How to Install PHP 8.2 on CentOS Stream 10

To install PHP 8.2 on CentOS Stream 10, follow these steps:

Step 1 : Run the following command to ensure your system is up-to-date:

sudo dnf update -y

Step 2 : Next, import the Remi repository which contains the PHP 8.2 packages:

sudo dnf install -y https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-10.rpm

Step 3 : Check which PHP modules are available by running:

sudo dnf module list php

Step 4 : Enable the Remi repository for PHP 8.2 by running the following command:

sudo dnf module enable php:remi-8.2 -y

Step 5 : Install the PHP 8.2 core along with the necessary packages such as PHP-FPM and CLI:

sudo dnf install php82 php82-php-fpm php82-php-cli -y

Step 6 : Install commonly used PHP extensions that are important for most web applications:

sudo dnf install -y php82-php-{mysqlnd,curl,gd,mcrypt,json,pear,common,xml,zip,devel,xsl,soap,bcmath,mbstring,gettext,imagick}

- mysqlnd: MySQL Native Driver for improved performance when interacting with MySQL databases.

- curl: Provides the ability to make HTTP requests.

- gd: Used for image processing in PHP.

- mcrypt: Encrypts and decrypts data.

- json: Provides support for JSON data encoding and decoding.

- pear: PHP Extension and Application Repository, for managing PHP packages.

- common: Common functions required for PHP.

- xml: XML parsing and processing.

- zip: ZIP archive support.

- devel: Development tools required for compiling extensions.

- xsl: XSL transformations for XML data.

- soap: Simple Object Access Protocol for web services.

- bcmath: Arbitrary precision mathematics.

- mbstring: Multi-byte string handling, necessary for working with non-ASCII characters.

- gettext: For internationalization and localization.

- imagick: Image manipulation using the ImageMagick library.

Step 7 : Finally, check if PHP 8.2 was successfully installed by verifying the PHP version:

php82 -v

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHP 8.2 on CentOS Stream 10.