Upgrading from php5.3 to php5.6 on Amazon Linux AMI

to-php56.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Stop it all
sudo service httpd stop
sudo service php-fpm stop

# Remove problematic packages
sudo yum remove -y httpd httpd-tools apr apr-util

# Remove old php and php extensions
sudo yum remove -y php-*

# Install php56-FPM
sudo yum install -y php56-fpm

# Install php56 extensions
sudo yum install -y php56-gd php56-devel php56-pdo php56-mbstring php56-cli php56-odbc php56-imap php56-xml php56-soap

# Install php mysql
sudo yum install -y php56-mysqlnd

# Install php56-APC
sudo yum install -y php56-pecl-apc
sudo yum install -y pcre-devel

# Move old php56-FPM configuration to new installation folder
sudo mv /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf /etc/php-fpm-5.6.d/www.conf

# Reboot if it says it failed and try again
sudo service php-fpm-5.6 start