This article will take you through how to install PHP 8 on Rocky Linux 9. A significant change to the PHP language is PHP 8.0, It contains many new features and optimizations including named arguments, union types, attributes, constructor property promotion, match expression, nullsafe operator, JIT, and improvements in the type system, error handling, and consistency.
How to Install PHP 8 on Rocky Linux 9
- Update your system using the command below.
sudo dnf update- Install the EPEL repository, let’s start by enabling CRB using the command below.
sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb- Then install EPEL using the following command.
sudo dnf install \
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm \
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-next-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm- Next, enable the Remi repository using the command below.
sudo dnf install dnf-utils http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm -y- If you have a previous PHP version you might consider removing using the following commands(OPTIONAL).
sudo dnf remove php php-fpm -ysudo dnf remove php* -y- Reset the PHP module.
sudo dnf module list reset php -yInstall PHP 8
- List PHP modules using the command below, when prompted to import GPG key type y to continue.
sudo dnf module list phpSample output
Remi's Modular repository for Enterp 153 B/s | 833 B 00:05 Remi's Modular repository for Enterp 3.0 MB/s | 3.1 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0x478F8947: Userid : "Remi's RPM repository (https://rpms.remirepo.net/) " Fingerprint: B1AB F71E 14C9 D748 97E1 98A8 B195 27F1 478F 8947 From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi.el9 Is this ok [y/N]: y Remi's Modular repository for Enterp 234 kB/s | 552 kB 00:02 Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enter 559 B/s | 833 B 00:01 A Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enter 3.0 MB/s | 3.1 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0x478F8947: Userid : "Remi's RPM repository (https://rpms.remirepo.net/) " Fingerprint: B1AB F71E 14C9 D748 97E1 98A8 B195 27F1 478F 8947 From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi.el9 Is this ok [y/N]: y Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enter 228 kB/s | 766 kB 00:03 Remi's Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86_64 Name Stream Profiles Summary php remi-7.4 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language php remi-8.0 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language php remi-8.1 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled
- Then enable PHP 8.
sudo dnf module enable php:remi-8.0 -y- Next, install PHP 8 using the following command for Apache users.
sudo dnf install php -ySample output
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:10 ago on Sat 23 Jul 2022 01:23:03 PM EAT. Dependencies resolved. ===================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ===================================================================== Installing: php x86_64 8.0.21-2.el9.remi remi-modular 1.5 M Installing dependencies: apr x86_64 1.7.0-11.el9 appstream 123 k apr-util x86_64 1.6.1-20.el9 appstream 94 k apr-util-bdb x86_64 1.6.1-20.el9 appstream 13 k httpd x86_64 2.4.51-7.el9_0 appstream 1.4 M httpd-filesystem noarch 2.4.51-7.el9_0 appstream 14 k httpd-tools x86_64 2.4.51-7.el9_0 appstream 81 k libsodium x86_64 1.0.18-8.el9 epel 161 k oniguruma5php x86_64 6.9.8-1.el9.remi remi-safe 219 k php-common x86_64 8.0.21-2.el9.remi remi-modular 820 k rocky-logos-httpd noarch 90.11-1.el9 appstream 24 k Installing weak dependencies: apr-util-openssl x86_64 1.6.1-20.el9 appstream 15 k mod_http2 x86_64 1.15.19-2.el9 appstream 149 k mod_lua x86_64 2.4.51-7.el9_0 appstream 61 k nginx-filesystem noarch 1:1.20.1-10.el9 appstream 11 k php-cli x86_64 8.0.21-2.el9.remi remi-modular 4.6 M php-fpm x86_64 8.0.21-2.el9.remi remi-modular 1.6 M php-mbstring x86_64 8.0.21-2.el9.remi remi-modular 515 k php-opcache x86_64 8.0.21-2.el9.remi remi-modular 739 k php-pdo x86_64 8.0.21-2.el9.remi remi-modular 113 k php-sodium x86_64 8.0.21-2.el9.remi remi-modular 55 k php-xml x86_64 8.0.21-2.el9.remi remi-modular 193 k Transaction Summary ===================================================================== Install 22 Packages Total download size: 12 M Installed size: 65 M Downloading Packages: (1/22): libsodium-1.0.18-8.el9.x86_6 419 kB/s | 161 kB 00:00 (2/22): php-common-8.0.21-2.el9.remi 213 kB/s | 820 kB 00:03 (3/22): php-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 251 kB/s | 1.5 MB 00:06 (4/22): php-mbstring-8.0.21-2.el9.re 217 kB/s | 515 kB 00:02 (5/22): php-opcache-8.0.21-2.el9.rem 216 kB/s | 739 kB 00:03 (6/22): php-fpm-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x8 195 kB/s | 1.6 MB 00:08 (7/22): php-pdo-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x8 171 kB/s | 113 kB 00:00 (8/22): php-sodium-8.0.21-2.el9.remi 206 kB/s | 55 kB 00:00 (9/22): oniguruma5php-6.9.8-1.el9.re 313 kB/s | 219 kB 00:00 (10/22): php-xml-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x 123 kB/s | 193 kB 00:01 (11/22): rocky-logos-httpd-90.11-1.e 9.4 kB/s | 24 kB 00:02 (12/22): mod_lua-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_ 31 kB/s | 61 kB 00:02 (13/22): httpd-tools-2.4.51-7.el9_0. 488 kB/s | 81 kB 00:00 (14/22): httpd-filesystem-2.4.51-7.e 30 kB/s | 14 kB 00:00 (15/22): apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-20.e 57 kB/s | 15 kB 00:00 (16/22): apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-20.el9.x 42 kB/s | 13 kB 00:00 (17/22): php-cli-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x 263 kB/s | 4.6 MB 00:18 (18/22): apr-util-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_6 120 kB/s | 94 kB 00:00 (19/22): nginx-filesystem-1.20.1-10. 27 kB/s | 11 kB 00:00 (20/22): apr-1.7.0-11.el9.x86_64.rpm 224 kB/s | 123 kB 00:00 (21/22): mod_http2-1.15.19-2.el9.x86 158 kB/s | 149 kB 00:00 (22/22): httpd-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 449 kB/s | 1.4 MB 00:03 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 477 kB/s | 12 MB 00:26 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 1.6 MB/s | 1.6 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0x3228467C: Userid : "Fedora (epel9) " Fingerprint: FF8A D134 4597 106E CE81 3B91 8A38 72BF 3228 467C From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-9 Key imported successfully Remi's Modular repository for Enterp 3.0 MB/s | 3.1 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0x478F8947: Userid : "Remi's RPM repository (https://rpms.remirepo.net/) " Fingerprint: B1AB F71E 14C9 D748 97E1 98A8 B195 27F1 478F 8947 From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi.el9 Key imported successfully Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Running scriptlet: php-common-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 1/22 Installing : php-common-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 1/22 Installing : apr-1.7.0-11.el9.x86_64 2/22 Installing : apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_64 3/22 Installing : apr-util-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_64 4/22 Installing : apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_64 5/22 Running scriptlet: httpd-filesystem-2.4.51-7.el9_0.noarch 6/22 useradd warning: apache's uid 48 outside of the SYS_UID_MIN 201 and SYS_UID_MAX 999 range. Installing : httpd-filesystem-2.4.51-7.el9_0.noarch 6/22 Installing : httpd-tools-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 7/22 Installing : php-cli-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 8/22 Installing : php-opcache-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 9/22 Installing : php-pdo-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 10/22 Installing : php-xml-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 11/22 Running scriptlet: nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-10.el9.noarch 12/22 Installing : nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-10.el9.noarch 12/22 Installing : php-fpm-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 13/22 Running scriptlet: php-fpm-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 13/22 Installing : rocky-logos-httpd-90.11-1.el9.noarch 14/22 Installing : mod_lua-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 15/22 Installing : mod_http2-1.15.19-2.el9.x86_64 16/22 Installing : httpd-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 17/22 Running scriptlet: httpd-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 17/22 Installing : oniguruma5php-6.9.8-1.el9.remi.x86_64 18/22 Installing : php-mbstring-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 19/22 Installing : libsodium-1.0.18-8.el9.x86_64 20/22 Installing : php-sodium-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 21/22 Installing : php-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 22/22 Running scriptlet: httpd-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 22/22 Running scriptlet: php-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 22/22 Verifying : libsodium-1.0.18-8.el9.x86_64 1/22 Verifying : php-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 2/22 Verifying : php-cli-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 3/22 Verifying : php-common-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 4/22 Verifying : php-fpm-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 5/22 Verifying : php-mbstring-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 6/22 Verifying : php-opcache-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 7/22 Verifying : php-pdo-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 8/22 Verifying : php-sodium-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 9/22 Verifying : php-xml-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 10/22 Verifying : oniguruma5php-6.9.8-1.el9.remi.x86_64 11/22 Verifying : rocky-logos-httpd-90.11-1.el9.noarch 12/22 Verifying : mod_lua-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 13/22 Verifying : httpd-tools-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 14/22 Verifying : httpd-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 15/22 Verifying : httpd-filesystem-2.4.51-7.el9_0.noarch 16/22 Verifying : apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_64 17/22 Verifying : apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_64 18/22 Verifying : apr-util-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_64 19/22 Verifying : nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-10.el9.noarch 20/22 Verifying : mod_http2-1.15.19-2.el9.x86_64 21/22 Verifying : apr-1.7.0-11.el9.x86_64 22/22 Installed: apr-1.7.0-11.el9.x86_64 apr-util-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_64 apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_64 apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-20.el9.x86_64 httpd-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 httpd-filesystem-2.4.51-7.el9_0.noarch httpd-tools-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 libsodium-1.0.18-8.el9.x86_64 mod_http2-1.15.19-2.el9.x86_64 mod_lua-2.4.51-7.el9_0.x86_64 nginx-filesystem-1:1.20.1-10.el9.noarch oniguruma5php-6.9.8-1.el9.remi.x86_64 php-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 php-cli-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 php-common-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 php-fpm-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 php-mbstring-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 php-opcache-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 php-pdo-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 php-sodium-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 php-xml-8.0.21-2.el9.remi.x86_64 rocky-logos-httpd-90.11-1.el9.noarch Complete!
- Nginx users can use the command below to install PHP 8.
sudo dnf install php-fpm -y- Feel free to also install most used PHP extensions using the following command.
sudo dnf install php-cli php-fpm php-curl php-mysqlnd php-gd php-opcache php-zip php-intl php-common php-bcmath php-imagick php-xmlrpc php-json php-readline php-memcached php-redis php-mbstring php-apcu php-xml php-dom php-redis php-memcached php-memcache- Confirm the version of PHP installed.
php -v- You can view modules loaded using the command below.
php -m- That marks the end of our article. We have gone through how to install PHP 8 on Rocky Linux 9.
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