> > http://php.net/eol.php says that PHP 5.5 and 5.4 are EOL, but a freshly > installed Centos 7 box, then fully upgraded, gives me PHP 5.4.16-42.el7. > What do people do about maintaining current versions of software on a > variety of machines? If you need more up to date versions of PHP then these can be installed using the Redhat maintained Software Collections repository. https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/ I've been using this system for up to date Python, PHP and Node versions for a good while and have found it reliable.