I have acquired VPS and got it with LAMP.
CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) Server version: Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS) PHP 7.4.16 (cli) (built: Mar 2 2021 10:35:17) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
I installed phpmyadmin and configured it’s phpmyadmin.conf file to make it accessible from browser and it was working.
Later I upgraded my PHP 5.x to 7.4. version following this tutorial: https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-php-7-4-on-centos-7/
After upgrade I got memory problems with script so I tried “downgrade” to PHP 7.3.
First I uninstalled my current version of PHP with:
yum remove php-7-*
- I ran this only once, later I found that I have installed other PHP 7.4 extensions and have not removed them.
- Than I installed php73 (not sure by which tutorial)
These are my current packages with rpm -qa |grep php:
php-json-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-gd-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-bcmath-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php73-php-cli-7.3.27-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php73-2.0-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-fedora-autoloader-1.0.1-2.el7.noarch php-common-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-pdo-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-sodium-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 oniguruma5php-6.9.6-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-pecl-zip-1.19.2-1.el7.remi.7.4.x86_64 php-mbstring-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-tidy-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-mysqlnd-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-xml-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php73-runtime-2.0-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php73-php-common-7.3.27-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php73-php-xml-7.3.27-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php73-php-pear-1.10.12-5.el7.remi.noarch php73-php-mbstring-7.3.27-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-tcpdf-6.2.26-1.el7.noarch phpMyAdmin-4.4.15.10-4.el7.noarch php-cli-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-process-7.4.16-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php73-php-json-7.3.27-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php73-php-process-7.3.27-1.el7.remi.x86_64 php-php-gettext-1.0.12-1.el7.noarch php-tcpdf-dejavu-sans-fonts-6.2.26-1.el7.noarch
This is what I got when ran yum list installed | grep -i php:
oniguruma5php.x86_64 6.9.6-1.el7.remi @remi-safe php-bcmath.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-cli.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-common.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-fedora-autoloader.noarch 1.0.1-2.el7 @epel php-gd.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-json.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-mbstring.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-mysqlnd.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-pdo.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-pecl-zip.x86_64 1.19.2-1.el7.remi.7.4 @remi-php74 php-php-gettext.noarch 1.0.12-1.el7 @epel php-process.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-sodium.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-tcpdf.noarch 6.2.26-1.el7 @epel php-tcpdf-dejavu-sans-fonts.noarch 6.2.26-1.el7 @epel php-tidy.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php-xml.x86_64 7.4.16-1.el7.remi @remi-php74 php73.x86_64 2.0-1.el7.remi @remi-safe php73-php-cli.x86_64 7.3.27-1.el7.remi @remi-safe php73-php-common.x86_64 7.3.27-1.el7.remi @remi-safe php73-php-json.x86_64 7.3.27-1.el7.remi @remi-safe php73-php-mbstring.x86_64 7.3.27-1.el7.remi @remi-safe php73-php-pear.noarch 1:1.10.12-5.el7.remi @remi-safe php73-php-process.x86_64 7.3.27-1.el7.remi @remi-safe php73-php-xml.x86_64 7.3.27-1.el7.remi @remi-safe php73-runtime.x86_64 2.0-1.el7.remi @remi-safe phpMyAdmin.noarch 4.4.15.10-4.el7 @epel
My phpmyadmin.conf looked like this (when working):
<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
<RequireAny>
Require ip 62.75.146.76
Require ip ::1
Require all granted
</RequireAny>
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
Allow from All
Allow from ::1
</IfModule>
</Directory>
and than I changed it to this (but it still not working):
<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
<RequireAny>
Require all granted
</RequireAny>
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from All
</IfModule>
</Directory>
What I got searching was that 403 Forbidden could be due to wrong php installation, so I was thinking to remove all php 7.3 and 7.4 packages and install clean php 7.3. with common packages. Is that correct approach here? And if it is please help with command to install php 7.3 properly
My phpMyAdmin.conf file after new installation:
<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
<RequireAny>
Require ip 62.75.146.76
Require ip ::1
Require all granted
</RequireAny>
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
Allow from All
Allow from ::1
</IfModule>
# Require local
</Directory>
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Answer
Your installation seems a mess
1/ 2 PHP Stacks
You have both PHP 7.4 (php-* packages) and 7.3 installed (php73-php-* packages)
Read: Difference between php-* and php##-php-* packages ?
I recommend you remove everything
yum remove php*
and start a clean installation following the Wizard instructions.
yum-config-manager --disable 'remi-php*' yum-config-manager --enable remi-php73 yun install php
2/ you don’t have any PHP engine for your web server
You need mod_php (“php” package) used by default on CenOS 7 or php-fpm
yum install mod_php
Notice: php-fpm is now used by default on CentOS 8
3/ old phpMyAdmin
You are using an old phpMyAdmin v4 from EPEL which is fine for old PHP version 5.4 provided by default on CentOS 7, but which is not compatible with recent PHP versions
You should use the new phpMyAdmin v5 (from “remi” repository)
yum --enablerepo=remi install phpMyAdmin