Apache Install and Running PHP 5.6 / PHP 7.2 on the Centos 7 x64
In this tutorial we will set up multiple PHP Versions which is 5.6 & 7.2 on the Apache same machine.
it’s very practical and common to have multiple php versions and run it simultaneously with apache on a single server. Maybe you have a php script and want to test it with multiple php version. in such case this article is for you.
1- Install prerequisites
before installing and running two php versions, we need to install apache and some repository. so execute these commands:
yum install httpd yum install epel-release yum install yum-utils
2- Install multiple php versions
php-fpm is available in remi repository. so we install this repo and then after multiple php versions:
yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm yum install php56 yum install php72 yum install php56-php-fpm yum install php72-php-fpm
3- Configure SELinux
Install Selinux Policy Targeted
yum install selinux-policy-targeted
to allow selinux run php-fpms scripts, run these commands:
semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 9072 semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 9056
4- Configure php-fpm
by default, each php-fpm version is listening on port 9000. because we want to run multiple php versions, we need to change default port:
sed -i 's/:9000/:9056/' /etc/opt/remi/php56/php-fpm.d/www.conf sed -i 's/:9000/:9072/' /etc/opt/remi/php72/php-fpm.d/www.conf
Start the php-fpm
systemctl start php72-php-fpm systemctl start php56-php-fpm
now we need to make script wrapper to call php56-cgi and php72-cgi:
cat > /var/www/cgi-bin/php56.fcgi << EOF #!/bin/bash exec /bin/php56-cgi EOF cat > /var/www/cgi-bin/php72.fcgi << EOF #!/bin/bash exec /bin/php72-cgi EOF
Then we set executable bit on both scripts:
sudo chmod 755 /var/www/cgi-bin/php56.fcgi sudo chmod 755 /var/www/cgi-bin/php72.fcgi
5- Configure apache
Here we create two path. one for php-fpm56 and another for php-fpm72. you can change these paths with your own:
Php7.2 /var/www/html
Php5.6 /var/www/html56
Edit conf file /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin/"
AddHandler php56-fcgi .php
Action php56-fcgi /cgi-bin/php56.fcgi
Action php72-fcgi /cgi-bin/php72.fcgi
<Directory /var/www/html56>
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride all
Require all granted
AddHandler php56-fcgi .php
Action php56-fcgi /cgi-bin/php56.fcgi
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/html>
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride all
Require all granted
AddHandler php72-fcgi .php
Action php56-fcgi /cgi-bin/php72.fcgi
</Directory>
#
# The following lines prevent .user.ini files from being viewed by Web clients.
#
<Files ".user.ini">
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</IfModule>
</Files>
#
# Allow php to handle Multiviews
#
AddType text/html .php
#
# Add index.php to the list of files that will be served as directory
# indexes.
#
##DirectoryIndex index.php
<FilesMatch \.php
gt;
SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9072"
</FilesMatch>
# Some legacy application use PHP 5.5
<Directory /var/www/html56>
<FilesMatch \.php
gt;
SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9056"
</FilesMatch>
</Directory>
6- Start services
Now we enable and start apache and php-fpm services:
systemctl enable httpd
systemctl enable php56-php-fpm
systemctl enable php72-php-fpm
systemctl start httpd
systemctl start php56-php-fpm
systemctl start php72-php-fpm
7- Check for result
Good luck! All Done
