Update PHP 5.4 version to PHP 7.4

Update PHP 5.4 version to PHP 7.4

Step 1: Check the version of the php .


Command : # php - v 



Current version is PHP 5.4 


Step 2 : Install Remi Repository and EPEL Repository by using following commands .


Commands :


# 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



Step 3 : After installing the repository, you must perform the following additional configurations .

Commands : 


# yum install yum-utils

# yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74





Step 4: Install PHP 7.4 .


Command : # yum install php php-opcache php-gd php-curl php-mysqlnd 



Step 5 : Update the packages . 


Command : # yum update -y 



Step 6 : Check the version of PHP now .

Command : # php -v 



PHP has been updated to 7.4


THANK YOU !



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