How to Install PHP 8.2 for Nginx on Fedora 40

To install PHP 8.2 for Nginx on Fedora 40, follow these steps:

Step 1 : Update your system:

sudo dnf update

Step 2 : Import the PHP Remi Repository:

sudo dnf install http://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-40.rpm

Step 3 : Check available PHP modules:

sudo dnf module list php

Step 4 : Enable the PHP Remi Repository:

sudo dnf module enable php:remi-8.2

Step 5 : Install PHP core and PHP-FPM:

sudo dnf install -y php php-cli php-fpm

Step 6 : Install commonly used PHP extensions:

sudo dnf install -y php-{mysqlnd,curl,gd,mcrypt,json,pear,common,xml,zip,devel,xsl,soap,bcmath,mbstring,gettext,imagick}

• php-mysqlnd: Native driver for MySQL/MariaDB connectivity in PHP.
• php-curl: Allows PHP to make HTTP requests to other servers.
• php-gd: Graphics library for dynamic image processing in PHP.
• php-mcrypt: Deprecated cryptography library for encryption/decryption.
• php-json: Handles JSON data encoding/decoding in PHP.
• php-pear: Installs the PEAR package manager for PHP.
• php-common: Common files and functions shared among PHP extensions.
• php-xml: Handles XML parsing, generation, and manipulation in PHP.
• php-zip: Allows PHP to work with ZIP archives for compression/extraction.
• php-devel: Development files for building PHP extensions from source.
• php-xsl: Applies XSLT stylesheets to XML data for transformation.
• php-soap: Supports creation and consumption of SOAP web services in PHP.

Step 7 : Open the file /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf, replace the user and group from apache to nginx:

sudo nano /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

Step 8 : Restart PHP-FPM:

sudo systemctl restart php-fpm

Step 9 : Create a configuration file for your domain (e.g., example.com)

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/example.com.conf

- Add the following content:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    root /usr/share/nginx/example.com;
    
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
        fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
    }
}

Step 10 : Test your Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

Step 11 : Restart Nginx:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 12 : Test PHP by creating a phpinfo file:

sudo mkdir /usr/share/nginx/example.com
echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" | sudo tee /usr/share/nginx/example.com/info.php

Step 13 : Visit your domain to see the phpinfo result (e.g., http://example.com/info.php).

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHP 8.2 for Nginx on Fedora 40.