PHP 8.0 is a major release of the PHP programming Language mostly used in the Development of Web Applications. It is the stable release and you can plan to migrate your applications but being aware that some could break especially where old features are deprecated.
In this article we will cover the installation of PHP 8 on Amazon Linux 2 server running in the Cloud or On-prem infrastructure.
Update Amazon Linux 2 system
Update the system before starting the installation of PHP 8 on Amazon Linux 2 system.
sudo yum -y updateLinux updates often comes with newer kernel patches and reboot is required for the system to run in this new release.
sudo systemctl rebootAdd EPEL and Remi Repositories
The packages and dependencies that will be required in the installation of PHP 8 on Amazon Linux 2 server are available in the EPEL and Remi repositories. The two RPM repositories need to be added manually by running the commands below in the terminal.
sudo yum -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpmUpdate Yum index to confirm the two repositories are working.
$ sudo yum makecache
Loaded plugins: langpacks, priorities, update-motd
amzn2-core | 3.7 kB 00:00:00
amzn2extra-docker | 3.0 kB 00:00:00
epel/x86_64/metalink | 15 kB 00:00:00
remi-safe | 3.0 kB 00:00:00
(1/5): epel/x86_64/filelists_db | 12 MB 00:00:01
(2/5): epel/x86_64/prestodelta | 547 B 00:00:00
(3/5): epel/x86_64/other_db | 3.3 MB 00:00:00
(4/5): remi-safe/other_db | 491 kB 00:00:00
(5/5): remi-safe/filelists_db | 1.4 MB 00:00:01
Metadata Cache CreatedInstall PHP 8.0 on Amazon Linux 2
Install the yum-utils package which provides yum-config-manager command line tool.
sudo yum -y install yum-utilsMethod 1: Install PHP 8.0 from OS repositories
Let’s confirm that PHP 8.0 topic is available in our Amazon Linux 2 machine:
$ sudo amazon-linux-extras | grep php
15 php7.2 available \
17 lamp-mariadb10.2-php7.2 available \
31 php7.3 available \
42 php7.4 available [ =stable ]
51 php8.0 available [ =stable ]We can confirm php8.0 topic is available. Let’s enable it.
sudo yum-config-manager --disable 'remi-php*'
sudo amazon-linux-extras enable php8.0 After repo is enabled, install PHP 8.0 on Amazon Linux 2 with standard PHP extensions.
sudo yum clean metadata
sudo yum install php-pear,cgi,pdo,common,curl,mbstring,gd,mysqlnd,gettext,bcmath,json,xml,fpm,intl,zipConfirm if dependency resolution is successful
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
php-bcmath x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 65 k
php-cli x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 5.0 M
php-common x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 1.2 M
php-fpm x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 1.7 M
php-gd x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 168 k
php-intl x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 179 k
php-mbstring x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 473 k
php-mysqlnd x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 189 k
php-pdo x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 122 k
php-pear noarch 1:1.10.12-9.amzn2 amzn2-core 359 k
php-xml x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 173 k
Installing for dependencies:
libxslt x86_64 1.1.28-6.amzn2 amzn2-core 240 k
libzip x86_64 1.3.2-1.amzn2.0.1 amzn2-core 62 k
oniguruma x86_64 5.9.6-1.amzn2.0.4 amzn2-core 127 k
php-process x86_64 8.0.16-1.amzn2 amzn2extra-php8.0 83 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 11 Packages (+4 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 10 M
Installed size: 48 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: yCheck PHP version
$ php --version
PHP 8.0.16 (cli) (built: Mar 1 2022 00:31:45) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.16, Copyright (c) Zend TechnologiesInstall Apache httpd web server to test PHP scripts execution:
sudo yum -y install httpd
sudo systemctl enable --now httpdCreate PHP info script inside default apache web root:
sudo tee /var/www/html/phpinfo.php<
EOF Open your web browser and input http://serverip_or_hostname/phpinfo.php
Method 2: Install PHP 8.0 from REMI repository
Disable all Remi PHP repositories.
sudo yum-config-manager --disable 'remi-php*'
sudo amazon-linux-extras disable php8.0 Enable PHP 8 Remi repository on Amazon Linux 2:
sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php80Check current list of repositories enabled.
$ sudo yum repolist
Loaded plugins: langpacks, priorities, update-motd
245 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
repo id repo name status
amzn2-core/2/x86_64 Amazon Linux 2 core repository 22,852
amzn2extra-docker/2/x86_64 Amazon Extras repo for docker 36
epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64 13,291+195
remi-php80 Remi's PHP 8.0 RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64 214+47
remi-safe Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64 4,038+3
repolist: 40,431Install PHP 8.0 on Amazon Linux 2 using the command:
sudo yum install php80Initiate installation by accepting to start.
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Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
php80 x86_64 1.0-3.el7.remi remi-safe 2.8 k
Installing for dependencies:
audit-libs-python x86_64 2.8.1-3.amzn2.1 amzn2-core 79 k
checkpolicy x86_64 2.5-6.amzn2 amzn2-core 294 k
environment-modules x86_64 3.2.10-10.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 107 k
libX11 x86_64 1.6.7-3.amzn2 amzn2-core 606 k
libX11-common noarch 1.6.7-3.amzn2 amzn2-core 164 k
libXau x86_64 1.0.8-2.1.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 29 k
libcgroup x86_64 0.41-21.amzn2 amzn2-core 66 k
libselinux-python x86_64 2.5-12.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 237 k
libsemanage-python x86_64 2.5-11.amzn2 amzn2-core 115 k
libxcb x86_64 1.12-1.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 216 k
ncurses-compat-libs x86_64 6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.3 amzn2-core 308 k
php80-php-cli x86_64 8.0.0-2.el7.remi remi-safe 3.5 M
php80-php-common x86_64 8.0.0-2.el7.remi remi-safe 704 k
php80-runtime x86_64 1.0-3.el7.remi remi-safe 1.1 M
policycoreutils-python x86_64 2.5-22.amzn2 amzn2-core 454 k
python-IPy noarch 0.75-6.amzn2.0.1 amzn2-core 32 k
setools-libs x86_64 3.3.8-2.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 618 k
tcl x86_64 1:8.5.13-8.amzn2.0.2 amzn2-core 1.9 M
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package (+18 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 11 M
Installed size: 35 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: yNotice this installation method doesn’t affect the default installation of PHP you had on your Amazon Linux 2 server. To use PHP 8 the command is not php but php80
$ php80 --version
PHP 8.0.17 (cli) (built: Mar 15 2022 08:24:20) ( NTS gcc x86_64 )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.0.17, Copyright (c) Zend TechnologiesInstalling PHP extensions.
sudo yum install php80-Example:
sudo yum install php80-php-fpm php80-php-mysqlnd php80-php-json php80-php-xml php80-php-tidySample output:
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Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
php80-php-fpm x86_64 8.0.0-2.el7.remi remi-safe 1.8 M
php80-php-mysqlnd x86_64 8.0.0-2.el7.remi remi-safe 193 k
php80-php-pecl-zip x86_64 1.19.2-1.el7.remi remi-safe 53 k
php80-php-tidy x86_64 8.0.0-2.el7.remi remi-safe 76 k
php80-php-xml x86_64 8.0.0-2.el7.remi remi-safe 174 k
Installing for dependencies:
libtidy x86_64 5.4.0-1.el7 epel 174 k
libxslt x86_64 1.1.28-6.amzn2 amzn2-core 240 k
libzip5 x86_64 1.7.3-1.el7.remi remi-safe 61 k
php80-php-pdo x86_64 8.0.0-2.el7.remi remi-safe 127 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 5 Packages (+4 Dependent packages)
Total download size: 2.9 M
Installed size: 8.6 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
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Total 1.5 MB/s | 2.9 MB 00:00:01
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
Importing GPG key 0x352C64E5:
Userid : "Fedora EPEL (7) "
Fingerprint: 91e9 7d7c 4a5e 96f1 7f3e 888f 6a2f aea2 352c 64e5
Package : epel-release-7-13.noarch (installed)
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
Is this ok [y/N]: y You can also search for all packages that matches php80.
sudo yum search php80Check available extensions.
$ php80 --modulesRefer to the official PHP 8.0 release page for more reading.
After installation If you get Error PHP isn’t loading, then sort out with PHP8 per default has short_open_tag Off, so your phpinfo() has to be
