How to Install PHP 8.0 on Fedora 39

To install PHP 8.0 on Fedora 39, follow these steps:

Step 1 :Start by updating your system using the following command:

sudo dnf update

Step 2 : Add Remi's repository to your system with the following command:

sudo dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-$(cut -d ' ' -f 3 /etc/fedora-release).rpm

Step 3 : Check available PHP modules with the following command:

sudo dnf module list php

Step 4 : Enable the Remi repository for PHP:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled remi

Step 5 : Install PHP 8.0 core components, including php80, php80-php-fpm, and cli:

sudo dnf install php80 php80-php-fpm php80-php-cli

Step 6 : Install commonly used PHP extensions:

sudo dnf install php80-php-{mysqlnd,curl,gd,mcrypt,json,pear,common,xml,zip,devel,xsl,soap,bcmath,mbstring,gettext,imagick}

Explanation of extensions:

- mysqlnd: MySQL Native Driver

- curl: cURL extension for HTTP requests

- gd: GD Graphics Library for image processing

- mcrypt: Mcrypt extension for encryption

- json: JSON extension for handling JSON data

- pear: PHP Extension and Application Repository

- common: Common files for PHP

- xml: XML extension for parsing XML

- zip: Zip archive support

- devel: Development files for building PHP extensions

- xsl: XSL extension for XSLT transformations

- soap: SOAP extension for web services

- bcmath: BCMath extension for arbitrary precision mathematics

- mbstring: Multibyte String extension for handling multibyte encodings

- gettext: Gettext extension for internationalization

- imagick: Imagick extension for image manipulation

Step 7 : Check the installed PHP version to ensure the installation was successful:

php80 --version

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHP 8.0 on Fedora 39 with commonly used extensions.