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The article explain how to install PHP on a linux server.

Prerequisites : Apache and Mysql installed.

1. With root user, create a directory /opt/php :

   mkdir /opt/php
   chown apache:apache /opt/php
      

   mkdir%20%2Fopt%2Fphp%0Achown%20apache%3Aapache%20%2Fopt%2Fphp
2. With the apache user install the last stable version of PHP (exemple 5.2.9) in /opt/php directory.
   

   su - apache
   cd /opt/php
   tar xzvf php-5.2.9.tar.gz
   tar xzvf php-5.2.9.tar
   cd  php-5.2.9
   ./configure --with-gd --enable-sockets --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/lib --prefix=/opt/php/v529 --with-apxs2=/opt/apache/current/bin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/opt/php --with-zlib-dir=/usr/lib --with-mysql=/opt/mysql/current --with-pdo-mysql=/opt/mysql/current --with-gettext --enable-bcmath=yes --with-ttf --enable-mbstring=all --with-freetype-dir=/usr
   make
   make install
   cd ..
   ln -s v529 current
      

   su%20-%20apache%0Acd%20%2Fopt%2Fphp%0Atar%20xzvf%20php-5.2.9.tar.gz%0Atar%20xzvf%20php-5.2.9.tar%0Acd%20%20php-5.2.9%0A.%2Fconfigure%20--with-gd%20--enable-sockets%20--with-jpeg-dir%3D%2Fusr%2Flib%20--prefix%3D%2Fopt%2Fphp%2Fv529%20--with-apxs2%3D%2Fopt%2Fapache%2Fcurrent%2Fbin%2Fapxs%20--with-config-file-path%3D%2Fopt%2Fphp%20--with-zlib-dir%3D%2Fusr%2Flib%20--with-mysql%3D%2Fopt%2Fmysql%2Fcurrent%20--with-pdo-mysql%3D%2Fopt%2Fmysql%2Fcurrent%20--with-gettext%20--enable-bcmath%3Dyes%20--with-ttf%20--enable-mbstring%3Dall%20--with-freetype-dir%3D%2Fusr%0Amake%0Amake%20install%0Acd%20..%0Aln%20-s%20v529%20current

3. Copy your php.ini :

   cp /opt/php/php-5.2.9/php.ini-recommended /opt/php/php.ini
      

   cp%20%2Fopt%2Fphp%2Fphp-5.2.9%2Fphp.ini-recommended%20%2Fopt%2Fphp%2Fphp.ini
4. Modify your apache config file. Add the following items :

   <IfModule dir_module>
       DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
   </IfModule>
    ... 
   AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
      

   %3CIfModule%20dir_module%3E%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%20DirectoryIndex%20index.html%20index.php%0A%3C%2FIfModule%3E%0A%20...%20%0AAddType%20application%2Fx-gzip%20.gz%20.tgz%0AAddType%20application%2Fx-httpd-php%20.php
5. Optionnal - Installation of pear packages PHP_CodeSniffer, PhpDocumentor and PHPUnit

   su - apache
   /opt/php/current/bin/pear upgrade-all
   /opt/php/current/bin/pear install PHP_CodeSniffer
   /opt/php/current/bin/pear install PhpDocumentor
   /opt/php/current/bin/pear channel-discover pear.phpunit.de
   /opt/php/current/bin/pear install phpunit/PHPUnit
      

   su%20-%20apache%0A%2Fopt%2Fphp%2Fcurrent%2Fbin%2Fpear%20upgrade-all%0A%2Fopt%2Fphp%2Fcurrent%2Fbin%2Fpear%20install%20PHP_CodeSniffer%0A%2Fopt%2Fphp%2Fcurrent%2Fbin%2Fpear%20install%20PhpDocumentor%0A%2Fopt%2Fphp%2Fcurrent%2Fbin%2Fpear%20channel-discover%20pear.phpunit.de%0A%2Fopt%2Fphp%2Fcurrent%2Fbin%2Fpear%20install%20phpunit%2FPHPUnit