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In this tutorial I am going to explain how we can install php 5.4 version on our centOSs system. Still RHEL and CentOS 6 ship PHP 5.3 version. We need third party repository to install PHP 5.4. There are lots of third-party repositories available that provide 5.4 version., In this tutorial I am going to use Software Collections (SCL) repository to accomplish this task.
INSTALLATION ON REDHAT 6.x
Follow the below steps to install PHP 5.4 version using Software Collections repository.Before going ahead you will need to use Subscription Manager to enable Software Collections (SCL).
#subscription‐manager repos ‐‐enable rhel‐server‐rhscl‐6‐eus‐rpms
After enabling SCL install PHP 5.4 and its modules.
Installation
#yum install php54 php54‐php php54‐php‐gd php54‐php‐mbstring
You will get some output like below
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, replace Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirror.steadfast.net * remi-safe: ca.mirror.babylon.network * webtatic: us-east.repo.webtatic.com Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package php54.x86_64 0:2.0-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php54-runtime for package: php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-pear for package: php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-common for package: php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-cli for package: php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 ---> Package php54-php.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-gd.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-mbstring.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed --> Running transaction check ---> Package php54-php-cli.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-common.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-pear.noarch 1:1.9.4-10.sc1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-xml for package: 1:php54-php-pear-1.9.4-10. sc1.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-posix for package: 1:php54-php-pear-1.9.4-1 0.sc1.el6.noarch ---> Package php54-runtime.x86_64 0:2.0-1.el6 will be installed --> Running transaction check ---> Package php54-php-process.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-xml.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: php54 x86_64 2.0-1.el6 centos-sclo-rh 3.4 k php54-php x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 1.3 M php54-php-gd x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 119 k php54-php-mbstring x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 492 k Installing for dependencies: php54-php-cli x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 2.6 M php54-php-common x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 595 k php54-php-pear noarch 1:1.9.4-10.sc1.el6 centos-sclo-rh 370 k php54-php-process x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 48 k php54-php-xml x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 113 k php54-runtime x86_64 2.0-1.el6 centos-sclo-rh 1.0 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 10 Package(s) Total download size: 6.7 M Installed size: 20 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/10): php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 3.4 kB 00:00 (2/10): php54-php-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 1.3 MB 00:00 (3/10): php54-php-cli-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 2.6 MB 00:00 (4/10): php54-php-common-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 595 kB 00:00 (5/10): php54-php-gd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 119 kB 00:00 (6/10): php54-php-mbstring-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 492 kB 00:00 (7/10): php54-php-pear-1.9.4-10.sc1.el6.noarch.rpm | 370 kB 00:00 (8/10): php54-php-process-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 48 kB 00:00 (9/10): php54-php-xml-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 113 kB 00:00 (10/10): php54-runtime-2.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 1.0 MB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6.7 MB/s | 6.7 MB 00:01 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : php54-runtime-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 1/10 Installing : php54-php-common-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 2/10 Installing : php54-php-cli-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 3/10 Installing : php54-php-process-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 4/10 Installing : php54-php-xml-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 5/10 Installing : 1:php54-php-pear-1.9.4-10.sc1.el6.noarch 6/10 Installing : php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 7/10 Installing : php54-php-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 8/10 Installing : php54-php-gd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 9/10 Installing : php54-php-mbstring-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 10/10 Verifying : php54-php-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 1/10 Verifying : php54-runtime-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 2/10 Verifying : php54-php-process-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 3/10 Verifying : php54-php-gd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 4/10 Verifying : php54-php-xml-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 5/10 Verifying : php54-php-mbstring-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 6/10 Verifying : 1:php54-php-pear-1.9.4-10.sc1.el6.noarch 7/10 Verifying : php54-php-cli-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 8/10 Verifying : php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 9/10 Verifying : php54-php-common-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 10/10 Installed: php54.x86_64 0:2.0-1.el6 php54-php.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-gd.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-mbstring.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 Dependency Installed: php54-php-cli.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-common.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-pear.noarch 1:1.9.4-10.sc1.el6 php54-php-process.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-xml.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-runtime.x86_64 0:2.0-1.el6 Complete!
Don’t forget to install PHP database module for your database.Follow the below command to install database module.
#yum install php54‐php‐mysqlnd
And after executing above command you will get some output like below.
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, replace Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirror.steadfast.net * remi-safe: ca.mirror.babylon.network * webtatic: us-east.repo.webtatic.com Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package php54-php-mysqlnd.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: php54-php-mysqlnd x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 1.8 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package(s) Total download size: 1.8 M Installed size: 2.4 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: php54-php-mysqlnd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 1.8 MB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : php54-php-mysqlnd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : php54-php-mysqlnd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 1/1 Installed: php54-php-mysqlnd.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 Complete!
Note :- Please don’t forget to disable to load PHP 5.3 Apache Module.
#mv /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/php53.disable
Now you can see default “php54.php.conf” in “/etc/httpd/conf.d/” location.Which help to load correct PHP 5.4 Module for Apache.
Now restart Apache.
#service httpd restart
Now verify the PHP version using below command.
#php -v PHP 5.4.45 (cli) (built: Sep 19 2016 15:07:26) Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies with blackfire v1.14.1~linux-x64-non_zts54, https://blackfire.io, by Blackfireio Inc.
INSTALLATION ON CENTOS 6.x
Follow the below steps to install php 5.4 version on CentOS 6.x.
First install the Software Collections Repository (SCL)
#yum install centos-release-SCL
You will get some output like below.
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, replace Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirror.steadfast.net * remi-safe: ca.mirror.babylon.network * webtatic: us-east.repo.webtatic.com Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package centos-release-scl-rh.noarch 0:2-3.el6.centos will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: centos-release-scl-rh noarch 2-3.el6.centos extras 12 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package(s) Total download size: 12 k Installed size: 19 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: centos-release-scl-rh-2-3.el6.centos.noarch.rpm | 12 kB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : centos-release-scl-rh-2-3.el6.centos.noarch 1/1 Verifying : centos-release-scl-rh-2-3.el6.centos.noarch 1/1 Installed: centos-release-scl-rh.noarch 0:2-3.el6.centos Complete!
Than install PHP 5.4 with modules.
Installation PHP 5.4 with Modules
#yum install php54 php54-php php54-php-gd php54-php-mbstring
You will get some output like below.
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, replace Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirror.steadfast.net * remi-safe: ca.mirror.babylon.network * webtatic: us-east.repo.webtatic.com Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package php54.x86_64 0:2.0-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php54-runtime for package: php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-pear for package: php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-common for package: php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-cli for package: php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 ---> Package php54-php.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-gd.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-mbstring.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed --> Running transaction check ---> Package php54-php-cli.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-common.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-pear.noarch 1:1.9.4-10.sc1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-xml for package: 1:php54-php-pear-1.9.4-10. sc1.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: php54-php-posix for package: 1:php54-php-pear-1.9.4-1 0.sc1.el6.noarch ---> Package php54-runtime.x86_64 0:2.0-1.el6 will be installed --> Running transaction check ---> Package php54-php-process.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed ---> Package php54-php-xml.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: php54 x86_64 2.0-1.el6 centos-sclo-rh 3.4 k php54-php x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 1.3 M php54-php-gd x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 119 k php54-php-mbstring x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 492 k Installing for dependencies: php54-php-cli x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 2.6 M php54-php-common x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 595 k php54-php-pear noarch 1:1.9.4-10.sc1.el6 centos-sclo-rh 370 k php54-php-process x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 48 k php54-php-xml x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 113 k php54-runtime x86_64 2.0-1.el6 centos-sclo-rh 1.0 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 10 Package(s) Total download size: 6.7 M Installed size: 20 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/10): php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 3.4 kB 00:00 (2/10): php54-php-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 1.3 MB 00:00 (3/10): php54-php-cli-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 2.6 MB 00:00 (4/10): php54-php-common-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 595 kB 00:00 (5/10): php54-php-gd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 119 kB 00:00 (6/10): php54-php-mbstring-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 492 kB 00:00 (7/10): php54-php-pear-1.9.4-10.sc1.el6.noarch.rpm | 370 kB 00:00 (8/10): php54-php-process-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 48 kB 00:00 (9/10): php54-php-xml-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 113 kB 00:00 (10/10): php54-runtime-2.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 1.0 MB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6.7 MB/s | 6.7 MB 00:01 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : php54-runtime-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 1/10 Installing : php54-php-common-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 2/10 Installing : php54-php-cli-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 3/10 Installing : php54-php-process-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 4/10 Installing : php54-php-xml-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 5/10 Installing : 1:php54-php-pear-1.9.4-10.sc1.el6.noarch 6/10 Installing : php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 7/10 Installing : php54-php-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 8/10 Installing : php54-php-gd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 9/10 Installing : php54-php-mbstring-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 10/10 Verifying : php54-php-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 1/10 Verifying : php54-runtime-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 2/10 Verifying : php54-php-process-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 3/10 Verifying : php54-php-gd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 4/10 Verifying : php54-php-xml-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 5/10 Verifying : php54-php-mbstring-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 6/10 Verifying : 1:php54-php-pear-1.9.4-10.sc1.el6.noarch 7/10 Verifying : php54-php-cli-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 8/10 Verifying : php54-2.0-1.el6.x86_64 9/10 Verifying : php54-php-common-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 10/10 Installed: php54.x86_64 0:2.0-1.el6 php54-php.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-gd.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-mbstring.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 Dependency Installed: php54-php-cli.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-common.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-pear.noarch 1:1.9.4-10.sc1.el6 php54-php-process.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-php-xml.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 php54-runtime.x86_64 0:2.0-1.el6 Complete!
Again don’t forget to install PHP database module for your database.Follow the below command to install database module.
# yum install php54-php-mysqlnd
You will get some output like below.
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, replace Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirror.steadfast.net * remi-safe: ca.mirror.babylon.network * webtatic: us-east.repo.webtatic.com Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package php54-php-mysqlnd.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: php54-php-mysqlnd x86_64 5.4.40-4.el6 centos-sclo-rh 1.8 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package(s) Total download size: 1.8 M Installed size: 2.4 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: php54-php-mysqlnd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64.rpm | 1.8 MB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : php54-php-mysqlnd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : php54-php-mysqlnd-5.4.40-4.el6.x86_64 1/1 Installed: php54-php-mysqlnd.x86_64 0:5.4.40-4.el6 Complete!
Again don’t forget to disable to load PHP 5.3 Apache Module.
#mv /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/php53.disable
Now you can see default “php54.php.conf” in “/etc/httpd/conf.d/” location.Which help to load correct PHP 5.4 Module for Apache.
Now it is time to Activate the PHP 5.4 version on your system
ACTIVATING PHP 5.4 VERSION ON SYSTEM
You will need to execute below command to activate PHP 5.4 on your system.
#source /opt/rh/php54/enable
Above command is used to make PHP 5.4 executable path its environment for current login user.
For all user you will need to add “source /opt/rh/php54/enable” line in “/etc/profile”
Now activate PHP 5.4 running below command.
#source /etc/profile
For Specific user you will need to add ” source /opt/rh/php54/enable ” line in user home ” .bash_profile ” file.
Now restart Apache.
#service httpd restart
Note :- PHP 5.4 package installed in ” /opt/rh/ ” directory.
Now you can verify PHP Version and its information using phpinfo.php page. Create a PHP info file with below text in web document root.
#cd /var/www/html/ #vim phpinfo.php <?php phpinfo(); ?>
Save and execute.
Now open your browse and type below url to verify php 5.4 version like below. Please replace domain “www.example.com” with your domain and localhost name.
http://www.example.com/phpinfo.php
And you will get some result like below.
I hope this article will be helpful to understand how we can install PHP 5.4 version on CentOS 6.x and Redhat 6.x system. If you have any queries and problem please comment in comment section or you can also ask your question.
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