The version of PHP in CentOS 7 repository is 5.4 but Install 7.0 with RPM package if you need.

 

[1] Install Remi repository which provides RPM packages.

[root@dlp ~]# 

yum -y install http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm 

 

[2] Install PHP 7 from Remi repository.

[root@dlp ~]# 

yum --enablerepo=remi -y install php70

 

# possible to access with "php70"

 

[root@dlp ~]#

php70 -v 

 

PHP 7.0.4 (cli) (built: Mar 2 2016 17:13:39) ( NTS )

 

Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group

 

Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies

 

# php70 binary is under the /opt/remi/php70

 

[root@dlp ~]# 

ll /bin/php70

 

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Mar 11 11:48 /bin/php70 -> /opt/remi/php70/root/usr/bin/php

# if using scl command, then possible to access with "php"

 

[root@dlp ~]# scl enable php70 bash

 

[root@dlp ~]# php -v