{"id":76143,"date":"2026-03-16T18:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudspinx.com\/?p=76143"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:51:22","slug":"how-to-install-php-8-4-on-amazon-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computingforgeeks.com\/how-to-install-php-8-4-on-amazon-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Install PHP 8.4 on Amazon Linux 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PHP 8.4\u00a0is the latest major release of the PHP programming Language mostly used in the Development of Web Applications. It is the stable release and you can plan to migrate your applications but being aware that some could break especially where old features are deprecated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article we will cover the installation of PHP 8.4 on Amazon Linux 2023 server running either in the Cloud or On-prem infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update Amazon Linux 2023 system<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Update the system before starting the installation of PHP 8.4 on Amazon Linux 2023 server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo yum -y update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Linux updates often comes with newer kernel patches and reboot is required for the system to run in this new release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo systemctl reboot<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install PHP 8.4 on Amazon Linux 2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
PHP 8.4 is available in in amazonlinux repository together with it’s extensions. You can confirm this by running the command below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo yum search php8.4<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Sample Output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
To install PHP 8.4 on Amazon Linux 2023 with standard PHP extensions, run the command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo yum install php8.4-{bcmath,cli,common,dba,dbg,devel,ffi,fpm,ldap,modphp,pgsql,mysqlnd,gd,mbstring,tidy,xml,zip}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Sample Output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Check PHP version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ php --version<\/mark>\nPHP 8.4.6 (cli) (built: Apr  8 2025 19:55:31) (NTS gcc x86_64)\nCopyright (c) The PHP Group\nBuilt by Amazon Linux\nZend Engine v4.4.6, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install Apache httpd web server to test PHP scripts execution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo yum -y install httpd\nsudo systemctl enable --now httpd<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Create PHP info script inside default apache web root:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo tee \/var\/www\/html\/phpinfo.php > \/dev\/null <<EOF\n<?php phpinfo(); ?>\nEOF<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Open your web browser and input http:\/\/SERVER_IP\/phpinfo.php<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Check available extensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ php --modules<\/mark>\nbcmath\nbz2\ncalendar\nCore\nctype\ncurl\ndate\ndba\ndom\nexif\nFFI\nfileinfo\nfilter\nftp\ngd\ngettext\nhash\niconv\njson\nldap\nlibxml\nmbstring\nmysqli\nmysqlnd\nopenssl\npcntl\npcre\nPDO\npdo_mysql\npdo_pgsql\npdo_sqlite\npgsql\nPhar\nrandom\nreadline\nReflection\nsession\nSimpleXML\nsockets\nSPL\nsqlite3\nstandard\ntidy\ntokenizer\nxml\nxmlreader\nxmlwriter\nxsl\nzip\nzlib\n\n[Zend Modules]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Refer to the official PHP 8.4 release page<\/a> for more reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other articles on Amazon Linux:<\/p>\n\n\n\n