PHP related tutorial/FAQ

How to install PHP 7.2 on CentOS 7/RHEL 7

in CentOS, Nginx, PHP, RedHat and Friends last updated January 19, 2018

How do I Install PHP 7.2 on CentOS 7 server? How can I setup and install PHP 7.2 on RHEL 7 server along with Nginx web server? How do I configure PHP-fpm version 7.2 with Nginx server running on a CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7?

How to hide PHP 5/7 version when using Nginx

in Alpine Linux, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, PHP, RedHat and Friends, Security, Security Through Obscurity, UNIX last updated December 5, 2017

I am using PHP 5.6.xx and Nginx server on an Apline Linux server. I want to hide ‘X-Powered-By: PHP/5.6.32’ HTTP header. How can I hide PHP version when using Nginx along with PHP-fpm5 or PHP-fpm7?

How to test PHP 7 and WordPress MySQL/MariaDB Database connectivity using a PHP script

in Linux, MySQL, PHP, UNIX last updated August 15, 2017

I wanted to test if my PHP 7 and MySQL/MariaDB for WordPress are working. If not I wanted to see some error on screen or for my monitoring system. How to write a script for a quick PHP MySQL DB connection test for WordPress or any other database and send an email or text when site is down?

How to install PHP 7 fpm on Alpine Linux

in Alpine Linux, Linux, Nginx, Package Management, PHP last updated August 2, 2017

I am a new user of Alpine Linux. How do I install PHP 7.x along with Nginx web server on Alpine Linux?

How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) Stack on Debian 9 Stretch

in Apache, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, MySQL, Package Management, PHP last updated September 24, 2017

I am a new user of Debian 9 operating system. Can you tell me how to setup and install LAMP stack on a Debian 9 (Stretch)?

How to increase and set upload size to 100MB in PHP-Apache

in Apache, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Linux, PHP, RedHat and Friends, Suse, UNIX last updated April 25, 2017

I am using Apache with mod_php on Debian/Ubuntu Linux server. How do I increase file upload size limit in PHP-Apache app from default 2MB to 100MB?

PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/httpd/a/includes/functions.php(1)

in Apache, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Lighttpd, Linux, Nginx, PHP, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Troubleshooting, UNIX last updated February 12, 2017

I setup a LEMP (Linux, Nginx,MySQL, PHP ) stack. But, getting the following error in /var/log/nginx/error.log file:
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/httpd/a/includes/functions.php(1)
How do I solve this problem on Linux server?

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