Confirm that the amazon-linux-extras package is installed:
$ which amazon-linux-extras
/usr/bin/amazon-linux-extrasIf the command doesn’t return any output, then install the package that will configure the repository:
sudo yum install -y amazon-linux-extrasInstall PHP 7.4, 7.3, 7.2 on Amazon Linux 2
Let’s confirm that PHP 7.x topic is available in our Amazon Linux 2 machine:https://ba81e333c7babb426e39b458bb330c84.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
$ sudo amazon-linux-extras | grep php
NOTE: The livepatch extra is in public preview, not meant for production use
15 php7.2 available \
17 lamp-mariadb10.2-php7.2 available \
31 php7.3 available \
42 php7.4 available [ =stable ]
As we can see all PHP 7 topics, in this example we’ll enable php7.4 topic.
sudo amazon-linux-extras enable php7.4Now install PHP packages from the repository.
sudo yum clean metadata
sudo yum install php php-{pear,cgi,common,curl,mbstring,gd,mysqlnd,gettext,bcmath,json,xml,fpm,intl,zip,imap}Accept installation of PHP 7 packages on Amazon Linux 2.https://ba81e333c7babb426e39b458bb330c84.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
php x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 3.2 M
php-bcmath x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 68 k
php-cli x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 4.9 M
php-common x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 1.1 M
php-fpm x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 1.7 M
php-gd x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 180 k
php-intl x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 221 k
php-json x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 70 k
php-mbstring x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 511 k
php-mysqlnd x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 238 k
php-pear noarch 1:1.10.7-3.amzn2.0.1 amzn2-core 354 k
php-xml x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 198 k
Installing for dependencies:
apr x86_64 1.6.3-5.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 118 k
apr-util x86_64 1.6.1-5.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 99 k
apr-util-bdb x86_64 1.6.1-5.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 19 k
generic-logos-httpd noarch 18.0.0-4.amzn2 amzn2-core 19 k
httpd x86_64 2.4.43-1.amzn2 amzn2-core 1.3 M
httpd-filesystem noarch 2.4.43-1.amzn2 amzn2-core 23 k
httpd-tools x86_64 2.4.43-1.amzn2 amzn2-core 87 k
libxslt x86_64 1.1.28-5.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 243 k
libzip x86_64 1.3.2-1.amzn2.0.1 amzn2-core 62 k
mailcap noarch 2.1.41-2.amzn2 amzn2-core 31 k
mod_http2 x86_64 1.15.3-2.amzn2 amzn2-core 146 k
oniguruma x86_64 5.9.6-1.amzn2.0.3 amzn2-core 127 k
php-pdo x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 133 k
php-process x86_64 7.4.5-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php7.4 88 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 12 Packages (+14 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 15 M
Installed size: 61 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: yCheck default PHP version:
$ php --version
PHP 7.4.5 (cli) (built: Apr 23 2020 00:10:21) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
To install PHP 7.2, make sure you disable 7.4 and 7.3 then enable 7.2.
sudo amazon-linux-extras disable php7.4
sudo amazon-linux-extras disable php7.3
sudo amazon-linux-extras enable php7.2
sudo yum install php php-{pear,cgi,common,curl,mbstring,gd,mysqlnd,gettext,bcmath,json,xml,fpm,intl,zip,imap}Confirm version of PHP.
$ php -v
PHP 7.2.31 (cli) (built: Jul 2 2020 23:17:00) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend TechnologiesSimilar commands should be used when installing PHP 7.3 on Amazon Linux 2.
sudo amazon-linux-extras disable php7.4
sudo amazon-linux-extras disable php7.2
sudo amazon-linux-extras enable php7.3
sudo yum install php php-{pear,cgi,common,curl,mbstring,gd,mysqlnd,gettext,bcmath,json,xml,fpm,intl,zip,imap}Learning materials: