Install PHP 7 on CentOS VestaCP

To install PHP 7. you need to first enable epel and remi repo.

yum install -y epel-release
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

Remove existing PHP

yum -y remove php

Install PHP 7.3

yum --enablerepo=remi-php73 install php73-php php73-php-mbstring php73-php-mysqlnd php73-php-gd php73-php-fpm php73-php-intl php73-php-cli php73-php-xml php73-php-opcache php73-php-pdo php73-php-gmp php73-php-process php73-php-pecl-imagick php73-php-devel

start php-fpm

service php-fpm stop
service php73-php-fpm start

Set php 7.3 as default PHP for cli

rm /usr/bin/php
ln -s /usr/bin/php73 /usr/bin/php

Restart apache

service httpd restart