Q. How do I install PHP under Red Hat enterprise Linux?
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PHP works with Apache, Lighttpd and other webservers. PHP offers built-in database integration for several commercial and non-commercial database management systems. It also has the ability to perform many useful Web-related tasks using a large set of built-in functions.
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Installing PHP is easy these days.
Red Hat enterprise Linux PHP installation
If you would like to install or upgrade PHP use up2date command:
# up2date php
CentOS/Fedora core Linux PHP installation
If you would like to install PHP use yum command
# yum install php
If you would like to upgrade PHP use yum command
# yum update php
Debian / Ubentu Linux PHP installation
If you would like to install or upgrade PHP use atp-get command
# apt-get install php4-cgi php4-cli
# sudo apt-get install php4-cgi php4-cli
To install PHP 5
# apt-get install php5-cgi php5-cli
# sudo apt-get install php5-cgi php5-cli
FreeBSD PHP installation
Use pkg_add command as follows:
# pkg_add -v -r php
Use above command to install Apache or Lighttpd web server.
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Can you please provide the detailed step by step process for Upgrading the PHP4 to PHP 5.?
Also the system requirements for this like Zend Engine, Apache server version required or MySQL version required ?
Just run up2dat/yum or apt-get command to update version. If you need more help join our forum
Hello there,
Actually when I run ‘yum update php’ on CentOS 5, it does not update the php to the latest version of 5.2.3 and remains to version 5.1.6 only and says that it can not find any updates.
Anything am I missing?
Regards,
Naresh Khokhaneshiya
Naresh,
5.1.6 is latest and stable for RHEL / CentOS. PHP 5.2.3 won’t be available for CentOS 5.0. You have to wait or compile from source code.
I to in a way have the same problem as Naresh
however a little defferant. I have version 5.1.6
and am trying to install ffmpeg.php it needs the comand phpize to be ran and there is no sush program on my server !
which phpize / it says none
Why would this not get installed with my version of php (any ideas ?) Also if you have any thoughts as to how I can install this please let me no. I realy do not want to have to reinstall php or upgrade.
have you hurd of a patch for this or something?
Thanks Mars
Mars,
Install php-devel package to get phpize binary:
yum install php-devel
Hi,
Thanks for your guide. I ran the update command using yum and my PHP was updating to a version of Nov 2005. My system is Redhat. Can you tell me how to upgrade to the latest PHP version? Do I have to first uninstall the old version or something?
Thanks
John,
If you are using RHEL 4, there is no offical PHP 5 exists. Redhat only provides updates for RHEL 4. I strongly recommend to update your box to RHEL 5.x
HEllo all
I ran this and it installed the phpize
Install php-devel package to get phpize binary:
yum install php-devel
However now when i try to use phpize it says?
make sure you run ‘usr/bin/phpize’ in the top level source directory of the module
I have looked everywhere on the net and there is no help on this that i could find. Do you have any thoughts on what this means?
Thank You
I tryed the command on Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install php5-cgi php5-cli
Ant it installed the version 5.2.3 of php but the last version is 5.2.6.
It’s not so important, but how upgrade to the last version using apt-get ?
Thanks for this post
Hey, I have the same questions. How is it easier to get the latest version installed, and not the patches. I ran configure make and make install, and I still get the previous version.
It would be great if apt-get would install php 5.2.6
I am on Fedora Core 6 and currently on PHP 5.1.6. When I ran “yum update php” it didn’t pick up the new 5.2 version, any ideas?
#yum update php
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
centosplus 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Could not find update match for php
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
fail to update..anyone can help?
What if you want to update PHP that isn’t supported by the vendor? You would need to either build yourself from source or find a pre-packaged PHP. I’ve encountered this with new bleeding edge applications that want the newest PHP 5.2 or 5.3. How do you integrate those versions of PHP with a currently existing Apache?
To update php-4 to php-5 edit your repositories located in (/etc/yum.repos.d), then open CentOS-Base.repo using your favourite editor find [centosplus] below it you will find enable=0 change it to enable=1 an then run yum update php if have any issue do let me know.
Ashwin Wadhwa
I love how everyone assumes I have yum, or apt-get, or up2date.
I’m trying to upgrade php from bash command line and downloaded .gz packages.
Working on a DoD SECRET network, I will never have cloud connectivity to use these nifty updaters.
/google on
“I love how everyone assumes I have yum, or apt-get, or up2date.”
why wouldn’t they? that is the standard setup for most users.
“Working on a DoD SECRET network”
good thing you mentioned this, now we can all think of you in awe and realize how great you must be.
“I’m trying to upgrade php from bash command line and downloaded .gz packages.”
this is really all we needed in addition to letting us know you don’t have net access from your server in question.
HTH
Aaron, glad to know that…
if it was secret, now it isnt anymore.
Congrats for showing the world what you do / dont do.
if you were more attentive, you would see the answer is up.
You can compile from source, or downloadpre-packaged.
Like Jerry said, it is quite common to use apt-get or yum.
yum is Fedora and RH based.
apt-get from Ubuntu and Debian.
Both are standard and well accepted / respected.
but of course,.. if you use a secret operating system and secret software in bash,
you dont need the super common “nifty updaters”. ROTFL
I have installed php 5.1.6 manually by rpm .
I am try to upgrade from php-5.1.6 to php 5.2 in redhat 4 (Nahant Update 2)
How can i do it ?
Is it me or everyone is kind of trying NOT to answer the question? It’s like: I know how to update PHP but I don’t really care to help anyone else because I spent hours googling and some noob wants it on a plate.
Don’t you just love the Open Source community spirit?
At the end of the day, yum update php is NOT the solution. Because the problem is upgrading to a version of PHP that you actually want…
Please help me!
How to upgrade php and MySQL on FEDORA CORE 4 with detail description!
Thank you before!
Goodness, I wasn’t trying to garner any awe. I was venting because developing on a closed network RHEL server is a major pain in the ass! No repo’s make me cry hard.
I forgot I even made this post haha. I’m faced with more of the same and started looking for a PHP upgrade procedure via BASH landed me back here…
PHP 5.0 on the production server but my dev server is using 5.2 so when I went to stand up a Flex application today the DateTime function bit me.
By the way, the network is still SECRET and will always be regardless if I speak of it or not.
/google on MOAR!
You must have a way to download files, if you can get a .gz source file.
For example: at home, find the RPM for the package you want to use, burn it to a CD, take it to work, mount the CD, then use the rpm command to install the package.
If bringing a file from home isn’t permitted, then ask your network admins to get the rpm file for you from the ‘net and copy it to your secret network. Then use rpm to install it.
I have PHP 5.1 and MYsql 5.0.22. My system is Redhat enterprse server 5. But I am unable to connect the mysql database through PHP.Can you tell me how to upgrade to the latest PHP version from internet at my unix box? Do I have to first uninstall the old version or something
Check the following site for an upgrade path on CentOS 5 at godaddy.
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/PHP_5.1_To_5.2
Perfect, thank you so much for the guide.
Yes. It works perfectly for me..
I am using Centos5.5….
Thanks Sanford….
Pls run the following command :whereis php
now depending on the mode of installation may be u can try setting the home path of php for updated version.