How To Upgrade PHP to 7.2 on CentOS 7

CentOS 7 is the oldest RHEL-based OS distribution that is currently maintained (end of maintenance updates will be on 30th of June 2024). It’s initial launch was in July 2014 and since then it has been used for millions of server-side installations.

There are many system admins and developers out there whose applications requiring to be updated whilst remaining on CentOS 7. In this article we will explain the easiest way to upgrade PHP to 7.2 on a CentOS 7 server.

Pre-requisites

• CentOS 7 Server with Internet Connection
• Root access on Server

Steps to Upgrade PHP to 7.2 on CentOS

1. Turn on EPEL repository
   yum install epel-release -y
   
2. Turn on REMI repository
   yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm -y
   
3. Install necessary yum utilities package
   yum install yum-utils -y
   
4. Enable REMI repo as per your desired php version (in our case 7.2)
   yum-config-manager –enable remi-php72
   yum update -yu
   
5. Install PHP 7.2
   yum install php72 -y
   
6. Confirm new PHP version
   php -v