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Description of problem: The current phpMyAdmin package doesn't work with PHP 7.0 or newer. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.0.10.20 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install the dependencies for phpMyAdmin php71u-tidy php71u-mysqlnd php71u-xml php71u-gd php71u-mcrypt php71u-json php71u-mbstring php71u-process php71u-bcmath php71u-common mod_php71u php71u-pdo fontpackages-filesystem dejavu-fonts-common dejavu-sans-fonts php-tcpdf php-tcpdf-dejavu-sans-fonts php-fedora-autoloader 2. Install phpMyAdmin 3. Install fails even though app deps are met. Actual results: yum install phpMyAdmin -y Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * ius: muug.ca Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package phpMyAdmin.noarch 0:4.0.10.20-1.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php(language) < 7 for package: phpMyAdmin-4.0.10.20-1.el6.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package php56u-common.x86_64 0:5.6.38-1.ius.centos6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php56u-pecl-jsonc(x86-64) for package: php56u-common-5.6.38-1.ius.centos6.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package php56u-pecl-jsonc.x86_64 0:1.3.10-2.ius.centos6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php56u-pear for package: php56u-pecl-jsonc-1.3.10-2.ius.centos6.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: php56u-pear for package: php56u-pecl-jsonc-1.3.10-2.ius.centos6.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package php56u-pear.noarch 1:1.10.5-1.ius.centos6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php56u-cli for package: 1:php56u-pear-1.10.5-1.ius.centos6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: php56u-posix for package: 1:php56u-pear-1.10.5-1.ius.centos6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: php56u-xml for package: 1:php56u-pear-1.10.5-1.ius.centos6.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package php56u-cli.x86_64 0:5.6.38-1.ius.centos6 will be installed ---> Package php56u-process.x86_64 0:5.6.38-1.ius.centos6 will be installed ---> Package php56u-xml.x86_64 0:5.6.38-1.ius.centos6 will be installed --> Processing Conflict: php71u-common-7.1.24-1.ius.centos6.x86_64 conflicts php-common < 7.1.24-1.ius.centos6 --> Processing Conflict: php71u-common-7.1.24-1.ius.centos6.x86_64 conflicts php56u-common --> Processing Conflict: php71u-json-7.1.24-1.ius.centos6.x86_64 conflicts php-json < 7.1.24-1.ius.centos6 --> Processing Conflict: php71u-process-7.1.24-1.ius.centos6.x86_64 conflicts php-process < 7.1.24-1.ius.centos6 --> Processing Conflict: php71u-xml-7.1.24-1.ius.centos6.x86_64 conflicts php-xml < 7.1.24-1.ius.centos6 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: php71u-process conflicts with php56u-process-5.6.38-1.ius.centos6.x86_64 Error: php71u-common conflicts with php56u-common-5.6.38-1.ius.centos6.x86_64 Error: php71u-json conflicts with php56u-pecl-jsonc-1.3.10-2.ius.centos6.x86_64 Error: php71u-xml conflicts with php56u-xml-5.6.38-1.ius.centos6.x86_64 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest Expected results: phpMyAdmin should install Additional info: When examining the deplist of phpMyAdmin I see the dependency dependency: php(language) listed twice. yum deplist phpMyAdmin|grep 'dependency: php(language)' dependency: php(language) >= 5.2.17 dependency: php(language) < 7 One would indicate any version of PHP equal to or newer than 5.2.17 will work. The other indicates only versions of PHP older than 7 will work. I did an extensive check for all dependencies for phpMyAdmin including deps for adjacent packages. Note in the install failure the line: Processing Dependency: php(language) < 7 for package: phpMyAdmin-4.0.10.20-1.el6.noarch
Package in EPEL are designed to work with PHP in Base repository (so PHP 5.4) We cannot support random 3rd party repository. (or choose another provider which provide a consistent stack, including PHP and webapp). More recent version doesn't work with PHP 5.4.
Thank you for responding to this post. I'm not asking for random 3rd party support. I'm discussing packages installed from the widely used IUS repository. All the dependencies for phpMyAdmin are available and work for php70u and php71u. The limitation on this is artificial as it is looking for the line: dependency: php(language) < 7 Removal of that line from the depedency list would resolve the problem. The phpMyAdmin package works with php56u which is also provided by IUS but is less than 7 per the line mentioned.
The ancient phpMyAdmin version in EPEL 6 doesn't support modern PHP versions, however the phpMyAdmin version in EPEL 7 works with PHP >= 5.4 && PHP <= 7.2.
Given that phpMyAdmin 4.0.10.x only supports and works properly with PHP 5.x, the current PHP package requirement is correct. RHEL/CentOS 6 is too old from my point of view to introduce now any hacks for 3rd party repositories like IUS. Please use a repository that provides a consistent web stack, such as Remi already said.