[CentOS] OT:: Multiple PHP versions

Sat Aug 20 00:10:01 UTC 2022
H <agents at meddatainc.com>

On 08/15/2022 08:29 PM, H wrote:
> On August 15, 2022 3:30:00 PM EDT, Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com> wrote:
>> --On Monday, August 15, 2022 1:03 PM -0400 H <agents at meddatainc.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> While I would prefer to install php 7.4 from SCL, both IUS and Remi's
>>> repositories do carry it. Do you see a reason to choose one over the
>>> other bearing in mind I need to have multiple versions installed used
>> by
>>> different web apps?
>> I'm a minor PHP user and 7.3 has been adequate for running WordPress.
>> So I 
>> haven't felt pressured to investigate the IUS and Remi offerings.
>>
>> I'd suggest downloading both and querying the packages to compare. Use
>> "rpm 
>> -qplv" to list the files included, and "rpm -qp --scripts" to see what 
>> other modifications they'll make to your system. I always do that on 
>> "alien" packages to make sure they won't do anything unexpected to my 
>> system. (I so wish Windows packaging was this simple!)
>>
>>
>>
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> Good suggestions, thank you.

If any C7 user has an opinion on whether to use IUS or Remi's repository for php 7.4, I would love to hear it. As discussed earlier, I am used to SCL but it is not available there.