As I strongly believe in SCL potential to provide a simple way to allow installation of various versions simultaneously, and as I think it is useful to offer this feature to allow developers to test their applications, to allow sysadmin to prepare a migration or simply to use this version for some specific application, I decide to create this new SCL.

Installation :

yum install php70

emblem-important-2-24.pngTo be noticed:

  • the SCL is independant from the system, and doesn't alter it
  • this SCL is available in remi-test remi-safe repository
  • installation is under the /opt/remi tree
  • the Apache module, php70-php, is available, but of course, only one mod_php can be used (so you have to disable or uninstall any other, the one provided by the default "php" package still have priority)
  • the FPM service (php70-php-fpm) is available, it listens on default port 9000, so you have to change the configuration if you want to use various FPM services simultaneously.
  • the php70 command give a simple access to this new version, however the scl command is still the recommended way (or the module command).
  • for now, the collection provides 7.0.0-dev, but alpha/beta version should be released soon
  • more PECL extensions will be progressively also available
  • only x86_64, no plan for other arch.

emblem-notice-24.pngAlso read other entries about SCL.

$ scl enable php70 'php -v'
PHP 7.0.0-dev (cli) (built: Mar 25 2015 14:40:01) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0-dev, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.0.4-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2015, by Zend Technologies

As always, your feedback is welcome, a SCL dedicated forum is open.