PHP Install

From Luke Jackson

Install Script

VERSION="5.2.2"

echo "--> Installing PHP"
echo $VERSION

rm -rf php-$VERSION
tar xvzf php-$VERSION.tar.gz

cd php-$VERSION

./configure \
        --prefix=/usr/local/php5 \
        --build=i387-redhat-linux \
        --host=i386-redhat-linux \
        --target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu \
        --with-config-file-path=/www \
        --enable-force-cgi-redirect \
        --disable-safe-mode \
        --enable-versioning \
        --with-mysql=/usr/local \
        --with-dbase \
        --enable-ftp \
        --enable-sysvsem \
        --enable-sysvshm \
        --enable-shmop \
        --with-gd \
        --enable-gd-native-ttf \
        --with-ttf \
        --with-freetype-dir \
        --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local \
        --with-zlib \
        --enable-libgcc \
        --enable-mbstring \
        --enable-xslt \
        --with-xslt-sablot \
        --with-gettext \
        --with-zip \
        --with-bz2 \
        --with-iconv \
        --enable-exif \
        --enable-bcmath \
        --with-openssl \
        --enable-sockets \
        --with-xmlrpc \

make
make install
mkdir /www/cgi-bin/php5
install /usr/local/php5/bin/php /www/cgi-bin/php5

Common Errors

If you do not have gcc installed you will receive the following error:

configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

If you do not have openssl, openssl-devel installed you will receive the following error:

configure: error: Cannot find OpenSSL's <evp.h>

If you do not have libpng, libpng-devel installed you will receive the following error:

configure: error: libpng.(a|so) not found.

If you do not have freetype, freetype-devel installed you will receive the following error:

configure: error: freetype2 not found!

Satisfy Dependencies

yum install gcc flex libxml2 libxml2-devel openssl openssl-devel bzip2 bzip2-devel libjpeg libjpeg-devel gd libpng libpng-devel freetype freetype-devel