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sudo yum search php-

sudo yum module list php
sudo yum install yum-utils http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm

sudo yum module list php
sudo yum module reset php
sudo yum module enable php:remi-7.4
## verify it php set to 7.4 ##
sudo yum module list php

sudo systemctl enable --now php-fpm

If SELinux is running on your system, you’ll need to update the SELinux security context:
sudo chcon -tR httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www

sudo systemctl restart httpd

sudo yum install php-fpm php-common php-cli php-mysqlnd php-zip php-gd php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath php-json

sudo systemctl restart php-fpm

Test
echo '<?php phpinfo();' | sudo tee /var/www/html/info.php
sudo systemctl restart httpd

# Check location of PHP-FPM FastCGI server
cat /etc/nginx/conf.d/php-fpm.conf


# Check unix sock is working
ls -l /run/php-fpm/www.sock

How to install additional php modules

sudo yum search php-
sudo yum search php- | grep mysql
sudo yum search php72- ## for version 7.2 ##
sudo yum search php73- ## for version 7.3 ### 
sudo yum search php74- ## for version 7.4 ##

# Demo for wordpress
sudo yum install php-mysqlnd php-gd php-pecl-zip php-mbstring php-xml php-opcache php-pecl-imagick

How to configure PHP 7.x
You need to edit the following files as per your needs:

/etc/php.ini – PHP’s initialization and config file. Do not modify this file. Instead create custom.ini in /etc/php.d/ directory.
/etc/php-fpm.conf – Gloable FPM (FastCGI) configuration file.
/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf – FastCGI (FPM) www pool config file.
/etc/php.d/ – PHP modules config file.

How to List Installed PHP Modules

# yum list installed | grep -i php		#RHEL/CentOS
# dnf list installed | grep -i php		#Fedora 22+
# dpkg --get-selections | grep -i php		#Debian/Ubuntu