VestaCP HOWTO: Install PHP7 on CentOS 7
This tutorial REPLACES PHP 5.X COMPLETELY. Do NOT use it if you want multiple PHP versions.
If you have REMI Repository you can skip this step.
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wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
wget http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
rpm -Uvh remi-release-7.rpm epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
Then enable Remi
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yum --enablerepo=remi update remi-release
Now remove old PHP and install PHP7
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service php-fpm stop
yum -y --enablerepo=remi install php70-php php70-php-pear php70-php-bcmath php70-php-pecl-jsond-devel php70-php-mysqlnd php70-php-gd php70-php-common php70-php-fpm php70-php-intl php70-php-cli php70-php php70-php-xml php70-php-opcache php70-php-pecl-apcu php70-php-pecl-jsond php70-php-pdo php70-php-gmp php70-php-process php70-php-pecl-imagick php70-php-devel php70-php-mbstring
Remove and re-link new PHP7
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rm -f /usr/bin/php
ln -s /usr/bin/php70 /usr/bin/php
Test if we have PHP 7
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php -v
Output should be (take note of PHP 7!!)
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[[email protected] system]# php -v
PHP 7.0.9 (cli) (built: Jul 20 2016 16:58:48) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.9, Copyright (c) 1999-2016, by Zend Technologies
Now open up new PHP-FPM.conf ( /etc/opt/remi/php70/php-fpm.conf ) file and change line 11 to:
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include=/etc/php-fpm.d/*.conf
Start PHP-FPM
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service php70-php-fpm start
Remove old systemctl php-fpm and link to new one
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rm -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm.service
ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/system/php70-php-fpm.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm.service
Reload systemctl daemon
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systemctl daemon-reload
Restart web service (i use nginx)
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service nginx restart
