Erase multiple packages using rpm or yum

Question

I was given access to a server with 50+ php rpms installed. I\'m trying to remove them all.

Basically, I\'m trying to combine these two commands:

rpm -qa         


        

Answer 1

to list:

rpm -qa | grep 'php'

to remove instaled listed and filtrated:

rpm -e $(rpm -qa |grep 'php')