Release Candidate versions are available in testing repository for Fedora and Enterprise Linux (RHEL / CentOS) to allow more people to test them. They are available as Software Collections, for a parallel installation, perfect solution for such tests, and also as base packages.
RPM of PHP version 7.4.9RC1 are available as SCL in remi-test repository and as base packages in the remi-test repository for Fedora 32 orremi-php74-test repository for Fedora 30-31 and Enterprise Linux7-8.
RPM of PHP version 7.3.21RC1 are available as SCL in remi-test repository and as base packages in the remi-test repository for Fedora 30-31 orremi-php73-test repository for Enterprise Linux.
PHP version 7.2 is now in security mode only, so no more RC will be released.
Installation : read the Repository configuration and choose your version.
Parallel installation of version 7.4 as Software Collection:
yum --enablerepo=remi-test install php74
Parallel installation of version 7.3 as Software Collection:
yum --enablerepo=remi-test install php73
Update of system version 7.4:
yum --enablerepo=remi-php74,remi-php74-test update php\*
or, the modular way (Fedora and RHEL 8):
dnf module reset php dnf module enable php:remi-7.4 dnf --enablerepo=remi-modular-test update php\*
Update of system version 7.3:
yum --enablerepo=remi-php73,remi-php73-test update php\*
or, the modular way (Fedora and RHEL 8):
dnf module reset php dnf module enable php:remi-7.3 dnf --enablerepo=remi-modular-test update php\*
Notice: version 7.4.9RC1 is in Fedora rawhide for QA.
builds now use libicu65 (version 65.1)
EL-8 packages are built using RHEL-8.2
EL-7 packages are built using RHEL-7.8
RC version is usually the same as the final version (no change accepted after RC, exception for security fix).
Version 8.0.0alpha1 is also available as Software Collections
Software Collections (php73, php74)
Base packages (php)