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This tutorial will show you how to upgrade PHP 5.4 to PHP 7.3 on CentOS 7.5 (1804).
I’m assuming that you are running a stock installation of CentOS, and already have PHP 5.4 installed.
1. Verify current version of PHP
Type in the following to see the current PHP version:
php -v
The output should match this:
PHP 5.4.16 (cli) (built: Apr 12 2018 19:02:01) Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies
Cool, let’s move on!
2. Install the REMI and EPEL repositories
If you don’t already have them, install the Remi and EPEL repositories:
rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
Enable the Remi repository globally:
nano /etc/yum.repos.d/remi.repo
Under the section that looks like [remi] make the following changes:
[remi] name=Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch #baseurl=http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/7/remi/$basearch/ #mirrorlist=https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/7/remi/httpsmirror mirrorlist=http://cdn.remirepo.net/enterprise/7/remi/mirror enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi
Type CTRL-O to save and CTRL-X to close the editor
Enable the Remi PHP7.3 Repository:
nano /etc/yum.repos.d/remi-php73.repo
Under the section that looks like [remi-php73] make the following changes:
[remi-php73] name=Remi's PHP 7.3 RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch #baseurl=http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/7/php73/$basearch/ mirrorlist=https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/7/php73/httpsmirror mirrorlist=http://cdn.remirepo.net/enterprise/7/php73/mirror enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi
Make sure you un-comment the HTTPS mirror-list as well. The HTTP mirror seems to run into issues every now and then.
Type CTRL-O to save and CTRL-X to close the editor
3. Upgrade PHP 5.4 to PHP 7.3
Now we can upgrade PHP. Just type in the following command:
yum -y upgrade php*
Once the upgrade has completed, verify that you have PHP 7.3 installed:
php -v
Output should look like:
PHP 7.3.0RC5 (cli) (built: Nov 6 2018 10:22:47) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.3.0-dev, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
You’re now running with PHP 7.3!
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Thanks for the instructions. It worked on Centos 7. However, the output of phpinfo(); shows the older version 5.4.16
Restart apache to see the changes.
systemctl restart httpd.service
It happens to me also, how did you resolve it? Does it need to disable the older version and enable the new one?
Thanks for providing, wondering why default repo doesnt contatin highest version of PHP… Is 5.4 the most stable? Thanks!
The only working and simple solution. Thanks a lot, man!
Hi,
I tried this on my VPS for PHP 7.4, but the last step doesn’t work:
user@web01.saadhost.com ~$ yum -y upgrade php*
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
* epel: mirror.metrocast.net
* extras: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
* remi-php72: repo1.ash.innoscale.net
* remi-php73: repo1.ash.innoscale.net
* remi-php74: repo1.ash.innoscale.net
* remi-safe: repo1.ash.innoscale.net
* updates: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
No packages marked for update
user@web01.saadhost.com ~$ php -v
PHP 7.3.12 (cli) (built: Nov 30 2019 19:45:04) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.12, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
with the ionCube PHP Loader + ionCube24 v10.3.8, Copyright (c) 2002-2019, by ionCube Ltd.
Same issue as Christopher Vasanth, php-v show current version, phpinfo() show older version.
Huh. I get:
# yum -y upgrade php*
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
remi-safe | 3.0 kB 00:00:00
remi-safe/primary_db | 1.7 MB 00:00:02
No packages marked for update
# rpm -qa | grep php
php-cli-5.4.16-46.1.el7_7.x86_64
php-common-5.4.16-46.1.el7_7.x86_64
php-5.4.16-46.1.el7_7.x86_64
php-pgsql-5.4.16-46.1.el7_7.x86_64
php-pdo-5.4.16-46.1.el7_7.x86_64
# php -v
PHP 5.4.16 (cli) (built: Oct 29 2019 10:01:20)
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies
# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo)
Even for me the last command didn’t work!
yum -y upgrade php*
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
* epel: mirror.metrocast.net
* extras: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
* remi-php72: repo1.ash.innoscale.net
* remi-php73: repo1.ash.innoscale.net
* remi-php74: repo1.ash.innoscale.net
* remi-safe: repo1.ash.innoscale.net
* updates: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
No packages marked for update
Any suggestion?
Many, many thanks, it worked for me!