This post is part of a step-by-step series on installing WordPress on Linux (CentOS 6) Requirements MySQL has been installed and secured WordPress Directory has been Installed Using yum Without yum MySQL database for WordPress has been made wp-config.php has been appropriately configured with database settings and security keys The Site Root Directory has been…
If you have installed software from one yum repository and want to upgrade it using packages in a different yum repository you may encounter some problems because of conflicts in packages. In those cases you would have to remove the old packages then install the new ones. For example I have installed php using the…
Though installing different versions of php using yum should enable php automatically on Apache 2.2, in case there is a problem and it is not enabled this tutorial shows how to enable it. Make Sure php Is Installed We are assuming php has already been installed. If yum was used you can check this way:…
An easy and quick way to find out what php version your apache server is using is to use the phpinfo() function. To do this we will create a file with <?php phpinfo() ?> in it and access it through our server by opening it in a browser. Deciding Where to Put the PHP File…
I will be installing the yum default version of php. Check You Don’t Have php Installed [ahmed@amayem ~]$ rpm -q php package php is not installed Or [ahmed@amayem ~]$ yum list installed | grep php [ahmed@amayem ~]$ We don’t have php installed let’s check what is available: Checking Available php Packages in Default yum Repositories…