Older PHP versions had support to enable the zip extension by using --enable-zip option. With PHP 7.4.0 and all the upper versions, the bundled libzip extension has been removed. Here I’m gonna show you how to install PHP Zip on Amazon Linux 2.
Prerequisites
- Amazon Linux 2
- sudo privileges
- PHP installed
Install PHP Zip on Amazon Linux 2
Step 1. Enable the desired PHP version.
sudo amazon-linux-extras enable php7.4
Step 2. Install php-zip.
sudo yum install php-zip
Step 3. Restart your nginx or apache service depending on your web server.
Step 4. Verify the installation.
echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/html/info.php
Step 5. Open the file (info.php) in the browser.
http://server_ip/info.php
Conclusion
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