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…
If you wish to see the Apache modules available on your disk, perhaps to see the spelling when modifying the httpd.conf, then go to the following directory: [ahmed@amayem ~]$ cd /etc/httpd/ [ahmed@amayem httpd]$ ls conf conf.d logs modules run The modules directory is what we are after: [ahmed@amayem httpd]$ cd modules [ahmed@amayem modules]$ ls libphp5.so…
Checking if MySQL is Already Installed [ahmed@amayem ~]$ rpm -q mysql-server package mysql-server is not installed Or you can do it this way: [ahmed@amayem ~]$ yum list installed | grep mysql [ahmed@amayem ~]$ Downloading the MySQL Yum Repository Release Package: Choose your operating system from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/ In my case it was CentOS 6, which means…