==== PHP 7.4 Upgrade for CentOS ====

__CentOS 8__

https://www.tecmint.com/install-php-on-centos-8/

Then install these packages:
  dnf install php-gd php-ldap php-mysqlnd php-pecl-mcrypt php-pecl-zip
  
Then remove these packages:
  dnf remove php-fpm

__CentOS 7__

Use [[https://www.tecmint.com/install-php-7-in-centos-7/|this link]] but substitute in 7.4 for the desired release to activate.

Look at [[https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2019/12/03/Install-PHP-7.4-on-CentOS-RHEL-or-Fedora|Remi's RPM repository]] blog

After the install, these PHP packages should be on the system:
  
  php-7.4.33-2.el7.remi.x86_64
  php-cli-7.4.33-2.el7.remi.x86_64
  php-common-7.4.33-2.el7.remi.x86_64
  php-json-7.4.33-2.el7.remi.x86_64
  php-mbstring-7.4.33-2.el7.remi.x86_64
  php-mysqlnd-7.4.33-2.el7.remi.x86_64
  php-pdo-7.4.33-2.el7.remi.x86_64
  php-pecl-mcrypt-1.0.5-1.el7.remi.7.4.x86_64
  php-sodium-7.4.33-2.el7.remi.x86_64
  php-xml-7.4.33-2.el7.remi.x86_64

Remember to merge in local changes to /etc/php.ini