How to install PHP 7.2 on CentOS 7/RHEL 7

To install PHP 7.2, a popular open-source scripting language, on CentOS 7 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, follow these steps:

1. Add the PHP 7.2 package repository to your system's package sources by running the following command:

sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

2. Enable the PHP 7.2 repository by running the following command:

sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72

3. Install PHP 7.2 by running the following command:

sudo yum install php

This will install PHP 7.2 and any dependencies required.

4. To verify that the installation was successful, run the following command:

php -v

This will display the version of PHP that was installed.

5. Optionally, you can install additional PHP modules by running the following command:

sudo yum install php-<module>

Replace <module> with the name of the module you want to install.

That's it! PHP 7.2 is now installed on your CentOS 7 or RHEL 7 system. You can use it to run PHP scripts and build web applications.