php73-php-intl php73-php-json php73-php-soap php73-php-bcmath php73-php-xmlrpc php73-php-mysqlnd php73-php-mbstring php73-php-zip
Install php-fpm package
dnf install php73-php-fpm
set php-fpm to start on boot
systemctl enable php73-php-fpm
Start php-fpm
systemctl start php73-php-fpm
Restart Apache
systemctl restart httpd
PHP 7.3 php.ini located at
/etc/opt/remi/php73/php.ini
Module directory for PHP 7.3 at
/opt/remi/php73/root/usr/lib64/php/modules/
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