This article describes how to install the PHP 5.4 on a CentOS 5 or CentOS 6 server
1. First, detect if any PHP packages are installed:
If packages are installed remove them, for example:
2. Add PHP 5.4 packages to yum using this command for CentOS 5.x
Or, for CentOS 6.x:
Now, you can check if the new PHP (5.4: php54w ) packages are available:
Or, version specific search:
3. Next, install the PHP 5.4 packages, for example when installing PHP 5.4 packages I used:
PHP should now be upgraded to the new version, you can verify with the command:
4. Finally, restart the Web server: