Help with upgrading php version on CentOS 7 to 7.3 (or even 7.1+)

Submitted by apt_virtualmin on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 11:08 Pro Licensee

Our server currently has php 7.0 running based on the following docs

https://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/web/multiplephp

Unfortunately as has been mentioned by many others we have clients who are having wordpress related issues now as certain plugins are insisting on php 7.1 as a minimum. As I don't see an official doc on how to upgrade or 7.0 or even add another version, I am reaching out for professional support on achieving this. Our professional license kind of relies heavily on keeping this particular customer happy so I'd appreciate very much your guidance on achieving this upgrade.

Many Thanks, Andrew

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Submitted by andreychek on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 11:40

Howdy -- thanks for contacting us!

We do indeed need to update the docs to show that, but all you'd need to do is use the PHP 7.0 instructions, and modify the package names for the PHP version you're trying to install.

That is, to install PHP 7.2 -- rather than trying to install the package "rh-php70", you'd install "rh-php72".

Note though that so far the SCL repo doesn't have PHP 7.3, only 7.2.

Submitted by apt_virtualmin on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:14 Pro Licensee

Thank you, so I could use the same directions to install rh-php72 and then I will have 3 versions of php to choose from (5.6 , 7.0, 7.2)?

Submitted by andreychek on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:31

Personally, I'd recommend just PHP 7.1 and 7.2, as the other PHP versions have all reached their end of life.

My suggestion would be to keep the CentOS PHP 5.4, and just add PHP 7.1 and 7.2 to that.

But yes, you can use those same directions for installing PHP 7.1 and 7.2, just modifying the version number in the package names.

Submitted by apt_virtualmin on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:34 Pro Licensee

Excellent, I'll give it a shot tonight on our server.

Thanks, Andrew

Submitted by apt_virtualmin on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 12:34 Pro Licensee

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Submitted by eugenevdm.host on Sun, 01/05/2020 - 14:43

This centos-release-scl repo that doesn't contain PHP 7.3 is becoming a problem for CentOS users as 7.2 is not receiving any more updates.