Installing PHP 7.0.0 is easier than ever. Here are instructions for installing the latest version on different platforms:
First step: Uninstall PHP 5.x
If you already have PHP 5.x installed you may encounter conflicts. Make sure to completely remove PHP 5.x from your system before installing php 7.
Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04, and 15.10:
On Ubuntu, uninstall PHP 5 running:
sudo apt-get purge php5-*
PHP 7.0.0 can be installed using Ondřej Surý's PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php-7.0 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install php7.0
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Debian 6, 7, and 8
PHP 7 can be installed using the Dotdeb repository.
Add these two lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file, replacing with either squeeze, wheezy, or jessie:
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org <distribution> all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org <distribution> all
Add the GPG key:
wget https://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg sudo apt-key add dotdeb.gpg
Install PHP 7:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install php7.0
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CentOS / RHEL
PHP 7 can be installed using the Webstatic Yum repository.
If you're using CentOS/RHEL 7.x, run these three commands to add the repository and install PHP 7:
rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpm yum install php70w
If you're using CentOS/RHEL 6.x, run these two commands to add the repository and install PHP 7:
rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el6/latest.rpm yum install php70w
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Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.11
PHP 7 can be installed using homebrew:
brew tap homebrew/dupes brew tap homebrew/versions brew tap homebrew/homebrew-php brew install php70
Or you can install it via Liip's php-osx tool:
curl -s http://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 7.0
Windows
PHP 7 distributions for Windows can be found on the windows.php.net website: http://windows.php.net/download#php-7.0