Topic: Failed php7 upgrade

I tried to do an in-place upgrade to php7 according to the instructions from the configuration wizard. My test system is CentOS 7 Linux running Joomla. The upgrade was unsuccessful and rendered the Joomla server dysfunctional.
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  Updating   : php-common-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                          1/25
warning: /etc/php.ini created as /etc/php.ini.rpmnew
  Installing : php-json-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                            2/25
  Updating   : php-cli-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                             3/25
  Updating   : php-process-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                         4/25
  Updating   : php-xml-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                             5/25
  Updating   : php-pdo-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                             6/25
  Installing : fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-8.el7.noarch                                                                                                   7/25
  Installing : fontconfig-2.10.95-7.el7.x86_64                                                                                                             8/25
  Installing : libvpx-1.3.0-5.el7_0.x86_64                                                                                                                 9/25
  Installing : gd-last-2.1.1-2.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                            10/25
  Updating   : php-gd-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                             11/25
  Installing : php-mysqlnd-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                        12/25
  Updating   : 1:php-pear-1.10.1-1.el7.remi.noarch                                                                                                        13/25
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PHP Warning:  Module 'json' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so: undefined symbol: zend_hash_del_key_or_index in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so: undefined symbol: _zend_list_find in Unknown on line 0
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PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlreader' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlwriter' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xsl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so: undefined symbol: zval_used_for_init in Unknown on line 0
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PHP Warning:  Module 'dom' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'fileinfo' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'gd' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'json' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so: undefined symbol: zend_hash_del_key_or_index in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so: undefined symbol: _zend_list_find in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'PDO' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_mysql' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_sqlite' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'Phar' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'posix' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sqlite3' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvmsg' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvsem' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
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PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlreader' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlwriter' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xsl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so: undefined symbol: zval_used_for_init in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'curl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
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PHP Warning:  Module 'fileinfo' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'gd' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'json' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so: undefined symbol: zend_hash_del_key_or_index in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so: undefined symbol: _zend_list_find in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'PDO' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_mysql' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
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PHP Warning:  Module 'Phar' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'posix' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sqlite3' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvmsg' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvsem' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvshm' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'wddx' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlreader' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlwriter' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xsl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so: undefined symbol: zval_used_for_init in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'curl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'dom' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'fileinfo' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'gd' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'json' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so: undefined symbol: zend_hash_del_key_or_index in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so: undefined symbol: _zend_list_find in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'PDO' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_mysql' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_sqlite' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'Phar' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'posix' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sqlite3' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvmsg' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvsem' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
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PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlreader' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlwriter' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xsl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so: undefined symbol: zval_used_for_init in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'curl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'dom' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'fileinfo' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'gd' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'json' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so: undefined symbol: zend_hash_del_key_or_index in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so: undefined symbol: _zend_list_find in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'PDO' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_mysql' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_sqlite' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'Phar' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'posix' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sqlite3' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
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PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlreader' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlwriter' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xsl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so: undefined symbol: zval_used_for_init in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'curl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'dom' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'fileinfo' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'gd' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'json' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so: undefined symbol: zend_hash_del_key_or_index in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so: undefined symbol: _zend_list_find in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'PDO' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_mysql' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_sqlite' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'Phar' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'posix' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sqlite3' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvmsg' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvsem' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvshm' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'wddx' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlreader' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlwriter' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xsl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so: undefined symbol: zval_used_for_init in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'curl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'dom' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'fileinfo' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'gd' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'json' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mbstring.so: undefined symbol: zend_hash_del_key_or_index in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/mysql.so: undefined symbol: _zend_list_find in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'PDO' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_mysql' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'pdo_sqlite' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'Phar' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'posix' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sqlite3' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvmsg' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvsem' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'sysvshm' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'wddx' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlreader' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xmlwriter' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  Module 'xsl' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/zip.so: undefined symbol: zval_used_for_init in Unknown on line 0
  Updating   : php-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                                14/25
  Updating   : php-mbstring-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                       15/25
  Cleanup    : 1:php-pear-1.9.4-21.el7.noarch                                                                                                             16/25
  Cleanup    : php-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                                 17/25
  Cleanup    : php-cli-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                             18/25
  Cleanup    : php-process-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                         19/25
  Cleanup    : php-xml-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                             20/25
  Cleanup    : php-mbstring-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                        21/25
  Erasing    : php-mysql-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                           22/25
  Cleanup    : php-pdo-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                             23/25
  Cleanup    : php-gd-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                              24/25
  Cleanup    : php-common-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                          25/25
  Verifying  : php-process-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                         1/25
  Verifying  : libvpx-1.3.0-5.el7_0.x86_64                                                                                                                 2/25
  Verifying  : php-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                                 3/25
  Verifying  : php-gd-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                              4/25
  Verifying  : fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-8.el7.noarch                                                                                                   5/25
  Verifying  : php-json-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                            6/25
  Verifying  : php-xml-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                             7/25
  Verifying  : php-pdo-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                             8/25
  Verifying  : 1:php-pear-1.10.1-1.el7.remi.noarch                                                                                                         9/25
  Verifying  : php-mysqlnd-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                        10/25
  Verifying  : fontconfig-2.10.95-7.el7.x86_64                                                                                                            11/25
  Verifying  : php-cli-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                            12/25
  Verifying  : php-common-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                         13/25
  Verifying  : gd-last-2.1.1-2.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                            14/25
  Verifying  : php-mbstring-7.0.4-1.el7.remi.x86_64                                                                                                       15/25
  Verifying  : php-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                                 16/25
  Verifying  : php-process-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                         17/25
  Verifying  : php-cli-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                             18/25
  Verifying  : php-common-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                          19/25
  Verifying  : php-xml-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                             20/25
  Verifying  : php-mysql-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                           21/25
  Verifying  : php-gd-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                              22/25
  Verifying  : php-pdo-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                             23/25
  Verifying  : php-mbstring-5.4.16-36.el7_1.x86_64                                                                                                        24/25
  Verifying  : 1:php-pear-1.9.4-21.el7.noarch                                                                                                             25/25

Installed:
  php-mysqlnd.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi                                                                                                                         

Dependency Installed:
  fontconfig.x86_64 0:2.10.95-7.el7      fontpackages-filesystem.noarch 0:1.44-8.el7     gd-last.x86_64 0:2.1.1-2.el7.remi     libvpx.x86_64 0:1.3.0-5.el7_0   
  php-json.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi   

Updated:
  php.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi            php-cli.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi   php-common.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi   php-gd.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi       
  php-mbstring.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi   php-pdo.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi   php-pear.noarch 1:1.10.1-1.el7.remi    php-process.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi 
  php-xml.x86_64 0:7.0.4-1.el7.remi       

Replaced:
  php-mysql.x86_64 0:5.4.16-36.el7_1                                                                                                                           

Complete!

Re: Failed php7 upgrade

Those warning are expected (during the upgrade process, some ext are not ready the for PHP engine, at the end, everything should be ok)

If "php -v" output is ok.

Laptop:  Fedora 38 + rpmfusion + remi (SCL only)
x86_64 builder: Fedora 39 + rpmfusion + remi-test
aarch64 builder: RHEL 9 with EPEL
Hosting Server: CentOS 8 Stream with EPEL, rpmfusion, remi