This guide will take you through how to install PHP 8 on OpenSUSE. PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language with a focus on web development. It was one of the first server-side languages to be integrated into HTML, making it simple to add functionality to websites without requiring data from separate files. PHP is a fast, flexible, and pragmatic programming language that powers anything from your blog to the world’s most popular websites.
How to Install PHP 8 on OpenSUSE
- Update your packages.
sudo zypper update- Install PHP 8 using the following command.
sudo zypper install php8Sample output
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...
The following 8 recommended packages were automatically selected:
php8-ctype php8-dom php8-iconv php8-openssl php8-sqlite php8-tokenizer
php8-xmlreader php8-xmlwriter
The following 4 packages are suggested, but will not be installed:
php8-gd php8-gettext php8-mbstring php8-mysql
The following 11 NEW packages are going to be installed:
php8 php8-cli php8-ctype php8-dom php8-iconv php8-openssl php8-pdo
php8-sqlite php8-tokenizer php8-xmlreader php8-xmlwriter
11 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 2.6 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation,
additional 9.0 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
Retrieving package php8-cli-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(1/11), 2.0 MiB ( 8.1 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-cli-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ................[done (349.1 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package php8-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(2/11), 70.2 KiB (147.8 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ....................[done (120.4 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package php8-dom-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(3/11), 91.1 KiB (200.4 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-dom-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ................[done (118.4 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package php8-ctype-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(4/11), 30.9 KiB ( 14.5 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-ctype-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ............................[done]
Retrieving package php8-iconv-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(5/11), 45.8 KiB ( 51.0 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-iconv-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ................[done (2.7 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package php8-openssl-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(6/11), 98.3 KiB (218.5 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-openssl-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ..........................[done]
Retrieving package php8-pdo-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(7/11), 72.2 KiB (123.7 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-pdo-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ..................[done (2.7 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package php8-sqlite-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(8/11), 58.5 KiB (102.8 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-sqlite-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ...............[done (2.7 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package php8-tokenizer-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(9/11), 38.6 KiB ( 34.8 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-tokenizer-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ............[done (2.8 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package php8-xmlreader-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(10/11), 40.3 KiB ( 39.0 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-xmlreader-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ............[done (2.7 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package php8-xmlwriter-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64
(11/11), 39.9 KiB ( 51.0 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: php8-xmlwriter-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64.rpm ...........[done (45.7 KiB/s)]
Checking for file conflicts: ...........................................[done]
( 1/11) Installing: php8-cli-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ..........................[done]
( 2/11) Installing: php8-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ..............................[done]
( 3/11) Installing: php8-dom-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ..........................[done]
( 4/11) Installing: php8-ctype-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ........................[done]
( 5/11) Installing: php8-iconv-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ........................[done]
( 6/11) Installing: php8-openssl-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ......................[done]
( 7/11) Installing: php8-pdo-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ..........................[done]
( 8/11) Installing: php8-sqlite-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 .......................[done]
( 9/11) Installing: php8-tokenizer-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ....................[done]
(10/11) Installing: php8-xmlreader-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ....................[done]
(11/11) Installing: php8-xmlwriter-8.1.7-1.1.x86_64 ....................[done]
- Check version.
php -v- Search for available PHP 8 extensions using the command below.
zypper search php8Sample output
Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Summary | Type ---+------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+-------- | apache2-mod_php8 | PHP module for the Apache 2.x webserver | package i+ | php8 | Interpreter for the PHP scripting language version 8 | package | php8-APCu | APCu - APC User Cache | package | php8-bcmath | "Binary Calculator" extension for PHP | package | php8-bz2 | PHP bzip2 codec support | package | php8-calendar | PHP Extension Module | package i | php8-cli | Interpreter for the PHP scripting language version 8 | package i | php8-ctype | Character class extension for PHP | package | php8-curl | PHP libcurl integration | package | php8-dba | Database abstraction layer for PHP | package | php8-devel | PHP development files for C/C++ extensions | package i | php8-dom | Document Object Model extension for PHP | package | php8-embed | Embedded SAPI Library | package | php8-enchant | Spell checking extension for PHP | package | php8-exif | EXIF metadata extensions for PHP | package | php8-fastcgi | FastCGI PHP Module | package | php8-ffi | Main interface to C code and data | package | php8-fileinfo | File identification extension for PHP | package | php8-fpm | FastCGI Process Manager PHP Module | package | php8-fpm-apache | Apache configuration for PHP-FPM | package | php8-ftp | FTP protocol support for PHP | package | php8-gd | GD Graphics Library extension for PHP | package | php8-gettext | Native language support for PHP | package | php8-gmagick | Wrapper to the GraphicsMagick library | package | php8-gmp | Bignum extension for PHP | package | php8-ice | PHP framework delivered as C extension | package i | php8-iconv | Character set conversion functions for PHP | package | php8-imagick | Wrapper to the ImageMagick library | package | php8-intl | ICU integration for PHP | package | php8-ldap | LDAP protocol support for PHP | package | php8-lzf | LZF compression | package | php8-maxminddb | PHP extension providing access to maxminddb databases | package | php8-mbstring | Multibyte string functions for PHP | package | php8-memcache | PHP Memcache client Extension | package | php8-memcached | PHP MemcacheD client Extension | package | php8-mysql | MySQL database client for PHP | package | php8-odbc | ODBC extension for PHP | package | php8-opcache | Opcode cache extension for PHP | package i | php8-openssl | OpenSSL integration for PHP | package | php8-pcntl | Process Control extension for PHP | package i | php8-pdo | PHP Data Objects extension for PHP | package | php8-pear | PHP Extension and Application Repository | package | php8-pecl | PHP Extension Community Library | package | php8-pgsql | PostgreSQL database client for PHP | package | php8-phar | PHP Archive extension for PHP | package | php8-posix | POSIX functions for PHP | package | php8-psr | PSR Extension Module | package | php8-readline | PHP readline extension | package | php8-redis | API for communicating with Redis servers | package | php8-shmop | Alternate, low-level shared memory implementation for PHP | package | php8-smbclient | A PHP wrapper for libsmbclient | package | php8-snmp | SNMP extension for PHP | package | php8-soap | SOAP/WSDL extension module for PHP | package | php8-sockets | Berkeley sockets API for PHP | package | php8-sodium | Cryptographic Extension Based on Libsodium | package i | php8-sqlite | SQLite database client for PHP | package | php8-sysvmsg | SysV Message Queue support for PHP | package | php8-sysvsem | SysV Semaphore support for PHP | package | php8-sysvshm | SysV Shared Memory support for PHP | package | php8-test | Interpreter for the PHP scripting language version 8 | package | php8-tidy | PHP binding for the Tidy HTML cleaner | package i | php8-tokenizer | Extension module to access Zend Engine's PHP tokenizer | package | php8-uuid | PHP UUID support functions | package | php8-xdebug | Extended PHP debugger | package i | php8-xmlreader | Streaming XML reader extension for PHP | package i | php8-xmlwriter | Streaming-based XML writer extension for PHP | package | php8-xsl | PHP Extension Module | package | php8-zip | ZIP archive support for PHP | package | php8-zlib | Zlib compression support for PHP | package
- To install a specific package, run the command below followed by the package name e.g. ice
sudo zypper install php8-ice- You can also install multiple packages as shown below.
sudo zypper install php8-{curl,imagick,fpm,bz2}- You have reached the end of our article, congratulations. We have gone through how to install PHP 8 on OpenSUSE.
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