Re: Install PHP 8.1.12 on CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core).

[Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 11:21 PM Richard <inbound-lists-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Date: Saturday, November 12, 2022 22:47:15 +0530
> From: Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I am running CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core). I have enabled
> both epel and IUS repositories to install
> https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-8.php#8.1.12. It is not available.
>
> Do I need to install and enable any other repository to install PHP
> 8.1.12?
>

Given that Centos 7 is no longer under active support (it moved to
security support a bit over two years ago) and php 8.1.12 was only
released about 2 weeks ago, you'll likely need to compile it from
source if you need it any time soon. I'd suggest that you build rpms,
rather than doing a direct install as that will make it easier to
manage your php installs going forward.

Before embarking on trying to build something like this from source
it is often good to make certain that one absolutely needs the very
latest release. It's possible that there is some "must have" feature
or a fix to a gaping security issue that isn't otherwise addressable,
so it's worth doing the research. Look at the changelogss and CVEs
since the last repository release available and evaluate the issues.

Thanks Richard for the email response. I downloaded https://www.php.net/distributions/php-8.1.12.tar.gz in /opt directory on CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)

#cd /opt/

#tar zxvf php-8.1.12.tar.gz

[root@ php-8.1.12]# ls -l
total 3512
drwxr-xr-x  3  501 games      80 Oct 25 17:30 azure
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games    1138 Oct 25 17:30 azure-pipelines.yml
drwxr-xr-x  2  501 games    4096 Oct 25 17:30 build
-rwxr-xr-x  1  501 games    4012 Oct 25 17:30 buildconf
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games     346 Oct 25 17:30 buildconf.bat
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games   11121 Oct 25 17:30 CODING_STANDARDS.md
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   310345 Nov 12 18:11 config.log
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root       58 Nov 12 18:11 config.nice
-rwxr-xr-x  1  501 games 2536110 Oct 25 17:30 configure
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games   48813 Oct 25 17:30 configure.ac
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games   20251 Oct 25 17:30 CONTRIBUTING.md
drwxr-xr-x  2  501 games     218 Oct 25 17:30 docs
drwxr-xr-x 74  501 games    4096 Oct 25 17:30 ext
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games   23894 Oct 25 17:30 EXTENSIONS
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root        6 Nov 12 18:11 include
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root        6 Nov 12 18:11 libs
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games    3204 Oct 25 17:30 LICENSE
drwxr-xr-x  3  501 games    4096 Oct 25 17:30 main
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     2719 Nov 12 18:11 Makefile.fragments
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    33337 Nov 12 18:11 Makefile.objects
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games   32787 Oct 25 17:30 NEWS
drwxr-xr-x  2  501 games     100 Oct 25 17:30 pear
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games   72762 Oct 25 17:30 php.ini-development
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games   72908 Oct 25 17:30 php.ini-production
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games    5076 Oct 25 17:30 README.md
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games   28525 Oct 25 17:30 README.REDIST.BINS
-rwxr-xr-x  1  501 games  140834 Oct 25 17:30 run-tests.php
drwxr-xr-x 10  501 games     119 Oct 25 17:30 sapi
drwxr-xr-x  4  501 games     105 Oct 25 17:30 scripts
drwxr-xr-x 10  501 games     119 Oct 25 17:30 tests
drwxr-xr-x  2  501 games      83 Oct 25 17:30 travis
drwxr-xr-x  2  501 games     140 Oct 25 17:30 TSRM
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games   27538 Oct 25 17:30 UPGRADING
-rw-r--r--  1  501 games    7489 Oct 25 17:30 UPGRADING.INTERNALS
drwxr-xr-x  3  501 games    4096 Oct 25 17:30 win32
drwxr-xr-x  5  501 games    8192 Oct 25 17:30 Zend

[root@ php-8.1.12]# 
[root@ php-8.1.12]# pwd
/opt/php-8.1.12

[root@ php-8.1.12]#

I do not see the rpm spec file to create a rpm binary for rpm based OS such as CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) as per the above output. Please guide me. 

Thanks in advance. 

Best Regards,

Kaushal