How to install php-devel in CentOS/RHEL 7 (x86_64)

Files needed for building PHP extensions

License: PHP and Zend and BSD and MIT and ASL 1.0 Vendor: GetPageSpeed LLC http://www.php.net/

Install

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install php-devel

Description

The php-devel package contains the files needed for building PHP extensions. If you need to compile your own PHP extensions, you will need to install this package.

Compatibility

This package is compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.

RPMs

Package	Size	Built	Changes
php-devel-5.6.40-46.el7.x86_64	972 KiB	2026-10-24	Danila Vershinin - stage php.d ini files with install -m 644 instead of cp -p: the · build-host SOURCES mode (0600) leaked into the RPM, making · 10-opcache.ini root-only and silently disabling OPcache for · non-root CLI
php-devel-5.6.40-45.el7.x86_64	972 KiB	2026-10-24	Danila Vershinin - add gps_license license-presence extension, statically compiled into every · SAPI (ADR-002): phpinfo attribution section, cron.daily verdict heartbeat, · dormant guarded HTML footer tier (hard clamps to footer, fail-open to soft)
php-devel-5.6.40-44.el7.x86_64	971 KiB	2026-10-23	Danila Vershinin - enable the oci8 / pdo_oci build (new oci8 subpackage), linked against · Oracle Instant Client 21.13 exactly like Remi's EL7 build (soname · libclntsh.so.21.1; the client is fetched at build time only and never · shipped). Unblocks the Remi to GetPageSpeed upgrade on hosts that have · Remi's oci8 package installed (its exact-NVR pdo dependency).
php-devel-5.6.40-43.el7.x86_64	971 KiB	2026-10-22	Danila Vershinin - Port the October 2026 security batch from Remi's php74-php 7.4.33-29..31 · (Remi's 5.6 stops at 5.6.40-47); provenance in SECURITY.md: · CVE-2026-92842 CVE-2026-91768 CVE-2026-91769 CVE-2026-91767 · CVE-2025-1218 (with the CVE-2024-8929 hardening it builds on) · CVE-2026-91766 CVE-2026-91765 CVE-2025-14181 CVE-2026-6103 · GHSA-ch8v-r6jh-4vvr · - CVE-2026-93682 does not affect 5.6 (NUL-terminated Location buffer) · - GetPageSpeed branding: Vendor and Packager tags, phpinfo Build Provider, · php -v prints "Built by GetPageSpeed LLC" · - php-common requires getpagespeed-extras-release
php-devel-5.6.40-42.el7.x86_64	971 KiB	2026-10-22	Danila Vershinin - Import security patches from Remi's maintained php56-php 5.6.40-47 · (GH-22187 context refreshed for the EL7 base): · CVE-2024-8925 CVE-2024-8926 CVE-2024-8927 CVE-2024-11234 CVE-2024-8932 · CVE-2024-11233 GHSA-4w77-75f9-2c8w CVE-2026-7261 CVE-2026-7262 · CVE-2026-6735 GH-22187 · - Fix RCE via OOM corruption · GHSA-w8hw-w9fx-j79w CVE-2026-109618 · - Fix RCE via stale global state · GHSA-6wmf-4rv5-p3rp CVE-2026-109619