CentOS upgrade PHP compile modules

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

I'm currently using CentOS 6.4 which by default comes with PHP 5.3.3 (installed via yum install php). I now wish to upgrade to the latest version of PHP. I already downloaded and compiled PHP. However, before make installing I'd like to know if:

1. I should remove the old PHP package via yum first
2. I need to recompile all the PHP modules (e.g. yum install php-mbstring) for them to work with the new version of PHP

manpreet 3 years ago

# 1. Install the Software Collections tools:
yum install scl-utils

# 2. Download a package with repository for your system.
#  (See the Yum Repositories section below. You can use `wget URL`.)

# 3. Install the repo package:
yum install rhscl-rh-php56-*.noarch.rpm

# 4. Install the collection:
yum install rh-php56

# 5. Start using software collections:
scl enable rh-php56 bash