Learn how to – How To Install PHP 8.0 on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7.
The PHP team recently announced the official GA release of PHP 8.0.0. Usually there is a 6 months pre-release phase before the GA release of PHP 8. PHP is the most used scripting language for web development, both websites and web applications. This guide will show you how to install PHP 8.0 on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7. Please note the GA release is fit for running in Production if the application already supports it.
Below is a timetable based upon PHP 7.4 release schedule which was used in PHP 8 development.
| Date | Release |
|---|---|
| Jun 25 2020 | Alpha 1 |
| Jul 09 2020 | Alpha 2 |
| Jul 23 2020 | Alpha 3 |
| Aug 04 2020 | Feature freeze |
| Aug 06 2020 | Beta 1 |
| Aug 20 2020 | Beta 2 |
| Sep 03 2020 | Beta 3 |
| Sep 17 2020 | RC 1 |
| Oct 01 2020 | RC 2 |
| Oct 15 2020 | RC 3 |
| Oct 29 2020 | RC 4 |
| Nov 12 2020 | RC 5 |
| Nov 26 2020 | GA |
Reference: PHP Wiki
Install PHP 8.0 on CentOS 8 | CentOS 7
We’ll use REMI repository to install PHP 8 on CentOS 8 / CentOS 7 Linux system. There are two choices for the installation.
- Install PHP 8.0 as main PHP version
- Install PHP 8.0 alongside other PHP versions
Install PHP 8.0 as Default version (Only recommended for GA release)
If you prefer to install and have PHP 8.0 as the default version then use the commands below. This means replacing base packages from the distribution with ones provided by PHP 8.0.
CentOS 8:
sudo dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
sudo dnf -y install yum-utils
sudo dnf module reset php
sudo dnf module install php:remi-8.0 -y
sudo dnf install php -y
sudo dnf -y install php-{cli,fpm,mysqlnd,zip,devel,gd,mbstring,curl,xml,pear,bcmath,json}CentOS 7:
sudo yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
sudo yum -y install yum-utils
sudo yum-config-manager --disable 'remi-php*'
sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php80
sudo yum -y install php php-{cli,fpm,mysqlnd,zip,devel,gd,mbstring,curl,xml,pear,bcmath,json}
To install any additional PHP package use command syntax:
sudo yum install php-xxxCheck PHP version:
$ php --version
PHP 8.0.0 (cli) (built: Nov 24 2020 17:04:03) ( NTS gcc x86_64 )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.0-dev, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v8.0.0, Copyright (c), by Zend TechnologiesInstall PHP 8.0 alongside other PHP versions (Recommended for Alpha releases)
As this is an early release version not to be used in Production it will make sense to run PHP 8 with other PHP versions simultaneously.
Install PHP 8.0 on CentOS 8:
sudo dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
sudo dnf -y install yum-utils
sudo dnf module reset php
sudo dnf install php80Accept installation by pressing the y key in your keyboard:
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
php80 x86_64 1.0-3.el8.remi remi-safe 7.0 k
Installing dependencies:
environment-modules x86_64 4.1.4-4.el8 BaseOS 254 k
php80-php-cli x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el8.remi remi-safe 3.2 M
php80-php-common x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el8.remi remi-safe 716 k
php80-runtime x86_64 1.0-3.el8.remi remi-safe 1.1 M
policycoreutils-python-utils noarch 2.9-9.el8 BaseOS 251 k
scl-utils x86_64 1:2.0.2-12.el8 AppStream 47 k
tcl x86_64 1:8.6.8-2.el8 BaseOS 1.1 M
Transaction Summary
==================================================================================================================================================================
Install 8 Packages
Total download size: 6.7 M
Installed size: 25 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Install PHP 8.0 on CentOS 7:
sudo yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
sudo yum -y install yum-utils
sudo yum-config-manager --disable 'remi-php*'
sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-safe
sudo yum -y install php80 Use the command below to install additional PHP extensions:
sudo yum install php80-php-xxxExample:
sudo yum install php80-php-{cli,fpm,mysqlnd,zip,devel,gd,mbstring,curl,xml,pear,bcmath,json}Agree to installation prompt:
..
Dependencies Resolved
==================================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
==================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
php80-php-bcmath x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el7.remi remi-safe 82 k
php80-php-devel x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el7.remi remi-safe 794 k
php80-php-fpm x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el7.remi remi-safe 1.8 M
php80-php-gd x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el7.remi remi-safe 87 k
php80-php-mbstring x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el7.remi remi-safe 483 k
php80-php-mysqlnd x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el7.remi remi-safe 193 k
php80-php-pear noarch 1:1.10.12-2.el7.remi remi-safe 363 k
php80-php-pecl-zip x86_64 1.19.1-1.el7.remi remi-safe 53 k
php80-php-xml x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el7.remi remi-safe 174 k
Installing for dependencies:
php80-php-pdo x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el7.remi remi-safe 127 k
php80-php-process x86_64 8.0.0~rc4-37.el7.remi remi-safe 86 k
Transaction Summary
==================================================================================================================================================================
Install 9 Packages (+2 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 4.2 M
Installed size: 16 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: yUse below commands to check PHP 8 version and available extensions
$ php80 --version
PHP 8.0.0 (cli) (built: Nov 24 2020 17:04:03) ( NTS gcc x86_64 )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.0-dev, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v8.0.0, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
$ php80 --modulesAs you try PHP 8.0 share your feedback and issues encountered to the development team for feature improvements. Refer to the following pages.
- Ideas to work on includes ideas that people might want to work on
- Google Summer of Code
- Contacts for certain supported platforms
- Developer Summits
- PHP User Group Information
PHP Web Programming Video Courses:
- The Complete Web Developer Course
- PHP for Beginners – Become a PHP Master – CMS Project
- The Complete PHP Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp
- PHP with Laravel for beginners – Become a Master in Laravel
- PHP OOP: Object Oriented Programming for beginners + Project
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