PHP versions supported

Magento requires:

• 7.0.2–7.0.6 except for 7.0.5 (supported by Magento version 2.0.1 and later only)There is a known PHP issue that affects our code compiler when using PHP 7.0.5. We recommend you not use PHP 7.0.5; instead, use PHP 7.0.2–7.0.4 or 7.0.6.
• PHP 5.6.x
• PHP 5.5.x, where x is 22 or greater

Help if you're just starting out

If you’re new to all this and need some help getting started, we suggest the following:

• Is the Magento software installed already?
• What is the software that the Magento server needs to run?
• What operating system is my server running?
• How do I log in to my Magento server using a terminal, command prompt, or SSH?

Verify PHP is installed

To verify if PHP is installed already, enter php -v. If PHP is installed, messages similar to the following display:

PHP 5.6.4 (cli) (built: Dec 20 2014 17:30:46)
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.4-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2014, by Zend Technologies

If PHP is installed, continue with the next prerequisite, MySQL.

CentOS repositories

Linux systems provide software like PHP in one or more repositories. CentOS, unlike Ubuntu, has a set of officially recommended repositories. Other repositories are considered less safe for the reasons stated on the CentOS wiki.

We’re not aware that you can install PHP 5.5, 5.6, or 7.0 from a CentOS-recommended repository. Therefore, you must consider the following:

• If you’re setting up a system that will be deployed in production, you should choose a hosting provider who uses repositories considered to be safe and reliable.

  You should also consider upgrading to a later version of CentOS that has the desired PHP version in a recommended repository.

• If you’re setting up a development system, you can use any repository you wish.

In this topic, we show how to install PHP using the Inline with Upstream Stable (IUS) repository, which is not on the CentOS recommended list. However, packages installed from IUS do not use the same names as CentOS-provided packages, so no existing system packages are replaced.

Before you continue, review their Getting Started topic.

Continue with one of the following sections:

• PHP 7 on CentOS
• PHP 5.6 on CentOS
• PHP 5.5 on CentOS

PHP 7 on CentOS

There is more than one way to install PHP 7.0.2 or later; the following is a suggestion only. Consult a reference for additional options.

To upgrade to PHP 7.0.2 or later:

1. CentOS 6. Enter the following commands in the order shown:

   yum -y update
   yum -y install epel-release
   wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
   wget https://centos6.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm
   rpm -Uvh ius-release*.rpm
   yum -y update
   

2. CentOS 7. Enter the following commands:

   yum install -y http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/CentOS/7/x86_64/ius-release-1.0-14.ius.centos7.noarch.rpm
   yum -y update
   

3. Enter the following command:

   yum -y install php70u php70u-pdo php70u-mysqlnd php70u-opcache php70u-xml php70u-mcrypt php70u-gd php70u-devel php70u-mysql php70u-intl php70u-mbstring php70u-bcmath php70u-json php70u-iconv
   

   The bcmath extension is required for Magento Enterprise Edition (EE) only.

4. Restart Apache: service httpd restart

5. Enter the following command to verify that PHP 7.x is installed:

   php -v
   

   The following response indicates that PHP 7.0.3 is installed properly:

   PHP 7.0.3 (cli) (built: Feb  4 2016 08:51:10) ( NTS )
   Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
   Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
   with Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2016, by Zend Technologies
   

   The preceding message confirms that the Zend OPcache is installed. We strongly recommend using the OPcache for performance reasons. If your PHP distribution does not come with the OPcache, see the PHP OPcache documentation.

6. Set up PHP configuration options.

PHP 5.6 on CentOS

There is more than one way to upgrade CentOS 6.5 to PHP 5.6; the following is a suggestion only. Consult a reference for additional options.

To upgrade to PHP 5.6:

1. Enter the following commands in the order shown:

   yum -y update
   yum -y install epel-release
   wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
   wget https://centos6.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm
   rpm -Uvh ius-release*.rpm
   yum -y update
   yum -y install php56u php56u-opcache php56u-xml php56u-mcrypt php56u-gd php56u-devel php56u-mysql php56u-intl php56u-mbstring php56u-bcmath
   

   The bcmath extension is required for Magento Enterprise Edition (EE) only.

2. Restart Apache: service httpd restart

3. Enter the following command to verify that PHP 5.6 is installed:

   php -v
   

   The following response indicates that PHP 5.6 is installed properly:

   PHP 5.6.18 (cli) (built: Feb  4 2016 09:29:52)
   Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
   Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
   with Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2016, by Zend Technologies
   

   The preceding message confirms that the Zend OPcache is installed. We strongly recommend using the OPcache for performance reasons. If your PHP distribution does not come with the OPcache, see the PHP OPcache documentation.

4. Set up PHP configuration options.

PHP 5.5 on CentOS

There is more than one way to upgrade CentOS 6.5 to PHP 5.5; the following is a suggestion only. Consult a reference for additional options.

To upgrade to PHP 5.5:

1. Enter the following commands in the order shown.

   yum -y update
   yum -y install epel-release
   wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
   wget https://centos6.iuscommunity.org/ius-release.rpm
   rpm -Uvh ius-release*.rpm
   yum -y update
   yum -y install php55u php55u-opcache php55u-xml php55u-mcrypt php55u-gd php55u-devel php55u-mysql php55u-intl php55u-mbstring php55u-bcmath
   

   The bcmath extension is required for Magento Enterprise Edition (EE) only.

2. Enter the following command to verify the version:

   php -v
   

   The following messages display:

   PHP 5.5.32 (cli) (built: Feb  4 2016 09:30:35)
   Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
   Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies
   with Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2015, by Zend Technologies
   

3. Restart Apache: service httpd restart
4. Continue with the next section.

Set PHP configuration options

This section discusses how to:

• Set the system time zone for PHP; otherwise, errors like the following display during the installation and time-related operations like cron might not work:

  PHP Warning:  date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. [more messages follow]
  

• Set always_populate_raw_post_data = -1

  always_populate_raw_post_data is deprecated in PHP 5.6 and is dropped in PHP 7.0.x. This setting causes PHP to always populate $HTTP_RAW_POST_DAT with raw POST data. Failure to set this properly in PHP 5.5 or 5.6 results in errors when connecting to the database.

• Set the PHP memory limit.

  Our detailed recommendations are:

  • Compiling code, 768M
  • Deploying static asses, 768M
  • Installing and updating Magento components from Magento Marketplace, 1G
  • Testing, 2G

• Disable asp_tags

  If asp_tags are enabled, errors display when accessing PHTML templates.

  asp_tags will be removed in PHP 7.

To set PHP options:

1. Locate php.ini by entering the following command:

   php --ini
   

   Use the value of Loaded Configuration File.

   Typical locations follow:

   • Ubuntu: /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
   • CentOS: /etc/php.ini
2. Open php.ini in a text editor.
3. Locate your server’s time zone in the available time zone settings

4. Locate the following setting and uncomment it if necessary:

   date.timezone =
   

5. Add the time zone setting you found in the preceding step.

6. Change the value of memory_limit to one of the values at the beginning of this section.

   For example,

   memory_limit=768M
   

7. Required for PHP 5.6, recommended for PHP 5.5. Locate always_populate_raw_post_data, uncomment it if necessary, and set it as follows:

   always_populate_raw_post_data = -1
   

8. Locate the following setting:

   asp_tags =
   

9. Make sure its value is set to Off.
10. Save your changes and exit the text editor.

11. Restart your web server:

    • Ubuntu: service apache2 restart
    • CentOS: service httpd restart
    • Ubuntu and CentOS: service nginx restart