Update PHP 5.4 version to PHP 7.4

Step 1. Check the version of the php.

# php - v  

Current version is PHP 5.4 .

Step 2. Install Remi Repository and EPEL Repository by using following commands .

 # wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm 

 # wget http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm 

 # rpm -Uvh remi-release-7.rpm epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm 

Step 3. After installing the repository, you must perform the following additional configurations.

 # yum install yum-utils 

# yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74 

Step 4. Install PHP 7.4.

 # yum install php php-opcache php-gd php-curl php-mysqlnd  

Step 5. Update the packages.

Step 6. Check the version of PHP now.

 # php -v  

PHP has been updated to 7.4.

Thank you!!