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:
1 2 3 4 5 | 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:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | 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
1 2 3 | yum install selinux-policy-targeted |
to allow selinux run php-fpms scripts, run these commands:
1 2 3 4 | 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:
1 2 3 4 | 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
1 2 3 4 | systemctl start php72-php-fpm systemctl start php56-php-fpm |
now we need to make script wrapper to call php56-cgi and php72-cgi:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 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:
1 2 3 4 | 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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 | 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 <pre wp-pre-tag-8=""> |
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SetHandler “proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9072”
</FilesMatch>
# Some legacy application use PHP 5.5
<Directory /var/www/html56>
<FilesMatch \.php
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SetHandler “proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:9056”
</FilesMatch>
</Directory>
6- Start services
Now we enable and start apache and php-fpm services:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 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
