PHP broken after I upgraded version via official documentation and then followed random tutorials

jurgis · December 29, 2020, 9:49am

I am on CentOS 8 with default php version 7.2.24 and i want to install at least php 7.3

At first i installed remi-release-8.rpm (with php 7.3 , 7.4 , 8.0) and here was info from console:

yum *php-cli.x86_64 *php-common.x86_64 *php-fpm.x86_64 *php-gd.x86_64 *php-json.x86_64 *php-mbstring.x86_64 *php-mysqlnd.x86_64 *php-opcache.x86_64 *php-pdo.x86_64 *php-pear.noarch *php-process.x86_64 *php-xml.x86_64 *php-xmlrpc.x86_64 *php73-libzip.x86_64 *php73-php-cli.x86_64 *php73-php-common.x86_64 *php73-php-fpm.x86_64 *php73-php-gd.x86_64 *php73-php-json.x86_64 *php73-php-mysqlnd.x86_64 *php73-php-pdo.x86_64 *php73-php-pecl-zip.x86_64 *php73-php-xml.x86_64 *php73-runtime.x86_64 *php74-libzip.x86_64 *php74-php-cli.x86_64 *php74-php-common.x86_64 *php74-php-fpm.x86_64 *php74-php-gd.x86_64 *php74-php-json.x86_64 *php74-php-mysqlnd.x86_64 *php74-php-pdo.x86_64 *php74-php-pecl-zip.x86_64 *php74-php-xml.x86_64 *php74-runtime.x86_64 *php80-libzip.x86_64 *php80-php-cli.x86_64 *php80-php-common.x86_64 *php80-php-fpm.x86_64 *php80-php-gd.x86_64 *php80-php-mysqlnd.x86_64 *php80-php-pdo.x86_64 *php80-php-pecl-zip.x86_64 *php80-php-xml.x86_64 *php80-runtime.x86_64 wbm-php-pear.noarch list installed | grep -i php
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
1:1.10.5-9.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66 @AppStream *
1.7.3-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
1.19.2-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
2.0-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
1.7.3-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
1.19.2-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
1.0-3.el8.remi @remi-safe *
1.7.3-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
8.0.0-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
8.0.0-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
8.0.0-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
8.0.0-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
8.0.0-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
8.0.0-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
1.19.2-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
8.0.0-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
1.0-3.el8.remi @remi-safe *
2:1.6-1 @virtualmin-universal

dnf module list php
Last metadata expiration check: 2:48:56 ago on Tue Dec 29 03:12:50 2020.
CentOS-8 - AppStream
*Name Stream Profiles Summary *
php 7.2 [d][e] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.3 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.4 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream
*Name Stream Profiles Summary *
php 7.2 [d][e] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.3 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.4 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language

Remi’s Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
*Name Stream Profiles Summary *
php remi-7.2 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-7.3 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-7.4 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-8.0 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language

Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled

But only 7.2.24 was working fine. If i switched to higher versions, then forum was not working (HTTP ERROR 500).

Then i decided to remove php and i run: yum -y remove php*
It removed also 7.2.24 (only working version) and few hours later (after trying many many tutorials) i am writing here, as i still can’t get php to work and i can’t understand what is wrong.
Last tutorila i followed to install php 7.3 and 7.4:

Some info about current status

yum list installed | grep -i php
*php73.x86_64 2.0-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php73-php-cli.x86_64 7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php73-php-common.x86_64 7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php73-php-fpm.x86_64 7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php73-php-json.x86_64 7.3.25-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php73-runtime.x86_64 2.0-1.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php74.x86_64 1.0-3.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php74-php-cli.x86_64 7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php74-php-common.x86_64 7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php74-php-fpm.x86_64 7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php74-php-json.x86_64 7.4.13-2.el8.remi @remi-safe *
*php74-runtime.x86_64 1.0-3.el8.remi @remi-safe *
wbm-php-pear.noarch 2:1.6-1 @virtualmin-universal

dnf module list php
Last metadata expiration check: 0:28:29 ago on Tue Dec 29 10:03:32 2020.
CentOS-8 - AppStream
*Name Stream Profiles Summary *
php 7.2 [d] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.3 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.4 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream
*Name Stream Profiles Summary *
php 7.2 [d] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.3 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php 7.4 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language

Remi’s Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
*Name Stream Profiles Summary *
php remi-7.2 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-7.3 [e] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-7.4 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
php remi-8.0 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language

Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled

php73 -v
*PHP 7.3.25 (cli) (built: Nov 24 2020 11:10:55) ( NTS ) *
*Copyright © 1997-2018 The PHP Group *
Zend Engine v3.3.25, Copyright © 1998-2018 Zend Technologies

By the way, before removing php i could check php by writing simply: php -v
Now it returns: php: command not found

In Re-check configuration:

SuExec cannot be used to run PHP scripts in CGI or FCGId modes : The Suexec command on your system is configured to only run scripts under /var/www, but the Virtualmin virtual server home directory is /home. CGI scripts run as domain owners will not be executed.
The following PHP versions are available : 7.3.25 (/bin/php73-cgi), 7.4.13 (/bin/php74-cgi)
The following PHP execution modes are available : fpm
The following PHP-FPM versions are available on this system : 7.3.25 (php73-php-fpm) 7.4.13 (php74-php-fpm)

Also on Dashboard in Server Status i can see that PHP-FPM 7.3.25 Server and
PHP-FPM 7.4.13 Server is running.

By the way in some tutorials was something about Nginx and eple. Are they required for PHP to work?

Garry19531 · December 29, 2020, 10:05am

This link might prove useful.

jurgis · December 29, 2020, 10:12am

That’s what i installed at very beginning.
None of them was working. I got 500 error in forum.

EDIT: I followed this tutorial, but i installed php 7.2
dnf -y install php72-php-{cli,pdo,fpm,zip,gd,xml,mysqlnd}
and it kinda works. Forum still shows 500 error, but at least i can access and run php scripts.

Any ideas how to install this version?
https://centos.pkgs.org/8/centos-appstream-x86_64/php-7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66.x86_64.rpm.html
This is default version, which was removed when i run yum -y remove php*

jurgis · December 29, 2020, 2:04pm

Problem solved.

Had to run: dnf install php-mbstring

And then: dnf install php72-php-mbstring for 7.2 php73 for 7.3 and so on

Garry19531 · December 29, 2020, 9:05pm

Glad you got it sorted out OK.

system · January 28, 2021, 9:05pm

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