Comments on: How to Install PHP 5.6 on CentOS 7

By: Jorj

Jorj — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:49:20 +0000

I don’t think that you actually understand what php56 with Remi means …
it is yum install php56-php *NOT* install PHP.

the difference is that one can have multiple php versions on the same system

By: Aaron Kili

Aaron Kili — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:40:28 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

@Anonymous

Oh, ok! Thanks for the useful information.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:34:16 +0000

To keep up with the latest features and security updates, you need a newer (probably the latest) version of PHP on your CentOS 7 system.

Incorrect. Security updates are backported to whatever default version of PHP is shipped with that version of CentOS.

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 05:30:06 +0000

In reply to Guza.

@Guza,

Make sure to enable EPEL and Remi repository on the system to have PHP 5.6.

By: Guza

Guza — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:17:35 +0000

Not working at all

[root@22590d903c3a /]# php -v
PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Mar 22 2017 12:27:09) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2010 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies