Table of Contents

1. Upgrading / Downgrading PHP

2. List of PHP Versions

3. Missing Packages in AMZ Repo

4. Final Installation Command

All Amazon Packages List : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/release-notes/all-packages-AL2023.3.html

List all PHP Versions in AL23:

• type

        dnf install php
  

• Dont press enter, Press Tab twice to list all the Versions

• Choose the required package from that

Required Version : php8.2.9

Syntax : php{version}-{packagename}-{full-version.amz23.arch}

Example : php8.2-gd-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64

Required command :

    dnf install -y php php-gd php-pear php-devel libzip php-curl php-xml php-json php-mbstring php-zip php-pdo git unzip php-pgsql vim php-fpm httpd patch

NOT Found in AMZ Repo

No match for argument: php8.2-pear-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 No match for argument: php8.2-curl-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 No match for argument: php8.2-json-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64

Comes under php-common :

• php-curl
• php-json

fix

dnf install php-pear 

this will install the latest php-pear-1:1.10.13-2.amzn2023.0.4.noarch by default.

Final Command

full command :

    dnf install -y php8.2-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php8.2-common-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php8.2-gd-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php8.2-devel-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php8.2-xml-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php8.2-mbstring-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php8.2-zip-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php8.2-pdo-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php8.2-pgsql-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php8.2-fpm-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64 php-pear vim httpd patch libzip git unzip

short version :

    dnf install -y php8.2-{8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64,common,gd,devel,xml,mbstring,zip,pdo,pgsql,fpm} php-pear vim httpd patch libzip git unzip

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Upgrading or Downgrading PHP

• Uninstall the previous version

    dnf remove php8.1*
    (or)
    dnf remove php*
  

• Install the required version

     dnf install php8.2-8.2.9-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
  

• Restart the Httpd Server

    systemctl restart httpd