How to Install Apache/PHP 7 on CentOS/RHEL 7.6/6.9 and Fedora 31/30

Are you planning to deploy a PHP application with the Apache webserver? This tutorial will help you with installing Apache web server and PHP on your CentOS, Redhat, and Fedora systems.

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Step 1 – Prerequsities

First of all, you need to add some required rpm repositories on your system. Use one of the below commands as per your operating systems.

On CentOS/RHEL 7

rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

On CentOS/RHEL 6

rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm

On Fedora 31

sudo dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
sudo dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install http://rpms.famillecollet.com/fedora/remi-release-31.rpm

On Fedora 30

sudo dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
sudo dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install http://rpms.famillecollet.com/fedora/remi-release-30.rpm

On Fedora 29

sudo dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
sudo dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install http://rpms.famillecollet.com/fedora/remi-release-29.rpm

Step 2 – Install Apache/PHP

After enabling the required yum repositories on your system. Now install the Apache and PHP packages on your system. This will install the latest available packages on your system.

For CentOS and RHEL 7/6

sudo yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-php71 install httpd php php-common

For Fedora 31/30/29/28/27/26

sudo dnf --enablerepo=remi install httpd php php-common

Step 3 – Install PHP Modules

You also required installing PHP modules required for your application. The below command will install some frequently used PHP modules on your system. You may install any other modules with the same command.

For CentOS and RHEL 7/6

sudo yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-php71 install php-cli php-pear php-pdo php-mysqlnd php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-xml

For Fedora 31/30/29/28/27/26

sudo dnf --enablerepo=remi install php-cli php-pear php-pdo php-mysqlnd php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-xml

Step 4 – Manage Apache Service

At this point, your system has installed the Apache web server, PHP, and modules. Now start the Apache server and also enable them to autostart on system boot.

For CentOS/RHEL 7 and Fedora

sudo systemctl start httpd.service 
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service

For CentOS/RHEL 6

service httpd start 
chkconfig --levels 235 httpd on

As a result of this tutorial, you have successfully configured a web hosting environment on your Red Hat-based system.

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