IMPORTANT: These instruction are only for a new server installation or those who wish to remove the previous version of PHP and run ONLY PHP 7.2 on the server.

If you are upgrading a server to PHP 7.2, and still need to be able to run a previous version of PHP, please see the PHP 7.2 Upgrade Instructions

Additionally, REDHAT 8 does not auto configure php-fpm as it does in previous versions, so for REDHAT 8, the upgrade instructions should be used: (2024.1) PHP 7.2 Upgrade

Required Packages

Install Process

1. Remove any previous versions of PHP 

   yum -y remove php*

   
   
   

2. Instal EPEL and Remi-Safe repositories. Install Yum Utils.

   # RedHat 6 or CentOS 6 yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm yum-utils # RedHat 7 or CentOS 7 yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm yum-utils

   
   
   

3. Set the PHP Version to 7.2 

   yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72

   
   
   

4. Update all currently installed packages 

   
   
   

5. Install PHP 7.2 

   
   
   

6. Make a symbolic link so that php = php72 

   
   
   

7. Edit the php.ini file. This will typically be located at /etc/opt/remi/php72/php.ini. The following lines need to be updated: 

   
   
   

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9. Install the PHP modules required by PCR-360 

   
   
   

10. Install installation dependant Packages. These will depend on how the server is configured. 

    
    
    

11. Install OCI8 Support ONLY if this is an Oracle Load:

    1. Support for this will require you Update the Oracle Instant Client to at at least version 18.1

    2. You will likely need to remove previous versions of SQL Plus 

       
       
       

    3. Start Here: Instant Client Install

    4. Then install the PHP72 Mod

       
       
       

12. Verify that PHP 7.2 is installed.