Upgrade php5.4 to php5.6

How to Upgrade PHP version 5.4 to 5.6 on CentOS/RHEL 

Step 1:

Install the Centos SCL repository

   yum install centos-release-scl

Step 2:

List PHP5.6 Package

    yum list rh-php56\*

Install 5.6

yum install rh-php56-php-devel

yum install rh-php56-php rh-php56-php-devel rh-php56-php-mbstring rh-php56-php-gd rh-php56-php-fpm rh-php56-php-mysqlnd libxml2-devel

PHP 5.6 File Structure :

Configuration File (php.ini) Path           /opt/rh/rh-php56/root/etc

Loaded Configuration File                      /opt/rh/rh-php56/root/etc/php.ini

Scan this dir for additional .ini files      /opt/rh/rh-php56/root/etc/php.d

command path                         /opt/rh/rh-php56/root/bin/php

Step 3:

Check php version and desible

php -v

mv /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/php54.off

mv /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-php.conf /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-php54.off

Enable new php5.6

cp /opt/rh/httpd24/root/etc/httpd/conf.d/rh-php56-php.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/

cp /opt/rh/httpd24/root/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-rh-php56-php.conf /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/

cp /opt/rh/httpd24/root/etc/httpd/modules/librh-php56-php5.so /etc/httpd/modules/

Step 4:

Restart httpd service

    systemctl restart httpd

Step 5:

Check php version in browser, Create phpinfo file using below command

echo "<?php

phpinfo()

?>" > /var/www/html/info.php

Open Browser :

    http://your-server-ip/info.php