How to upgrade to PHP8.0 on Amazon Linux 2 EC2 instance?

Question

Hi, I have upgraded the software I am hositng on EC2 instance but to funciton it requires PHP 8.0. I was not able to upgrade the PHP using the yup update and other Amazon tools I found on the forums. PHP version is stuck at 7.x and I really need to update to 8.0 on an urgent basis. Can you pleaes help?

MikeLim · Answer

You can install PHP 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 from amazon-linux-extras

```
amazon-linux-extras | grep php
```

May need to remove existing php7 packages first, before you enable 8.x package

```
sudo yum remove php*
sudo yum clean all
sudo amazon-linux-extras enable php8.0
sudo yum clean metadata
sudo yum install -q -y php-cli php-fpm php-opcache php-common
```

Gary Mclean · Answer

Have you tried changing the version of PHP using the following command

```
sudo update-alternatives --config php
```

Manu Sabu · Answer

Have you tried

take a snapshot of your instance,
Take a copy of php.ini,
List the modules that you installed with php,
yum remove -y php  and its modules (php -m will give the modules list),
amazon-linux-extras disable php7version,
amazon-linux-extras enable php8version,
yum install php and its modules.

How to upgrade to PHP8.0 on Amazon Linux 2 EC2 instance?

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