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How to Install PHP 7 on CentOS 7 With Apache Web Server

In This tutorial we are going to learn how to Install PHP 7 on CentOS 7 Linux Operating System.

PHP 7 still does not come with the official CentOS 7 Software Repository, So we have to either use a Third party repository for PHP 7 or we can build PHP 7 from the source. In This tutorial we are going to Learn Both Methods.

First, we will install PHP 7 using a third party repository, then we will see how to build PHP 7 from the source. And we are using Apache HTTPD Server as our Web Server for CentOS 7 PHP.

Install PHP 7 using Webtatic Repository

The repository we are going to use is called webtatic repository which provides the latest PHP 7 for CentOS 7. So let’s see how it is done.

Install and Configure Apache Web Server

First step is to Install and Configure Apache Web Server on CentOS 7.

Then Add Following Firewalld rules to Allow http Service.

Add webtatic repository for CentOS 7

Webtatic repository depends on the fedora epel repository, So we will add both webtatic and epel repositories.

Then run the yum repolist command to make sure repositories been enabled.

Install PHP 7 Using yum install Command

First, run yum search command as follows to find which version of PHP 7 is available to Install.

As you can see in our case PHP package called php70w is now available to install.

And finally restart the Apache HTTPD Server using systemctl command.

Now if you type php -v on the command line you will get the PHP 7 version you installed.

To Test the PHP Installation create a .php file with phpinfo() function inside the /var/www/html folder and access via web browser.

Build PHP 7 from Source in CentOS 7

Now lets see how to build and compile PHP 7 from source. We are going to download latest PHP 7 package from the official php.net website and install on CentOS 7. So Follow along.

Install Apache and Apache APXS

Add Firewall Rules

Install Dependencies

Install following packages that need to compile PHP 7 on CentOS 7.

Download PHP 7

Go to Following URL https://secure.php.net/downloads.php and download the latest PHP 7 bz2 or gz installer to your CentOS 7 server.

Extract the tar file

Create a new directory called /usr/src/php7 and extract the php 7 tar file to the /usr/src/php7 directory.

If you downloaded the gz PHP package, then use the -zxvf flag with tar command as follows.

Compile and Install PHP 7

Now move to the folder we extract inside /usr/src/php7/ directory.

And run the configuration script with following options as follows.

Then execute the make and make install commands to install PHP 7 on CentOS 7.

Also run following two commands to set permissions

Create php.ini file for PHP 7

Create the Apache configuration File PHP 7

Then Open the php7.conf with a text editor and add the following lines.

Save the configuration file and restart the Apache Web Server.

And we are done. You can get the details of your installation using the phpinfo() function.

Ok, This is the end of this tutorial. We learned how to install PHP 7 on CentOS 7 using Webtatic Repository and we also learn how to build PHP 7 from source on CentOS 7 Linux Server.