PHP-FPM, or PHP FastCGI Process Manager, is an alternative implementation of PHP FastCGI that can handle a high volume of queries. Combined with PHP 7, PHP-FPM achieves a higher level of performance than any previous version of PHP.
Phan is a static code analyzer that allows us to evaluate the code without executing it, identifying potential problems in early stages of the software life cycle. This provides us with significant cost savings, as we anticipate potential problems before they become reality.
PHP is one of the most widespread web programming languages on the Internet. There are currently three versions in active support, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 which was released on November 28, 2019. It is advisable to always use the most stable version new, in this case it is 7.4, however, we can install any of these three versions on our system.
Installing the latest versions of PHP on CentOS/RHEL may not be as easy as it seems since you have to perform certain previous steps. Additionally, each of these versions has a somewhat peculiar installation directory. In this article we will cover all the steps for installing and using PHP versions 5.6, 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2.