Welcome to our guide on how to Install PHP 7.3 on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 Linux. PHP 7.3 was recently released with plenty of new features, bug fixes, performance improvement, deprecations as well as new functionalities. You can read more on the PHP ChangeLog page.
For installation of PHP 7.3 on other operating systems, use below guides:
Install PHP 7.3 on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 Linux
Update your RHEL 8 system.
sudo dnf -y updateAdd Remi and EPEL repository to RHEL 8:
sudo dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpmRemi stream for PHP 7.3 and PHP 7.2 should be dded to your RHEL 8 system.
$ sudo dnf module list | grep php
hp 7.2 [d] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.3 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.4 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-7.2 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-7.3 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-7.4 [e] common [d] [i], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-8.0 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-8.1 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting languageDisable default PHP module.
sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf module -y reset phpThen install PHP 7.3 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 and the extensions that comes bundled with it.
sudo dnf module install php:remi-7.3Accept installation when promted:
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing dependencies:
libargon2 x86_64 20171227-3.el8 epel 29 k
Downgrading:
php-bcmath x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 83 k
php-cli x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 4.6 M
php-common x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 1.1 M
php-fpm x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 1.6 M
php-gd x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 92 k
php-imap x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 100 k
php-intl x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 243 k
php-json x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 76 k
php-mbstring x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 524 k
php-mysqlnd x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 256 k
php-pdo x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 142 k
php-pecl-zip x86_64 1.20.1-1.el8.remi.7.3 remi-modular 68 k
php-process x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 97 k
php-xml x86_64 7.3.33-1.el8.remi remi-modular 232 k
Installing module profiles:
php/common
Enabling module streams:
php remi-7.3
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Downgrade 14 Packages
Total download size: 9.2 M
Is this ok [y/N]: yYou should now have PHP 7.3 installed on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8. Confirm PHP version.
$ php -v
PHP 7.3.33 (cli) (built: Nov 16 2021 11:18:28) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.33, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend TechnologiesTo install other extensions, use the name format php-<extension>. The example below will install standard PHP extensions.
sudo dnf install php-fpm php-mysqlnd php-zip php-gd php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath php-jsonThe default PHP configuration file is /etc/php.ini . For Nginx web server, use PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) configuration file to set CGI settings /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
Start php-fpm service:
sudo systemctl enable --now php-fpmWhen PHP settings are modified, you may need to restart your Web server.
# Nginx
sudo systemctl restart nginx
# Apache web server
sudo systemctl restart httpdTest PHP 7.3 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8
To test our installation, install httpd.
sudo dnf module install -y httpdActive httpd and php-fpm services:
sudo systemctl enable --now php-fpm httpdAdd phph test page:
echo '<?php phpinfo();' | sudo tee /var/www/html/info.phpOpen http Port on your firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service={http,https} --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reloadBrowse to your server IP on http://localhost/info.php to see php in action.
Enjoy using PHP 7.3 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8.
