Zabbix 5 and PHP

[zendx]

Hello!

I want to upgrade from version 4.4 to version 5.
I already have PHP 7 installed. Apache is installed also

Why is Zabbix 5 bound to packages of a specific repository?
Is it possible to somehow install Zabbix 5 frontend without using SCL repository?

It is very uncomfortable.
Instead of just installing the Zabbix package and using the already installed httpd and php, I need to install PHP from the SCL repository, and with it a separate Apache package (because PHP from SCL wants the Apache from SCL).

[tim.mooney]

Why is Zabbix 5 bound to packages of a specific repository?
Is it possible to somehow install Zabbix 5 frontend without using SCL repository?

Using SCL is the only officially-supported way to get PHP 7.2 on RHEL or CentOS 7.x. Because the PHP package names differ from core OS, Zabbix provides a set of package that use the SCL packages.

However, did you read the upgrade guide for RHEL/CentOS ? Did you see the "Note"?

If you read that documentation fully, they provide an option for people that don't want to use SCL.