How To Install php-pecl-http on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-http on CentOS 7. php-pecl-http is Extended HTTP support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-http on CentOS 7.

What is php-pecl-http

The HTTP extension aims to provide a convenient and powerful set of functionality for major applications. The HTTP extension eases handling of HTTP URLs, dates, redirects, headers and messages in a HTTP context (both incoming and outgoing). It also provides means for client negotiation of preferred language and charset, as well as a convenient way to exchange arbitrary data with caching and resuming capabilities. Also provided is a powerful request and parallel interface. Version 2 is completely incompatible to previous version. Note . php-pecl-http1 provides API version 1 . php-pecl-http provides API version 2 Documentation

We can use yum or dnf to install php-pecl-http on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install php-pecl-http.

Install php-pecl-http on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install php-pecl-http using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install php-pecl-http

Install php-pecl-http on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install php-pecl-http using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install php-pecl-http

How To Uninstall php-pecl-http on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the php-pecl-http package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove php-pecl-http

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-pecl-http on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.