How to install php-sodium in CentOS/RHEL 7 (x86_64)
Wrapper for the Sodium cryptographic library
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-sodium
Description
The php-sodium package provides a simple, low-level PHP extension for the libsodium cryptographic library.
Compatibility
This package is compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.
RPMs
| Package | Size | Built | Changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| php-sodium-7.3.33-29.el7.x86_64 | 81 KiB | 2026-10-24 |
Danila Vershinin - add RuntimeDirectory=php-fpm to the base-shape unit (RHEL parity): · systemd recreates /run/php-fpm on every service start |
| php-sodium-7.3.33-28.el7.x86_64 | 80 KiB | 2026-10-24 |
Danila Vershinin - ship tmpfiles.d/php-fpm.conf in the base shape: recreate /run/php-fpm at · boot, without it php-fpm fails to start after a reboot |
| php-sodium-7.3.33-27.el7.x86_64 | 80 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-sodium-7.3.33-26.el7.x86_64 | 80 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-sodium-7.3.33-25.el7.x86_64 | 80 KiB | 2026-10-22 |
Danila Vershinin - Port the October 2026 security batch from Remi's php74-php 7.4.33-29..31 · (Remi's 7.3 stops at 7.3.33-22); provenance in SECURITY.md: · CVE-2026-92842 CVE-2026-91768 CVE-2026-91769 CVE-2026-91767 · CVE-2025-1218 CVE-2026-91766 CVE-2026-91765 CVE-2025-14181 · CVE-2026-6103 GHSA-ch8v-r6jh-4vvr · - CVE-2026-93682 does not affect 7.3 (NUL-terminated Location buffer) · - GetPageSpeed branding: Vendor and Packager tags, php -v prints · "Built by GetPageSpeed LLC" (phpinfo Build Provider already set) · - php-common requires getpagespeed-extras-release |