How to Install PHP 8.1 on CentOS 8

PHP is free and open source programming language. It is widely used Linux based system to write application. The latest PHP packages are not available in CentOS 8 AppSteam repository.

 

This article describes How to Install PHP 8.1 on CentOS 8 .

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 8.5.2111 [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 1. Setup EPEL Repository: Follow the article How to configure EPEL repository on CentOS 8 to setup EPEL Repository.

 

Step 2. Setup REMI Repository: Follow the article How to Install REMI Repository on CentOS 8 to setup REMI Repository.

 

Step 3. Enable Remi Repository for PHP Installation: Run the following command to enable REMI Repository for PHP 8.1 installation:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# dnf module enable php:remi-8.1 …………………….. Enabling module streams:  php                                remi-8.1   Transaction Summary =======================================================   Is this ok [y/N]: y Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 4. PHP 8.1 Installation: Run the following command to install PHP 8.1:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# dnf install php -y ……………………..   php-8.1.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64   php-cli-8.1.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64   php-common-8.1.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64   php-fpm-8.1.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64   php-mbstring-8.1.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64   php-opcache-8.1.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64   php-pdo-8.1.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64   php-sodium-8.1.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64   php-xml-8.1.1-1.el8.remi.x86_64   Complete! [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Step 5. Validate PHP Installation: Run the following command to validate/verify PHP 8.1 installation:

 

[root@linuxcnf ~]# php -v PHP 8.1.1 (cli) (built: Dec 15 2021 02:00:45) (NTS gcc x86_64) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.1.1, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies     with Zend OPcache v8.1.1, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies [root@linuxcnf ~]#

 

Done!!! PHP 8.1 is successfully installed on CentOS 8.