What are the best practices for updating PHP versions without using package managers like Yast?

When updating PHP versions without using package managers like Yast, it is important to manually download the desired PHP version from the official PHP website, extract the files, configure the installation settings, compile and install PHP, and finally update the system's PATH variable to point to the new PHP installation. ```bash # Download PHP version wget https://www.php.net/distributions/php-7.4.0.tar.gz # Extract files tar -zxvf php-7.4.0.tar.gz # Configure installation settings cd php-7.4.0 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php7 # Compile and install PHP make sudo make install # Update PATH variable echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/php7/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc ```