[SOLVED] Error enabling soapclient for wordpress, php7 on amazon webservices ec2 rds

Issue

I used CloudFormation to install WordPress on EC2 and RDS. I had to upgrade to PHP 7, but I needed to enable a SOAP client for WordPress. I tried to enable using:

php -i | grep -i soap    
yum search php | grep -i soap    
sudo yum install php-soap    

but received the following errors:

error:  php70w-common conflicts with php-common-5.3.29-1.8.amzn1.x86_64
error:  php70-common conflicts with php-common-5.3.29-1.8.amzn1.x86_64

Is it because the old php-common 5.3.29 is still there? If so, how can I remove and install new php70, or enable the SOAP client which is my goal?

I used php -v to check my PHP version, and it is PHP 7.0.14.

Solution

The error is because the php-soap package depends on php5, not php7. You need to find/use a package of php-soap that depends on the PHP7-based package you currently have installed (php70w). Perhaps the following command will work instead:

sudo yum install php70w-soap

Answered By - wjordan

Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)