How do I remove a PHP version from the command line?

Question

How do I remove a PHP version from the command line?

Answer

To remove all PHP packages for a specific PHP version, use this command, where xx represents the version to remove.

For EA4 (cPanel) packages:

# yum remove ea-phpxx*

For alt-php (CloudLinux) packages:

# yum remove alt-phpxx*

For example, to remove all EA4 PHP packages for PHP 5.5, run this command:

# yum remove ea-php55*

This removes the primary ea-php55 package and all of its associated packages.