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

The Zend OPcache

License: PHP-3.01 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-opcache

Description

The Zend OPcache provides faster PHP execution through opcode caching and optimization. It improves PHP performance by storing precompiled script bytecode in the shared memory. This eliminates the stages of reading code from the disk and compiling it on future access. In addition, it applies a few bytecode optimization patterns that make code execution faster.

Compatibility

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

RPMs

Package	Size	Built	Changes
php-opcache-8.2.35-5.el7.x86_64	435 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-opcache-8.2.35-4.el7.x86_64	435 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-opcache-8.2.35-3.el7.x86_64	435 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-opcache-8.2.35-2.el7.x86_64	435 KiB	2026-10-23	Danila Vershinin - Rebuild for EL7 from Remi's maintained 8.2.35-1 spec; Remi's EL7 · build stopped at 8.2.20-1, so this adds every upstream security · release 8.2.21-8.2.35 · - GetPageSpeed branding: Vendor and Packager tags, php -v prints · "Built by GetPageSpeed LLC", phpinfo Build Provider (upstream hook) · - php-common requires getpagespeed-extras-release · - Package every php.d extension ini as 0644; 0600 files silently drop · OPcache and other extensions for non-root CLI · - Build intl against libicu73 on EL7, as Remi's EL7 build does · - Build ext/openssl against EL7's OpenSSL 1.0.2: xp_ssl.c lacked the · ASN1_STRING_get0_data shim that openssl.c already carries · - enable the oci8 / pdo_oci build, 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)